Grant Made to Armenian Organization in Memory of Wyckoff Resident

The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) announces the Andrea Tilbian Halejian Memorial Fund awarded a grant of $5,000 to Armenian Relief Society of Eastern USA, Inc. The grant will support the organization's Artsakh Relief project. The Fund remembers the late Andrea Tilbian Halejian of Wyckoff and contributes to qualified charitable organizations she supported. The NNJCF, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Hackensack, New Jersey, concentrates on the focus areas of the arts, civic engagement, education, the environment, public health, and philanthropy.

Since its inception, the NNJCF's Andrea Tilbian Halejian Memorial Fund has awarded grants to a range of organizations, including the Fund for Armenian Relief, the Center for Peace, Justice & Reconciliation (PJR) at Bergen Community College, the Center for Food Action, Vitalant, Eva's Village, Careers Through Culinary Arts, and LA Family Housing.

Andrea Tilbian Halejian, her family and many of their friends cared for Armenian efforts on local, national and international levels. The ARS, a non-profit, independent, non-sectarian and non-governmental organization (NGO), is a member of the United Nations. The organization has affiliates in 27 different countries serving the social, educational, health, and welfare efforts of the Armenian people worldwide. The grant to ARS will further the organization's goals and support the Artsakh Relief project to address the growing humanitarian crisis in the Artsakh region.

Active Member of the Community

Andrea Tilbian Halejian was an active member of the community. She was an enthusiastic leader in her church, St. Leon Armenian Church of Fair Lawn NJ, and directed programs to include cooking for a community shelter, running twice-annual blood drives, co-chairing Diocesan assemblies, teaching Sunday School and supporting Camp Nubar activities and events. In Wyckoff, she chaired the Coolidge School bike rally, initiated an art docent program at Coolidge School, worked with the Girl Scouts, helped with many school programs and was a spirited supporter of elementary school, high school and college athletics.

NNJCF Philanthropic Services

For 24 years, the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation has served northern New Jersey bringing people and organizations together to address pressing issues and needs in the region. With a comprehensive menu of philanthropic opportunities, the NNJCF provides donors with flexible, efficient, and tax-effective ways to ensure their charitable giving has maximum impact through various types of funds, tax-saving annuities, and trust options.

"Through donor advised funds, the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation provides contributors of all ages the opportunity to support issues they care about the most. This is a win-win situation: the donor becomes an active participant in the distribution of particular grants and communities receive the benefit of funds to meet needs and provide essential services. Funds can be established in any area of interest -- the arts, education, the environment, food security, public health, youth development, animal welfare, and many others," said Danielle De Laurentis, Associate Director, Northern New Jersey Community Foundation.

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