Genocide survivor son donates $200,000 to Fresno family centerMay 20, 2014 - 15:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Fresno Family Counseling Center at Fresno State, U.S., received a gift of $200,000 from alumnus and retired dentist Dr. Harry Moordigian to help expand mental health service in the Central Valley, Fresno Business Journal reported. The center, ran by Fresno State's Kremen School of Education and Human Development, will use the gift to expand mental health counseling programs that target the Hmong community in partnership with Fresno community benefit organization Stone Soup. Some of the money will also go toward reinstating the "Placticas" program, which provides mental health outreach at food distributions in rural Fresno and Madera counties. Moordigian, 75, has been supporting Fresno State since the 1970s when he joined the Bulldog Foundation. In 2007, for instance, he honored this memory of his late parents Harry and Nevart Moordigian by establishing an endowment to support of the Department of Viticulture and Enology. The scholarship now stands at nearly $250,000. He also donated to the Armenian Studies Department and athletics program in 1993. His latest gift stems from a letter he discovered three years ago written by his mother, who had likely suffered from depression after escaping the Armenian Genocide that took his father's life. Private support like Moordigian's is deemed critical for the Fresno Family Counseling Center, which relies on Fresno State faculty and graduate students to provide clinical help for those in need of marriage, family and child counseling. During the 2013-2014 academic year, the center held about 10,000 sessions for clients, many of whom cannot afford the high cost of treatment elsewhere. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Viva-MTS: Tech solutions to modernize infrastructure of border village The border village has been the focus of Viva-MTS and the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values since 2015. Ucom's fixed network launched in Artashat To mark this occasion, the company has introduced a special offer exclusively for Artashat residents. “By Your Side”: IDBank's new support program for displaced Artsakh citizens IDBank is launching a long-term social support program for forcibly displaced Artsakh residents. The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. |