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Arts and Crafts at Camp Haiastan
By Noel Mazmanian and Sanan Gueyikian AYF Camp Haiastan is a place for campers to come and celebrate being Armenian. One way they can do that is through the arts. Art has served as the ultimate form of...
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Raising the Next Generation of Future Leaders
Editor’s Note: The following remarks were delivered at the 70th anniversary gala on July 23, 2022 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Camp Haiastan executive director Kenar Charchaflian...
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Final Call for Submissions for the 2022 AYF Olympics Ad Book
WORCESTER, Mass.—The AYF-YOARF Central Executive and Worcester Steering Committee have announced an extension for the 2022 AYF Olympics Ad Book. The deadline to submit an ad has been extended to...
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My First Summer as an AYF Camp Haiastan Staff Member
Camp Haiastan: What do you appreciate more about Camp Haiastan now that you are on staff and not a camper? Aram Najarian, Staff In Training, VA Aram Najarian: As a camper, you don’t fully realize how...
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Honoring General Karekin Njdeh during Song Night
Camp Haiastan Session 2 song night For the 2022 Camp Haiastan Session 2 song night, cabin 8 sang “Karekin Nzhdehi Yerke.” While learning this song and thinking of every lyric, we thought about every...
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My First Teen Session at Camp Haiastan
Camp Haiastan Teen Session 2022 I have been waiting for a long time to attend Teen Session at Camp Haiastan. This was my fifth year at Camp Haiastan, which has been on my schedule almost every summer...
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It’s More Than Just a Name Tag
By Christiane Ezgilioglu, AYF New Jersey “Arsen” Chapter I have been a camper at Camp Haiastan for almost ten years. Since my arrival in 2012, I have never once questioned the fact that I wanted to...
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Lighting a “spark” in campers
By Sevan Soukiasian, AYF Greater Boston “Nejdeh” Chapter Upon my arrival at Camp Haiastan this season, I felt the familiar chill that runs down my spine each year as my brother Garen drove me down to...
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AYF-YOARF Eastern US Statement on Relinquishing Berdzor, Aghavno, and the...
The attempted annihilation of ethnic and indigenous Armenians from Artsakh by Azerbaijan began well before the 2020 44-day war and has not ended after the supposed ceasefire was announced on November...
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The 2022 AYF Internship in Artsakh: Eyes Opened, Lives Changed
Left to right: Areni Hamparian (Western United States), Galy Jackmakjian (Eastern United States), Hasmik Burushyan (Western United States) and Nare Nersesyan (Moscow, Russia) The Armenian Youth...
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The Sounds of Worcester: The Aramites
It all started in the early 1950s on the porches of the multi-level homes in the geography of Worcester’s Little Armenia: Chandler Street, Park Avenue, Austin Street and Belmont Street. Reminiscing,...
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Ooster, Woostah Olympic Memories
Old headlines of Worcester “Aram” Olympic victories from the Hairenik Weekly Worcester has a proud and exceptional Armenian history beginning in the late 1800s, having been referred to as “Little...
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What to expect at the 2022 Worcester AYF Olympics
WORCESTER, Mass.—The week has officially arrived! The Worcester “Aram” Chapter and the Greater Worcester Armenian Community are excited to invite you to the 88th annual Armenian Youth Federation (AYF)...
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My Experience at AYF Camp Haiastan
Aram Najarian with a camper If you are Armenian, whether in the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) or not, you should work at Camp Haiastan. AYF Camp Haiastan is a two-week sleepaway summer camp in...
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The Fate of the Armenian Language
(Photo: Armenian Weekly) I am fearful for the fate of the Western Armenian language. In 2010, Western Armenian joined UNESCO’s list of endangered languages. Each language on the list is assigned a...
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Tebi Worcester
It is that time of the year again. Time to get out the suitcases, charge up the camera batteries, suspend delivery of the mail and newspapers, print the boarding passes, arrange for a taxi to the...
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Thursday at the 2022 AYF Olympics
We were up and out of the house early to catch an 8 a.m. flight from Chicago O’Hare to Boston. We were excited to return to New England and the AYF Olympics. AYF Pendant We boarded the plane and had...
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Friday at the 2022 AYF Olympics
Teeing off The athletics began in earnest on Friday at the AYF Olympics. It was a near perfect day with temperatures in the 70s and a cloudless sky. Waiting to man their carts We were up early for...
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Saturday at the 2022 AYF Olympics
Seran Krikorian It was another beautiful day at the AYF Olympics in Worcester. The weather was a carbon copy of Friday. It was in the 70s again and clear skies that turned partially cloudy. The events...
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Sunday at the 2022 AYF Olympics
When we think of the Olympics, many of us, especially the older alums, think of Track and Field. That is how the Olympics was exclusively Track and Field. From the history in the AYF Ad Book, the first...
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