The ARS, Inc. Central Executive Board sent a letter to His Holiness Aram First, Catholicos of All Armenians of the Holy See of Cilicia, thanking him for declaring 2010 “Year of Armenian Women” and for allocating part of his message on this occasion to the Armenian Relief Society.

The ARS successfully implemented its “Amanor” program one more time in December 2009. The goal of this program is to bring joy into the lives of needy children and elderly both in the diaspora and the homeland. The 2009 “Amanor” allocations of the ARS reached $16,000.