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For Immediate Release
Friday, August 31, 2007
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Contact: Press Relations
Phone: (202) 232-6300
E-mail: press@ahepa.org
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News Release
AHEPA Applauds U.S. Government Response
U.S. Government Releases $1.2 Million in Aid to Greece WASHINGTON, D.C. — Statement by AHEPA International President Ike Gulas about the relief package the U.S. Government will send to the people of Greece: “After a week of teleconferences and consultations with the U.S. State Department, we are pleased with the response and the $1.2 million of aid that will be disbursed, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), to Greece.” The $1.2 contribution will support the purchase of equipment for firefighters and fund technical assistance for representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s U.S. Forest Service and USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance.
AHEPA is the leading organization of the nation’s 1.3 million American citizens of Greek heritage and it is the largest Greek-American association in the world with chapters in the United States, Canada, Greece, Cyprus, and sister chapters in Australia and New Zealand. It was established in 1922 by visionary Greek Americans to protect Hellenes from prejudice originating from the KKK, and in its history, AHEPA joined with the NAACP and B'nai B'rith International to fight discrimination. The mission of the AHEPA family is to promote the ideals of Hellenism, education, philanthropy, civic responsibility and family and individual excellence. The AHEPA family consists of four organizations: AHEPA, Daughters of Penelope, Sons of Pericles and Maids of Athena. For more information about the AHEPA family, or how to join, please contact AHEPA Headquarters, 202.232.6300, or visit www.ahepa.org.
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