Hackensack, New Jersey -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) announces the Andrea Tilbian Halejian Memorial Fund awarded a grant of $13,5000 to the Armenian International Medical Fund (AIM Fund) in Glendale, California. The grant supports the AIM Fund's program to provide children and young adults with cochlear implants in the Caucasus region in Europe. The NNJCF, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Hackensack, New Jersey, concentrates on the focus areas of the arts, civic engagement, education, the environment, public health, and philanthropy.

The NNJCF's Andrea Tilbian Halejian Memorial Fund remembers the late Andrea Tilbian Halejian of Wyckoff, New Jersey and contributes to qualified charitable organizations and interests she supported. Since its inception, the NNJCF's Andrea Tilbian Halejian Memorial Fund has awarded grants to a range of organizations, including the Fund for Armenian Relief, Armenian Relief Society of Eastern USA, the Center for Peace, Justice & Reconciliation (PJR) at Bergen Community College, the Center for Food Action, Vitalant, Eva's Village, Careers Through Culinary Arts, and LA Family Housing.

Andrea Tilbian Halejian, her family and many of their friends cared for Armenian efforts on local, national and international levels. The Armenian International Medical Fund, a non-profit organization, undertakes its mission to create and maintain innovative health care programs in Armenia with the intention of developing Armenia as the Regional Center in the Caucuses. The AIM Fund gives free hearing screenings, provides hearing aids at minimum cost, performs Cochlear Implant and Bone Anchored Hearing Aid surgeries and trains future otologists in Armenia.

NNJCF Philanthropic Services

For 24 years, the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation has served northern New Jersey bringing people and organizations together to address pressing issues and needs in the region. With a comprehensive menu of philanthropic opportunities, the NNJCF provides donors with flexible, efficient, and tax-effective ways to ensure their charitable giving has maximum impact through various types of funds, tax-saving annuities, and trust options.

“The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation helps donors address issues they care about through a variety of charitable giving vehicles. Donor advised funds such as the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation's The Andrea Tilbian Halejian Memorial Fund are easy to establish, offer tax benefits, and make an impact on the wellbeing of communities. Donors receive the satisfaction of annually making a difference in an area of interest or concern, such as the arts, education, the environment, food security, public health, youth development, animal welfare, etc.," said Danielle De Laurentis, Associate Director, Northern New Jersey Community Foundation.

About NNJCF

Founded in 1998, the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF), a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Hackensack, New Jersey, focuses primarily on the arts, civic engagement, education, the environment, philanthropy, and public health. The NNJCF works with local governments, school districts, businesses, non-profit organizations, and citizen groups in Northern New Jersey to improve community life. The Foundation's partners identify and resolve regional problems and opportunities by talking and learning from each other and sharing ideas, best practices, services, and resources.

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