CITY DONATES SURPLUS AMBULANCE TO ARMENIAN SISTER CITY.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer GLENDALE Glendale. 1 City (1990 pop. 148,134), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., adjacent to Phoenix; inc. 1910. It is located in a rich agricultural region irrigated by the Salt River project. Glendale has become one of the fastest-growing U.S. - Years after donating computers and money to buy badly needed books, Glendale has donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. to its sister city in Armenia what will be its fire department's only ambulance. The nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. Glendale Ghapan Sister City Association gave the surplus paramedic par·a·med·ic n. A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. paramedic ambulance to the city, which has a population of about 55,000. Ghapan is an agricultural and industrial center, but also has libraries, museums, theater companies and dozens of schools. ``It will make a big difference because Ghapan is located approximately 220 miles southeast of the capital of Yerevan in a mountainous moun·tain·ous adj. 1. Having many mountains. 2. Resembling a mountain in size; huge: mountainous waves. mountainous Adjective 1. region and its fire department needs this equipment badly to serve its people,'' said Artin Manoukian, president of the Glendale Ghapan Sister City Association. ``We look forward to in-kind donations from the city and nonprofit organizations Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. .'' The nonprofit United Armenian Foundation stepped in to pay the nearly $20,000 needed to transport the truck-style ambulance to Ghapan, where it is expected to arrive at the end of July. Ghapan's hospital currently has just one ambulance. City Councilman Ara Najarian said Ghapan has gone through a depression since the collapse of the Soviet Union, so the ambulance will not only save lives, but but boost the morale of its residents and emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' personnel. ``It's a great opportunity to make such a big impact on the lives of the people of Ghapan, whereas otherwise, this truck might have been put up for auction somewhere, it might have gotten a few thousand dollars and whoever got it might have turned it into a van,'' said Najarian, who was part of a city delegation that visited Ghapan in 2003. ``This is people helping people. It will immediately be put to good use to help save many lives. As any paramedic will tell you, the first few minutes are so critical to save somebody's life.'' Glendale has exchanged equipment, training and information over the years with its other sister cities of Rosarito, Mexico; Tlaquepaque, Mexico; and Higashiosaka, Japan. The last time Glendale donated fire equipment to a sister city was in June 2003, when officials gave Rosarito five used firetrucks, water pumps for the fire department and 80 streetlight globes and fixtures in an effort to help upgrade services in the city. Naush Boghossian, (818) 546-3306 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com |
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