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Friday, October 4, 2013

Niarchos Foundation announces new grant of $100 euros at Hellenic Initiative Event in New York

NEW YORK ? The Inaugural Banquet of The Hellenic Initiative that was held at the elegant domed structure with Grecian architectural touches at 583 Park Avenue in Manhattan on October 3 was unlike any other Greek-American event of recent memory. To begin with, the keynote speech of former President Bill Clinton gave it unparalleled cachet. Andreas Dracopoulos, Director and Co-President of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, who turned the immortal words of John F. Kennedy?s inaugural address into a call to action for all who love Greece: ?Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.?

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