Art samples, songs and Tankian’s guitar in Orran's 5th Charity Dinner
On October 1, 5th Annual Charity Dinner of Benevolent Non-Governmental Orgaization Orran will be held at the Vertigo Event Venue in Glendale. During the event, Hebert Leo Saryan will perform his song dedicated to Orran for the first time and the painter, with “Face” nickname, will deliver his piece on the canvas. Some guests such as Angela Tankian, Ani and Joseph Hovhannisyan and Ani Gevorgyan Hovhannisyan will tell about their experience in Orran. There will be a live auction during the event, which will feature the prominent lawyer Garo Mardirosyan. Serj Tankian's personal guitar by which he made his last tour and which also has signatures of all SOAD members, a musical plate illustrated by John Dolmayan and a silver necklace by Shavo Odadjian are in the list of samples of the action. In addition the three members of System of a Down will be present at the auction with their wives. The charity auction will also include the works done by Orran's children. One of the most precious specimens of the auction will be a watertight picture "The Dark Knight, Batman" by Jim Lee. Orran, meaning "haven" in Armenian, was established in downtown Yerevan in April 2000 by Chairman of the Heritage Party Raffi Hovhannisian and his wife Armine Hovhannisian. The center started with 16 children, but within six months, it had grown to embrace more than 26 at-risk elderly and 40 socially vulnerable children, some of whom were orphans. In 2009, another Orran center was established in the city of Vanadzor named after its major benefactors Krikor and Anna Krikorian. The number of our beneficiaries keeps increasing. Today, we have 110 elderly and 220 children, with ages ranging from five to sixteen years. Since its inception, Orran has helped thousands of families in need, all over Armenia and in Artsakh. For more information visit www.orran.am
