WASHINGTON—Manas Boujikian, a longtime community leader who for decades helped sustain the growth of Armenian advocacy, has completed funding his $400,000 pledge, ahead of schedule, to the ANCA Endowment Fund, marking yet another philanthropic milestone in his life-long commitment to ensuring that collective voice and common aspirations of Armenian Americans are heard and respected in the nation’s capital.
“Manas Boujikian stands as a model Armenian American, one who has, with his leadership, his energy, and the financial resources earned through a lifetime of hard work, given selflessly to the Armenian Cause,” said ANCA Endowment president Ken Hachikian. “With broad vision and great foresight, as both a leading architect and a humble foot-soldier of our sacred Hai Tahd movement, Manas has been of vital, often decisive, importance to our common cause at every pivotal movement for the past two generations. We are deeply grateful to our community and nation for producing such a proud and devoted son.”
In the days leading up to the ANCA Endowment Funds 2009 Telethon, Boujikian wrote an article, published in the Asbarez Daily Newspaper and the Armenian Weekly, explaining the reasons for his generosity, namely that: “The ANCA Endowment Fund represents the single best investment we can make in ensuring a bright future for the Armenian nation.”
The full text of this article, explaining his faith in the ANCA Endowment and outlining his broad vision for Armenian American civic engagement, can be found by visiting www.armenianweekly.com/2009/05/27/i-gave-400000-to-the-anca-endowment-fund.
Hye, Manas Boujikian,
I know I speak for many when I say ‘thank you’ for the handsome donation to the ANCA team who maintain the Armenian ‘voice’ in our nation’s capitol. Your dedication and understanding of the
support required for ANCA to continue in their dedicated efforts is outstanding.
Grassroots, across the nation, whether large or small donations, make the difference for ANCA – for your support to continue their ongoing pursuit for Hai Tahd.
Historically,and into today, we Armenians are an extraordinary people, wherever we are in the world.
Today we are bound to our Covenant, a Covenant which was passed from our Martyred to our Surviviors and now to us – our generations today, which we seek to uphold. Justice. Justice for the Turkish Genocide of the Armenian nation by the Ottoman Turks. And into today, as subsequent Turkish leaders who, knowing the truths, are in denials – still.
But more – bones of our unburied slaughtered keep watch of a Turkey… knowing that Turkey shall never be able to become a member of the civilized nations of the world until Turks today admit guilts for their crime of Genocide of the Armenian nation – and the reparatiions due and owing to all the generations from the 1890s to 2010. Genocide continues until resolved by the victim nation…
Manooshag