This Thanksgiving: Watch, Act, Connect

November 26, 2009 This Thanksgiving: Watch, Act, Connect Thanksgiving’s a really great opportunity for you to reach out to family and friends about the challenges facing the Armenian people. This warm and wonderful holiday, which brings together loved ones from far and wide, serves, in many ways, as a powerful chance for our families to connect both to our roots and our common future. The family gatherings taking place this Thursday, will, in literally hundreds of thousands of Armenian American homes, represent a vital bridge and meeting place between those more actively engaged in Armenian American civic life and those less aware of these issues or not as involved in the Armenian Cause. With these thoughts in mind, the ANCA offers the following three suggestions: 1) Watch Be sure to watch the Armenia Fund Telethon and support its efforts to strengthen the city of Shushi – http://www.armeniafund.org 2) Act Take a photo of your family holding up a small sign saying: “President Obama, Recognize the Armenian Genocide,” (or the message of your choice), and email it to anca@anca.org. 3) Connect Take a moment to talk to your relatives about the latest news on Armenian issues and the efforts by Armenian American organizations to seek truth, justice, strength, and security for the Armenian nation. Explore the ANCA website for interesting discussion items. Read more. . . GoodShop for the Armenian Cause With Black Friday shopping deals coming up and Cyber-Monday just around the corner, we'll all be looking for the best deals for our holiday gift giving now and throughout December. But did you know, that with every gift you purchase through GoodShop.com - from hundreds of the most popular online stores – you can also give a gift to the ANCA Endowment Fund – at no additional cost to you? Shop Target, Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, Best Buy, eBay, Macy's or other major stores – get the same best deals, use the advertised coupons, pay the absolute lowest price possible – and give a gift to the Armenian Cause. It's as easy as 1-2-3: 1- Visit www.Goodshop.com 2- Choose the "ANCA Endowment Fund" as your charity of choice (it may be chosen for you already) 3- Click on the online store you want to purchase your holiday gifts and SHOP. Funds will be automatically donated to the ANCA Endowment Fund. You will not have to fill out any forms or sign up for "special offers." The percentages of puchases donated is listed on the Goodshop.com page. And you can continue supporting the ANCA Endowment Fund throughout the year, through purchases at GoodShop.com and even by doing your everyday online searches through GoodSearch.com. Read more. . . Search the web with www.goodsearch.com and money from Yahoo advertisers will go to the ANCA without you spending a dime. A penny per search! Use www.goodshop.com for online purchases from hundreds of popular sites and a percentage comes back to the ANCA. When you GoodSearch & GoodShop - Choose the ANCA ! Published by the Armenian National Committee of America 1711 N Street NW, Washington, DC 20036 Tel: (202) 775-1918, Fax: (202) 775-5648, E-mail: anca@anca.org, Web: www.anca.org Disclaimer: This message was distributed to the "ANCA News" list. If you received this message in error or would like to be removed from the list, please send an email to anca_list@capwiz.mailmanager.net or click below. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please forward this message only to friends and family, who you know would be interested in this issue. Please note that sending unsolicited e-mail is considered "spam" and is illegal.