COAF NextGen to Host ‘Gatsby at the Bowery’

NEW YORK—The Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) NextGen, a new group formed to educate and involve the next generation of philanthropists in COAF’s work in rural Armenia, recently announced its premier fundraising event, “Gatsby at the Bowery.”

The Bowery Hotel Terrace will be host to the event on Sept. 10 from 8-11 p.m. and will benefit the children of COAF’s cluster of villages. There will be an open bar, passed hors d’oeuvres, a raffle, 1920’s themed entertainment, and more. Tickets are $75 each or $100 with a signed limited edition photograph taken in one of COAF’s villages by acclaimed photographer Hrair Hawk Khatcherian. Ticket prices will increase after Aug. 28.

To purchase tickets for the event, visit www.coafkids.org, call (212) 994-8234, or mail a check to COAF at 162 Fifth Avenue, Suite 900, New York, NY 10010.

One-hundred percent of the net proceeds from the event will benefit the children and youth in rural Armenia.

Founded in 2000, the COAF is an independent, nonprofit, nongovernmental (501)(c)(3) organization. COAF seeks to reverse the impoverished conditions affecting significant numbers of Armenia’s children by revitalizing Armenia’s villages and implementing projects that provide immediate and sustainable benefits to children and youth. Since its founding, the COAF’s activities have focused on revitalizing rural Armenia, with a comprehensive approach to addressing the critical needs of children together with economic development activities, which enable people to acquire the necessary tools to help themselves.

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