Victims' telethon collects $92,000

09/16/2005 12:00:00 AM
LA Daily News
By Alex Dobuzinskis, Staff Writer

GLENDALE - A telethon on an Armenian-American cable channel netted more than $92,000 for Hurricane Katrina relief, with the money going to the Glendale-Crescenta Valley chapter of the American Red Cross.

Armenian-Americans packed the alley behind the studio of the Armenian Media Group of America's studio at 1520 Glenoaks Blvd., bearing checks and money orders to help victims of the hurricane. Most donations were between $50 and $100, and $3,000 was the biggest single check.
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[...] broadcaster Chahe Keuroghelian, 48, [...] led the telethon effort [...].
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Wednesday, Keuroghelian presented more than $92,000 in donations to the Glendale-Crescenta Valley chapter of the American Red Cross. Including the money from the telethon, the Red Cross chapter has collected $210,000 for hurricane relief.
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Many donors remembered American generosity after Armenia was rocked by a disastrous earthquake in 1988. The quake killed 25,000 people and left 500,000 homeless, according to U.S. government Web sites.

"We were overwhelmed with the generosity that the people have shown," said Ron Farina, executive director of the Glendale-Crescenta Valley chapter of the American Red Cross. "They, I believe, understand how disasters can devastate a community because they were so badly hit back in the Armenian community in '88. So they can relate to this."
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