We are proud to announce that AGBU has received the outstanding four-star rating by Charity Navigator, an internationally respected charity watchdog group which has been lauded by Time Magazine, BusinessWeek, Forbes and many other news sources.

In July, hundreds of young Armenian professionals will converge in Chicago for the fifth biennial FOCUS celebration (July 16-19). This global gathering is set to welcome guests for a four-day event that will proudly honor AGBU Hye Geen and its Pregnant Women's Centers in Armenia, which ensure that infants born in Armenia are healthy, thanks to special facilities providing vital pre-natal care. To make a donation to this important program, please click here.

If you haven't already, please book your tickets for FOCUS today; two of the five events have already sold out and only 7 hotel rooms remain.

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>> Nazar & Levon Nazarian to be Honored by Armenian Medical World Congress in New York (6/29)
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>> AGBU Armenian Virtual College Launches Summer Term 2009 (6/10)
>> System of the Down's Shavo Odadjian Says AGBU Award Better Than a Grammy! (6/8)
>> YP Hamburg Starts Planning for 2009 (photo) (6/4)
>> Visit of Bedros & Sossie Hadjian to AGBU Central Office (Photo) (6/2)
>> YP Philadelphia Attacts Over 100 to the Ritz (photos) (5/19)

 
Banner photo: Chicago, the location of FOCUS 2009.

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AGBU Receives Exceptional Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator Watchdog Group

The world's largest Armenian non-profit organization, the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU), received a four-star rating -- the highest allotted -- for sound fiscal management from charity watchdog Charity Navigator (www.charitynavigator.org). AGBU, whose overall score was based on its short-term spending practices and long-term sustainability, ranked above a number of leading non-profits, including the American Cancer Society, American Red Cross, Amnesty International and the Smithsonian Institution. Charity Navigator explains that its four-star rating denotes that the organization ... >>

Members of the newly launched AGBU YP Hamburg (Germany) meet on May 20, 2009.

Members of the AGBU Europe Board during a meeting held in Sofia and Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The pan-European meeting took place from May 20-24, 2009.

Some visitors to the Armenian Book Fair organized by AGBU Paris from May 15-17, 2009.

AGBU and United Nations Development Programme Fundraise for Gyumri State Technical College

The AGBU-United Nations Special Interest Group (UN-SIG), working in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), hosted it ... >>

Writers' Union of Armenia Gets New Printing Office Donated by AGBU Surmelian Fund

This year, Armenian General Benevolent Union has donated a printing office to the Writers' Union for mutual cooperation, reported Writers' Union ... >>

New York-Yerevan Videoconference Connects Armenian University Students on Many Levels

On March 14, over 40 Armenian university students from five universities in Armenia and six universities in the greater New York area took part in the ... >>

Toronto, Canada. Tuesday, June 30
AGBU Toronto presents a lecture By Dr. George Bournoutian: The Archival Chamber of Echmiadzin
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Wednesday, July, 1 - Tuesday, July 2
AGBU Buenos Aires Ladies Committee presents Armenian Cooking Week 2009
Toronto, Canada. Saturday, July 4
YP Toronto Pomegranate Film Festival
Cordoba, Argentina. Wednesday, July 8 - Sunday, July 12
31st South American Games in Cordoba, Argentina
Chicago, USA. Thursday, July 16 - Sunday, July 19
FOCUS 2009

 
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He Flies Through the Air with the Greatest of Ease: A William Saroyan Reader
William Saroyan

Published for the centennial celebration of the iconic author's birth, this collection of William Saroyan's writings overflows with exuberance, explodes with flashes of pure brilliance and literary daring, and brings to life an Armenian American voice unique and unforgettable.

Schoolchildren in Nubarashen, Armenia, c. 1930s.