AHEPA e-News! - Vol. 11 Issue 36  - Wednesday, September 13, 2017  
Disaster Relief Fund Opened in Wake of Hurricanes
 
AHEPA has opened its Emergency Relief Fund to provide assistance to the victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, announced Supreme President CarlHollister, who visited Houston on September 2. Hollister presented an initial $15,000 donation and pledged to raise $100,000 by month's end.  

Last weekend, Supreme Secretary Jimmy Kokotas joined with relief organizations to help families impacted by Harvey. 

Supreme President Hollister has directed AHEPA members to prepare to assist in Irma's aftermath as they have in Harvey's wake. read more  donate online
AHEPA Applauds Senator Van Hollen, Appropriators for Passing Pro U.S.-Greece Funding Measure
AHEPA applauds Senate appropriators for voting to strengthen U.S.-Greece military-to-military relations in their FY2018 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, announced Supreme President Carl Hollister. Thanks to the advocacy of Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), the bill, if enacted, will increase funding for Greece's International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program to $425,000, which is $275,000 above the Trump administration's recommended FY18 funding level and $225,000 above the previous enacted funding level.

In addition, Senator Van Hollen, and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), offered an amendment that prohibits U.S. taxpayer dollars from funding the sale of weapons to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's security detail. The amendment passed via voice vote. (Associated Press story)

"We appreciate Senator Van Hollen for spearheading these two important measures, and furthermore, we thank the Senate Appropriations Committee, chaired by Senator Lindsey Graham, and Ranking Member Leahy, for passing them," Hollister said.
U.S. Congressman Dent, Ahepan, Announces Retirement
U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA), a member of AHEPA Chapter 60, Allentown, Pa., announced his retirement at the conclusion of the 115th Congress in 2018. 

"We are grateful for Congressman Dent's public service and for his support for housing for elderly, especially AHEPA 60 Apartments in Allentown," Supreme President Carl Hollister. "We're proud to count him as a Brother Ahepan, and we wish him well in his future endeavors after Congress." 

AHEPA Welcomes Congressman Krishnamoorthi to Hellenic Caucus
AHEPA welcomes news that U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) has joined the Congressional Hellenic Caucus, announced Supreme President Carl Hollister. The congressman represents the 8th Congressional District of Illinois, which includes the west and northwest suburbs of Chicago. Membership in the Hellenic Caucus now stands at 127.

"We sincerely thank Congressman Krishnamoorthi, a son of immigrants, for joining the Caucus," Hollister said. "We look forward to working with him, and his staff, on issues of importance to the American Hellenic community."

ICYMI | AHEPA Remembers September 11
Supreme President Carl Hollister issued a statement on the 16th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.  read it here

AHEPA Congratulates Galis on Hall of Fame Induction
AHEPA conveys a heartfelt congratulations to Nick Galis upon his induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Class of 2017, on September 8. Galis, a member of the Class of 2013 AHEPA Hellenic Athletic Hall of Fame, is widely considered the greatest basketball player in Greek history. 
REBUILD SAINT NICHOLAS SHRINE CAMPAIGN
 
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AHEPA is $160,000 short of meeting its Saint Nicholas Capital Campaign fund raising goal of $1 million. We are determined to meet it! Donations--large and small--keep pouring in for AHEPA's #RebuildStNicholas capital campaign. 

Will yours be the one to get us to the historic $1 million milestone?


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Editor's Note: Editorials, Commentaries, and Opinion pieces are shared for information purposes only and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy positions of the Order of AHEPA, its affiliated organizations, and members.
 
Macron ends Greek visit with surprise stroll through town
Associated Press (Sept. 8) 
Wrapping up a visit to Greece, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, departed from the official program Friday to stroll down a crowded central Athens shopping street, delighting selfie-thirsty pedestrians but inconveniencing those unfortunate enough to get stuck in the ensuing traffic jams.  read more
 
Forget the Parthenon: how austerity is laying waste to Athens' modern heritage 
The Guardian (Sept. 12) 
Not that long ago I received a questionnaire through my door. How had the 1930s Bauhaus building in which I live survived the rigours of time? Who had designed it? Who was its first owner? And, the form went on, what were my memories of it? Circulated far and wide across Athens, the questionnaire and its findings are part of a vast inventory of 19th- and early 20th-century buildings that now stand at the heart of a burgeoning cultural heritage crisis in Greece. At least 10,600 buildings are on the database and it is growing by the day.  read more
 
Energean gets approval to develop field offshore Greece
Ekathimerini (Sept. 8) 
Energean, Greece's sole oil producer, said on Friday it had secured approval to develop the Kataloko field in Western Greece, its third such project in the Eastern Mediterranean.  read more
 
Four Seasons and Astir Palace Vouliagmeni Announce Plans to Transform Legendary Astir Palace into First Four Seasons Hotel in Greece
PR Newswire (Sept. 6)
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, the world's leading luxury hospitality company, and Astir Palace Vouliagmeni S.A., the Greek hospitality market leader, have announced plans to bring the first Four Seasons hotel to Greece on the Astir Palace peninsula. Following extensive upgrades to the existing hotel, the new hotel will debut as Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel Athens in spring 2018.  read more

Typing Greek has never been so easy
Google Blog (Sept. 5) 

Did you know that many words in a vocabulary of an educated English speaker are borrowed from Greek? Hundreds of scientific, medical, and technical terms have been coined from Greek words, being either the root that creates a word or prefixes / suffixes of words used in daily language. From physics to photography, from microscope to telephone, from biology to zoology and many more - these are now part of almost all European languages.  read more
 
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