On Wednesday August 20, 2008 Homenetmen of New York held a "thank you" dinner to honor the men's championship basketball team and to thank all of its volunteers.

The dinner was held at the Armenian Center, present were the men's basketbal team that participated in the 2008 US Eastern Regional games and won. Also present were, representatives of NY Armenian organizations such as the AYF, Hamazkayn and Rev. Father Mesrob Lakissian from St. Illuminators Cathedral, along with all the volunteers that had worked hard at our May dinner dance and June Picinic.
Our chairman, Yeghpayer Vartkes Vartanian greeted all the attendees and introduced the Championship team, he also thanked all the volunteers who had worked so hard in making our events a great success. The night concluded with a dinner of Kebab, good wine, music and the company of great Armenians.