[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12206]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



               CONGRATULATING THE ARMENIAN RELIEF SOCIETY

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 22, 2000

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the 
Armenian Relief Society on celebrating 90 years of providing assistance 
to the Glendale, CA area.
  As a nonprofit organization, the Armenian Relief Society provides a 
broad range of services to the Armenian community. It gives 
humanitarian aid, offers translation services, helps the homeless, and 
offers English as a second language classes to new immigrants. The 
agency also offers assistance in health care, job referrals, placement, 
and in finding housing.
  The agency has branches in 23 counties, with 18,000 members and 1,400 
volunteers in the western United States. To this day, the Armenian 
Relief Society is still called upon to help the Armenian people and to 
preserve the cultural identity of the Armenian nation.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the Armenian Relief Society as 
they celebrate 90 years of service. I urge my colleagues to join me in 
wishing the Armenian Relief Society many more years of continued 
success.

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