This week, AGBUs 85th General Assembly is set to convene in Aleppo, a city that has a long and vibrant Armenian history. For the occasion, the local District Committee and Chapter have prepared a number of events to welcome hundreds of guests from dozens of countries.

While AGBU celebrates the last two years in Aleppo, Chapters elsewhere marked their own accomplishments, including Montreal toasting its 50th Anniversary earlier this year and Hye Geen completing its Third Annual Conference on the Status of Armenian Communities in the U.S. (they are already welcoming submissions for the 2009 conference).

You can also view dozens of photos from Camp Nubar's 45th-anniversary event in New York on its website or a selection here, photos from the 2008 season of Bulgaria's Camp Unger here and a video of the AGBU Cairo Dziadzan Children's Choir's trip to Alexandria on Sept. 12 here.

Remember to subscribe to the AGBU Blog via email, feed, or visit agbu.org/blog. Here are some recent posts:

• HMEM Nubar Heliopolis Preps for the Big Anniversary Event (9/23)
• Photos from Bulgaria's Camp Unger (9/23)
• United Nations Special Interest Group Looking for Volunteers (9/22)
• New York YPs Helps PBS Pledge Two Armenian Documentaries (9/18)
• Southern California Welcomes AGBU President (9/16)
• Cairo’s Dziadzan Children's Choir Dazzles Alexandria (9/15)
• Scouts Travel to Camp Antranig in Armenia (9/9)
• AGBU Youth Delegation to Attend 61st Annual UN Conference in Paris Dedicated to Human Rights (8/14)

This Week in Photos

Some of the 2008 campers and counselors at Bulgaria's Camp Unger. Click Here for the Complete THIS WEEK IN PHOTOS

Banner photo credit: Flickr/TravelAficionado

AGBU-HAIK Frankfurt, Germany Office Opens

On September 12, 2008, German Armenians and their supporters from across Europe attended an AGBU-HAIK Gala concert and dinner at the Hanau Schloss Philippsruhe castle near Frankfurt, Germany. Close to 200 people attended the launch event that will formally mark the expansion of the world's largest Armenian non-profit organization into the most populous country in the European Union and the continuing partnership of AGBU and HAIK.

For the last two years, AGBU and HAIK have been fostering a mutually beneficial relationship that began in April 2006 during the first AGBU Project Exchange & Development Seminar (PEDS) in Brussels, Belgium...CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PRE-EVENT RELEASE

NYSEC's 'Debut Concert' at Carnegie Hall Sells Out, Raises $50,000 for Scholarships

On Saturday, September 20, 2008, "A Debut Concert" attracted an audience of 300 and raised over $50,000 for AGBU Performing ... >>

Philanthropist Vartkess M. Balian Leaves a Rich Legacy

A tireless supporter of Armenian causes, Vartkess M. Balian passed away on Monday, August 3, 2008, in Arlington, Virginia, at the age of 76 after a ... >>

Americans for Artsakh Launches Executive Training in Stepanakert with Support of AGBU

Americans for Artsakh (AFA) recently completed its first of a series of training courses for government employees in Nagorno-Karabakh ... >>

Cairo, Egypt. Wednesday, October 1
HMEM NUBAR Cairo Club to celebrate its current premises' 50th anniversary
Aleppo, Syria. Saturday, October 4
85th General Assembly
Montreal, Canada. Saturday, October 4
Walk-A-Thon for the benefit of AGBU Armen-Quebec Alex Manoogian school
New York, USA. Saturday, October 4
Antranig Dance Ensemble presents Repertoire: 2008
Fresno, USA. Tuesday, October 7 - Monday, November 10
Greater Fresno Chapter Invites You to Learn Conversational Western Armenian
New York, USA. Friday, October 17
YPGNY invites you to Oktoberfest-ivities 2008
Los Angeles, USA. Friday, October 31
YPLA Halloween Bash

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