InternationalArmenia Fund’s 2011 pledge drive totals $31 million
Published: Friday December 30, 2011
Eduardo Eurnekian, pictured in Yerevan last September, pledged $11 million. Tigran Tadevosian/Photolur
Los Angeles - Fundraising for Armenia Fund Telethon 2011 concluded in the evening of December 21 with an announcement of $18.6 million pledged during Armenia Fund's annual Moscow Gala.
The largest commitment at the Moscow Gala came from Argentine-Armenian businessman Eduardo Eurnekian, who pledged to donate $11 million.
The funds raised will be combined with the $12.3 million pledged during last month's Thanksgiving Day Telethon, bringing the total money raised during this year's telethon to $31 million, the largest amount ever pledged.
Previously, $15 million was pledged in 2007, $30 million in 2008, $15.9 million in 2009 and $20.8 million in 2010. Russian Armenian businessmen Samvel Karapetian and Levon Hayrapetian were the largest single contributors in those years, pledging several million dollars each.
