USC AGSA is most proud to present this section of our website. Here, we display exactly how we utilize the funds we raise at our various events, particularly the annual Black-Tie Banquet.  All of the proceeds you help us raise are applied toward numerous community and humanitarian projects.

We are proud to associate ourselves with the fine organizations and individuals who selflessly dedicate themselves to improving the plight of all Armenians. Your participation in AGSA events ignites a positive cycle of directly benefiting the community at large. We thank you for your support and look forward to your continued participation and feedback.

The AGSA held a social mixer at Restaurant Halie with all proceeds going to Urartu University of Phychology & Practical Sociology in Yerevan. However, instead of asking for monetary donations, we asked members to bring textbooks and supplies to help our friends at Urartu. Even with a less than expected turnout, we were able to collect two large boxes full of supplies thanks to your generous donations.

The USC AGSA actively supports the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry’s vitally important causes. In August 2004, AGSA contributed $1,000 toward ABMDR’s efforts to help Armenians throughout the world who suffer from life-threatening blood diseases, such as leukemia.

The USC AGSA donated $2,500 in April 2004 to the Davidian Mariamian Educational Foundation to support its publication of books and the provision of educational materials. DMEF was established in 1987 to create an educational environment that would help Armenian immigrant parents and children from all over the world to adjust and adapt to a new culture in the Los Angeles area.

The USC AGSA contributed $2,500 to the State Engineering University of Armenia. One thousand dollars will go toward the publication of a quarterly scientific journal; the remaining $1,500 will be applied toward student scholarships and conducting a technical competition.

In October of 2003, in response to the struggles of the Armenian community in Iraq in the transitional period, AGSA teamed up with Specialist John Merguerian of Boston, serving with the US Army in Iraq, to deliver much-needed books and school supplies to an Armenian school in Baghdad.

In the summer of 2003, about $1000 in medical supplies and related equipment were purchased in Armenia and donated to the city hospital in Shushi, Artsakh. In addition, AGSA members participated with various organizations that performed community development in Armenia.

AGSA's efforts are particularly focused on the Republic of Armenia, and recently for the benefit of Armenians in Iraq. In May 2003 we awarded two USC graduate students with $400 scholarships to participate in medical and dental rotations in Armenia.