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AHEPA FAMILY NEWS

AHEPA Helps Secure Eighth Medical
Supply Shipment for Greece
AHEPA, IOCC Deliver $821K in Medical Aid to Chania, Crete
A shipping container filled with
$821,257 worth of medical supplies
and equipment arrived Dec. 30, 2014,
in Chania, Crete, Greece, thanks to
the efforts of AHEPA, which donated
$18,000 to secure the shipping container and to the International
Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC),

(L-R): IOCC Representative in Greece
Despina Katsivelaki, Deputy Governor
of Chania General Hospital John
Manousakas, AHEPA District 25 Gov.
Giorgos Plokamakis, AHEPA Hj-6 CreteKydon Chapter Secretary A. Plokamakis,
and AHEPA Hj-6 Crete-Kydon President
George Atsalakis at the General Hospital
of Chania.

which worked diligently to coordinate
the assembly of the medical supplies,

announced Supreme President Phillip
T. Frangos.
This is the eighth shipment of medical supplies AHEPA helped to deliver
to Greece working in cooperation with
IOCC. The medical supplies range from
syringes and walkers to catheters and
nebulizers-all materials needed to run
and administer a hospital on a daily
basis. All told, nearly $5.5 million in
medical supplies have been donated
and delivered to hospitals throughout Greece through this collaborative
effort, Frangos said. The supreme president complimented the efforts on the
ground of AHEPA Hellas District 25
and AHEPA Chapter HJ6, Crete-Kydon.
"Austerity measures have had a devastating impact on public health spending," Supreme President Frangos said.
"The ability of hospitals to purchase
medical supplies and equipment has
been hampered. The need continues to
be very real, and AHEPA, working in
cooperation with the IOCC, is proud to

be able to facilitate the shipment of a
significant amount of aid to help address
the medical supply shortage in Greece."
He added, "We thank the community for helping to make this important shipment of medical supplies a
reality through its contributions and
donations. The spirit of philanthropy
is alive and well and it must continue
to flourish if we are to meet the dire
needs the people of Greece are enduring during this most difficult time. We
are proud of the community's action,
and we encourage individuals and
organizations to continue to donate to
worthy causes that help Greece."

The shipment of medical supplies is
unloaded.

Newport, R.I., Wins Sixth Annual Hellenic History Tournament

The participants of the 6th Annual Hellenic History Tournament.

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Fourteen teams competed in the 6th Annual Hellenic
History Tournament, Nov. 22, Orange, Conn., with the team
from Newport, R.I. defeating Paramus, N.J. in a close finals
match to capture the championship. For their success,
Newport and Paramus won scholarship money for their
college fund. Newport defeated last year's champion, New
Rochelle, N.Y., to reach the finals.
Six states from throughout New England and the MidAtlantic region were represented. The matches tested the
participants' knowledge of Hellenic history.
Congratulations to all teams. They were all winners!
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