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The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) is one of the largest Hellenic heritage groups in the world and an important community service organization in North America. The AHEPA Family is an umbrella organisation that encompasses four divisions: AHEPA, the men's division, the Daughters of Penelope, the women's division, the Sons of Pericles and the Maids of Athena, the youth divisions.
The organisation was founded in the Atlanta, Georgia in 1922. Since then it has borne chapters across the world - Canada, Greece, Australia, New Zealand and
Cyprus.
The first Canadian chapter of AHEPA was founded in Toronto, Ontario in 1928. Since then, chapters have been established in many cities in Canada - Montreal, Ottawa, Belleville, Windsor, Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Regina and Vancouver..
Mission
The mission of the AHEPA Family is to promote Hellenism, Education, Philanthropy, Civic Responsibility, and Family and Individual Excellence.
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The Plant an Olive Tree Campaign
Delivery of 4800 olive trees donated by the Canadian AHEPA Family
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We are pleased to announce the near completion of the delivery phase of the approximate 4800 olive trees purchased with the $50,000 donated by the Canadian AHEPA Family to the victims of last year's devastating fires in Peloponnesus.
The purchase and distribution of the olive trees has been most competently handled on behalf of the Canadian AHEPA Family by the AHEPA Hellas Daughters of Penelope.
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| We are particularly grateful to the AHEPA Hellas District Governor Georgia Zacharaki who has worked tirelessly and passionately on this project. In bringing the project to such successful
fruition, AHEPA Canada and AHEPA Hellas have demonstrated the power of the AHEPA Family to reach across national boundaries, to bridge the Hellenic diaspora and help the land of our heritage in its hours of need. The villages that have so far been selected to receive the olive trees are Chrysafa, Daphni, Siamo and Desilas. Each village will receive approximately 1000 olive trees.
We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all those in the Canadian AHEPA Family who contributed and/or worked to bring to fruition this project.
In
the news:
Article of
Nov. 3rd, 2008 in regional newspaper
"ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ"
Olive Trees for Greece - Promise Kept by the AHEPA Family"
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AHEPA Canada Congratulates
| Yannis Simonides for his designation as
Ambassador of Hellenism 2009 by the Prefecture of Athens
(Nomarhia Athinon) for his lifelong service to Greek Arts & Letters worldwide.
He shares the honor with The British Committee for the Return of the Parthenon Marbles, The International Organisation for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles, His Beatitude Theodore II, Pope & Patriarch of Alexandria, for his humanitarian work in Africa.
The awards were presented at the Athens Megaron on March 5, 2009 in the presence of the
President of the Republic of Greece, Karolos Papoulias.
AHEPA Canada is proud of the association and friendship it has developed with
Mr. Simonidis, an Emmy winning actor renown for his rendition of Plato's The Apology of Socrates . Mr.
Simonidis gave four successfull performances of his rendition of the Apology in Montreal in co operation with AHEPA Canada and is currently holding discussions the Calgary and Edmonton Chapters to organise performances in those cities.
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| From left to right: Andreas Michalopoulos (President, Mount Royal CJ7), Nick Aroutzidis (Canadian President of AHEPA), Yianni Simonidis, Frank Antoniou (Past Canadian President of AHEPA)
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