  FELHÍVÁS! AHF DISASTER RELIEF FUND ACTIVATED for 2010! State of Emergency declared due to Devastating Flooding in Hungary - Help now! The American Hungarian Federation is joining forces with its sister organization in Hungary, the Amerikai Magyar Klub, under its "Amerikaiak a Magyarokért Közhasznú Alapítvány," to raise funds to help families affected by devastating  flooding. Do your part and and add your name to the Wall of Honor! [Read more and DONATE NOW] [magyarul]
7/14/2010 UPDATE: AHF co-sponsors delivery of 10,000 pounds of Flood Relief Supplies [read more]
 2005: AHF distributes Disaster Relief
Funds to Transylvania and the Arpadhon (Albany,
LA) Hungarian Settlement Historical Society (HSHS). The AHF Disaster Relief Fund targeted Hungarian
disaster victims, currently those affected by hurricane Katrina and Transylvania
flooding. Overall, the fund has took in $6,500.00. The $4500.00 was distributed
to Székelyudvarhely Mayor Szász Jeno on November 5th. A
week earlier, AHF distributed funds to Judith Petho of the Arpadhon (Albany,
LA) Hungarian Settlement Historical Society (HSHS). Julia Bika of the
Louisiana Hungarians, who also suffered the wrath of Katrina, represented
AHF as our liaison to HSHS.
Donations were received from as far away as Australia. Special thanks
must be given to San Diego’s House of Hungary who collected $2500.00.
AHF also thanks other organizations involved in the relief effort. The
Minnesota Hungarians collected $1300.00. The Hungarian Knights of St.
John (Johannita Rend) another $300.00. And there are many more stories
like this. On October 8th in East Brunswick, New Jersey, the AHF
Gala Dinner to support Hungarian Schools in the Csango Regions of
Transylvania raised $15,000.00. [read more]
 1945: The American Hungarian Federation and the Verhovay Insurance Association (a founder of AHF who would later become the
William Penn Association) purchased
ambulances for the American Red Cross. In 1945, Hungarian-Americans organized large-scale relief programs to help alleviate the sufferings of their countrymen in war-ravaged Hungary. The American Hungarian Relief Program, under the auspices of the American Hungarian Federation, collected and sent $1,216,167.00 in clothing, medicine, foodstuffs and money. In all, 200,000 care packages were sent by countless local and national groups. [read more]
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AHF relief efforts during WWII
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AHF relief efforts during
the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
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