A Heartfelt Thank You from All of Us at Ayo! CHOCOLATE BANK and FAR Financial Report Dear donors, supporters, followers, and contributors,

TOTAL SPENT At the beginning of the year, we would like to share with you one of the most successful projects of 2017: $6,547.26 Chocolate Bank … and More!

TOTAL RAISED Around 379 children (aged 2 - 17), from ten communities in the Lori Region (Mikhayelovka, Yaghdan, Privolnoye, Pushkino, , , Akori, $6,559 Gyulakarak, Hobardzi, Vardablur) experienced a magical holiday season for the first time in their lives BALANCE when they received a dream gift: chocolate and warm winter boots and coats. $11.47 During the month of December, our entire team worked day and night to prepare for the upcoming WHAT QTY Amount in USD distributions, and the days when we would improve the lives of 379 children. Of course, this would not have been possible without all of the wonderful people Winter Coats 379 $3,916.42 who supported us by contributing to our project, Winter Boots 379 $2,630.84 either by donating as little as $1 or by contributing one bar of chocolate. Chocolate 700 In kind We have been able to raise $6,559, which covered the TOTAL PROJECT COST $6,547.26 cost of 379 boots and coats. On top of this, we were able to collect over 700 kgs of chocolate. Can you imagine that?! With such amazing results, we were *The project had a surplus in the amount of $409, which was spent on buying additional 24 coats for able to give 2kgs of chocolate to each child and their 24 kids from 4 communities in Lori region (Yaghdan, Gyulakarak, Hobardzi, Vardablur). The remaining surplus in the amount of $12 will be added to the budget of Chocolate Bank 2018. family to help them celebrate their Christmas and New Year holidays. As we were able to collect many additional gifts during our campaign, we decided to also visit and give gifts to the six children who are fighting cancer at Muratsan Hospital in , to make their days a bit happier with our visit.

On top of this, we paid visit to the children and grandchildren of the FAR’s Soup Kitchen beneficiaries, who were very excited to receive some chocolate right before the holidays.

Today, we would like to extend our highest appreciation to YOU, as without every single one of our supporters, we couldn’t have reached our goal and made this happen. We would like to take a moment to specifically thank some individuals, organizations, and companies who joined our efforts to make this season extra magical for the kids in Lori.

We invite you to read our blog to learn more about how our Chocolate Bank came to be. Hopefully, you will feel even more inspired to join us next year!

We would like to send a special thank you to:

• Central Bank for 22 KG of chocolate and 60 Ayl Kerpik intellectual games for kids • ARMECONOMBANK for 25 KG of chocolate • Byblos Bank for 30 KG of chocolate and 100,000 AMD donation for boots and coats • Asian Development Bank for 22 KG of chocolate and two coats • VivaCell MTS for 50 KG of chocolate • NASDAQ OMX for 27 KG of chocolate • McCann Ericson Yerevan office for 10 KG of chocolate • CIvilnet TV for supporting us and collecting 73 KG of chocolate • St. Mesrob Armenian Church of Wisconsin for support of $1,345 to get boots and coats for 75 kids • St. Sarkis Armenian Church of Charlotte for help and donation of $750 to provide coats and boots 42 kids • St. Mary Armenian Church in FL for the donation of $200 • Holy Resurrection Church in CT for the donation of $250 • Students of Anania Shirakatsi School for 26 KG of chocolate • Students of Maksedan Private School for 10 KG of chocolate • “Rights without Borders” NGO for 7,5 KG of chocolate • DanDessert Cake Factory for 10 KG of chocolate • Baguette & Co. for 200 meringue sweets • Ameria Bank for 20 KG of chocolate • Repat Armenia for collecting chocolate during their 5th anniversary party • Aurora Prize Office for 20 KG of chocolate • AOByte Company for 15 KG of chocolate • Financial Tech Company and their Staff for 15 KG of chocolate • “Tsil Busats” Children Development Center for 8KG of chocolate • “Article 3” Club for 14 KG of chocolate • Green Bean Cascade branch for 12 KG of chocolate • Armenia Wines Factory for 12 KG of chocolate • DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel for preparing their special cookies for 150 kids • Media Center Staff for 5 KG of chocolate • Rebirth Armenia Foundation for 3 KG of chocolate • Impact Hub Yerevan for 2.5 KG of chocolate • LAVR LTD for 16 KG of chocolate • SNDA LLC for 5 KG of chocolate • Transparency International Armenia office for 9 KG of chocolate • Center for Development of Agriculture for 9 KG of chocolate • Stepanavan Middle School for 7 KG of chocolate • Civic Youth Center for 3 KG of chocolate We also want to thank the following media • MEGAFOOD LLC for 40 KG of chocolate outlets for their coverage of Chocolate Bank … • AGBU Armenia office for 13 KG of chocolate and More!: • Ernst & Young for a 200,000 AMD donation to purchase boots and coats • Birthright Armenia for 3 KG of chocolate • Shoghakat TV • The family of Pompeians for making a donation of $500 • Yerkir Media TV • The family of Hagop and Lina Bakhtiarian for making the project a success • Public Radio of Armenia with their help to get 55 winter coats and boots with the $1000 donation • Ararat TV