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JOSEPH KANIMIAN RE-ELECTED TO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Published on Jul 02 2009 by Divan of the Diocese
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Photo: Avo Markarian (second from right), senior vice president of Pacific Western Bank, presents a $25,000 check to American Red Cross of Greater Los Angeles officials to help purchase a back-up generator for the chapter’s Emergency Operations Center. Accepting the check is (L to R) Joseph Kanimian, Esq., Member of the Board of Directors, Paul Schulz, chapter CEO, and Edmond Lelo, Chairman of the Board of Directors.
The chairman of the Diocesan Council of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America, Mr. Joseph Kanimian, Esq., who has served for the last three years on the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross of Greater Los Angeles (ARCGLA), has been re-elected to serve on the Board of ARCGLA for another three years term during the organization's 93rd annual meeting held at the California Endowment in Los Angeles on June 26, 2009.
The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement. Its mission is to provide relief to victims of disaster and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.
The Greater Los Angeles chapter is one of more than 750 American Red Cross chapters nationwide helping fulfill this mission. It is the second largest chapter in the nation and serves a population of more than 6 million people in Los Angeles County (an area of 1,600 square miles), including 37 cities and 13 unincorporated areas.
Southland cities served by the Chapter are: Agoura Hills, Bell, Beverly Hills, Burbank, Calabasas, Carson, City of Commerce, Compton, Cudahy, Culver City, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Hidden Hills, Huntington Park, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lomita, Los Angeles, Lynwood, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Maywood, Pacific Palisades, Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, San Fernando, Santa Clarita, South Gate, Torrance, Vernon, West Hollywood and Westlake Village.
Last year, the Chapter was named Outstanding Volunteer Organization for National Philanthropy Day, which is designed to recognize significant contributions of philanthropy by people and organizations worldwide.
Mr. Kanimian, who also serves on the Financial Development Committee of the Board, was instrumental in procuring a contribution in the amount of $25,000.00 to the ARCGLA from Pacific Western Bank. The check was recently presented to the Board by PWB official, Mr. Avo Markarian, during a brief ceremony at the chapter headquarters in West Los Angeles.
"This is a unique organization that does assist all those in need of relief in times of disaster; we should all help the American Red Cross by volunteering, financially contributing to its many humanitarian causes and by donating blood. The Red Cross deserves our utmost support" stated Mr. Kanimian after accepting to serve on the board for another term.
His Eminence, Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the Western Diocese issued the following statement on this occasion, "Joseph Kanimian is one of the outstanding leaders of the Western Diocese who has shown a unique kind of leadership in our community life. His passion of Christian Faith, the Church and the Armenian traditions, but above all his vision for well being of the community at large has been reflected through his humanitarian services. May God continue to grace him and his colleagues at the Red Cross with wisdom necessary to most effectively execute their God-pleasing mission."
