Ameria Group of Companies holds Sport for Life charitable auctionDecember 13, 2014 - 18:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ameria Group of Companies held its Sport for Life 5th charitable auction on Friday, Dec 12, bringing together famous Armenian and foreign sportsmen, who gifted sportswear and equipment with their autographs. “During the previous 4 years we have raised AMD 300 million to help over 100 children. This time we chose sports as the theme of our auction, making it a symbol of health,” Ameriabank general director Artak Hanesyan told reporters. “Thanks to the bank’s social policy, we can save the lives of children suffering from serious illnesses,” he said, adding that he was planning to participate in the action himself to buy boxing gloves or a Formula 1 helmet.
With the assistance of Mega Sport company and Project Hope foundation, over 20 sports items with the autographs of famous sportsmen like Arthur Abraham, Ronda Rousey, Oscar De La Hoya, Alexander Miskirtchian, Youri Djorkaeff, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Marcos Pizzelli, Roman Berezovsky, as well as exclusive photos of Zinedine Zidane, Pele, Maradona, Usain Bolt and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The sum of AMD 30.600.000 garnered during the auction was doubled by Ameria Group of Companies to total AMD 61.200.000 that will be spent on the treatment of children suffering from idiopathic arthritis, ontological, hematological and other diseases. Ameria Group of Companies also plans to hold an online auction on Dec 15. Besides annual auctions, employees, partner companies and individuals make donators in the course of the year. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |