GLENDALE—On May 3, hundreds of community members including elected officials and representatives from multiple local organizations gathered to celebrate and honor the work and achievements of the Armenian National Committee of America Glendale Chapter’s 2018 Awardees at the 2nd Annual ANCA Glendale Award and Appreciation Dinner held at the beautiful Renaissance Banquet Hall.
Attending the event were state and local elected officials including, Congressman Adam Schiff, Senator Anthony Portantino, Assemblymember Laura Friedman, Glendale City Mayor Zareh Sinanyan, along with Councilmembers Vartan Gharpetian, Ara Najarian, Paula Devine and Vrej Agajanian, as well as City Clerk Ardy Kassakhian. Representatives from the offices of LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger and LA County Assessor Jeffrey Prang. Glendale Community College Superintendent and President Dr. David Viar, President of the Board of Trustees Dr. Armine Hacopian and Trustees Dr. Vahe Peroomian and Yvette Vartanian Davis. Glendale Unified School District Board of Education President Gregory Kirkorian, Vice President Jennifer Freemon, Clerk Dr. Armina Gharpetian, and board members Nayiri Nahabedian and Shant Sahakian. Crescenta Valley Town Council President Mr. Harry Leon. Also attending, were newly appointed Glendale City Manager Yasmin Beers and Chief of Police Carl Povilaitis, as well as Fire Chief Gregory Fish, along with department heads and numerous commissioners. Representatives and leaders from several dozen cultural, philanthropic, educational and youth oriented community based organizations were also in attendance.
The evening began with an invocation delivered by Archpriest Vazken Atmajian. Following the invocation, local student Talin Ourfalian sang the national anthems of the United States of America and the Republic of Armenia. A short video message introducing the mission and scope of the ANCA Glendale was presented.
Master of Ceremonies and former Chairman of the ANCA Glendale Zanku Armenian thanked and welcomed the guests who joined the ANCA Glendale in honoring the remarkable set of awardees. Armenian recognized the elected officials, notable individuals and organizations who were attending. Reflecting on the recent developments in Armenia, Mr. Armenian stated, “let us take some lessons and inspiration from this example in Armenia that it is absolutely possible to make great things happen, when there is a will, there’s a way. The people we will be recognizing tonight are some of the great examples of the people in our community who are making that difference for all of us.â€
