On September 16, Orran will hold its 12th annual gala at the Armenia Marriott Hotel. The occasion brings together new and old friends of Orran from the religious, the diplomatic the business andsocial sectors. The aim of the dinner is to raise awareness of children and elderly in need and to collect funds for Orran’smission.
Renowned celebrities will come to perform and preside over the evening. The Mistress and Master of Ceremony willbe ErnaElizbaryan, broadcaster and Paul G. Edgar, CEO of HSBC Bank. The auction will be conducted by
TV personalities and actors DianaMalenko, ArtakVardanyan and ArsenGrigoryan. Renowned vocal artists Magda Mkrtchyan, Arthur Ispirian and SevakKhanaghyan will perform and beguile the audience with their enchanting voices.
The elderly and children will sing as ArevPetrosyan, a distinguished artist and designer makes a special presentation to the audienceto considermaking a special gift to the children of Orran. The guests will get to hear firsthand testimonies from the children beneficiaries as to how Orran has changed their destiny.
The evening will conclude as benefactorsvie for the auction items and generously donate to make sure that Orran has enough resources to carry its mission of helping families in need all year. And all this with the blessing of Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisian Director of External Relations and Protocol Department of Mother See of Etchmiatzin.
“I am truly touched by the continuous support ofindividualsand companies who open their hearts to make sure that there is no hungry child in Armenia.” remarks Armine K. Hovannisian who with her husband Raffi K. Hovannisian founded Orran in the year 2000.
Among the many generous individuals, there will be representatives of the following organizations and business companies ,VivaCell-MTS, HSBC Bank, Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company Armenia, Ani Ross, Kilikia Beer, ACBA Credit Agricole Bank, INGO Armenia Insurance, ArmAs, Grant Thornton, Chivas, Pernod Ricard ArmeniaVayk Group, Asekose.am, UWC Dilijan College, Evangelical Church of Yerevan, Polymetal Kapan, Image Code, ArgineDavtyanEsthetic Medical Care and Beauty Care and Tigran Mets Publishing House.
Orran will hold a similar dinner on October 1 in the USA where SerjTankian’scustom made guitar played at the recent international tour, John Dolmayan’s painted cymbal, ShavoOdadjian’s silver necklace will be auctioned with all proceeds going to Orran.
To date, Orran has helped thousands of children by providing them with a daily hot meal, medical, social, psychological and tutorial services. For more information on the work of Orran, please visit www.orran.am
