{"id":9356,"date":"2025-11-01T16:56:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T23:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhcaz.org\/?page_id=9356"},"modified":"2025-11-18T16:28:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T23:28:50","slug":"a-about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bhcaz.org\/bg\/a-about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bulgarian Heritage Center of Arizona is Nonprofit Organization, founded in December 2024 in Phoenix, USA.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our mission is to preserve and promote Bulgarian heritage and culture, to build a strong bond between tradition and modernity, between our homeland and the new home. Organizing different programs, clubs, and events as well as supporting and encouraging initiatives, our goal is to keep the Bulgarian community engaged and united around our heritage.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Values<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Bulgarian Heritage Center we value strongly Bulgarian heritage, language and culture. Our work is guided and centered around the core of keeping the Bulgarian rich traditions and preserve them far away from Bulgaria for the generations to come.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our dream and long term goal is having a physical location and Bulgarian Center here in Phoenix. A place where every person with Bulgarian heritage will find something from Bulgaria.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Board of Directors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/bhcaz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3-home-to-rotate-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9424\" style=\"width:282px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bhcaz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3-home-to-rotate-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bhcaz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3-home-to-rotate-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bhcaz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3-home-to-rotate-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bhcaz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3-home-to-rotate-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Dr. Tzvetelina Mladenov<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Adelina Petrov<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Gergana Kovatcheva <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Zlatka Hvartchilkowa &#8211; Kodi&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Dessislava Ivanova<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">President<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Vice President<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Treasurer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Member<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Member<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bulgarian community engagement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe and work to create united Bulgarian community in Arizona. We are grateful and salute all of you considering to help as a volunteers, philanthropists or donors not only from Arizona, but other States or from around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no small deed of giving if it comes from the heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Respect for the rich Bulgarian heritage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bulgaria has over 1300 years history of rich heritage and our goal is to preserve and promote it for the future generations. This is the only way to know and cherish it. We are planning to organize clubs, seminars and cultural events for all ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education, support and cooperation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We strive to raise awareness and promote education and preservation of Bulgarian language, culture and history. We would support and promote education and knowledge. We are ready to work and seeking opportunities to connect with already established organizations, individuals, or institutions around the USA and in Bulgaria who is sharing our passion for preserving and promoting Bulgarian heritage treasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:info@bhcaz.org\">Email us <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Register to join our Newsletter list<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-contact-form-7-contact-form-selector\">\n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" id=\"wpcf7-f5390-o1\" lang=\"en-US\" dir=\"ltr\" data-wpcf7-id=\"5390\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-response\"><p role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><\/p> <ul><\/ul><\/div>\n<form action=\"\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9356#wpcf7-f5390-o1\" method=\"post\" class=\"wpcf7-form init\" aria-label=\"Contact form\" novalidate=\"novalidate\" data-status=\"init\" data-trp-original-action=\"\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9356#wpcf7-f5390-o1\">\n<fieldset class=\"hidden-fields-container\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7\" value=\"5390\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_version\" value=\"6.1.4\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_locale\" value=\"en_US\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_unit_tag\" value=\"wpcf7-f5390-o1\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_container_post\" value=\"0\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_posted_data_hash\" value=\"\" \/>\n<\/fieldset>\n<div class=\"eltdf-two-columns-form-with-space\">\n\t<div class=\"eltdf-column-left\">\n\t\t<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"e-mail\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-email wpcf7-validates-as-required wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-email\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" placeholder=\"e-mail\" value=\"\" type=\"email\" name=\"e-mail\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"eltdf-column-right\">\n\t\t<p><input class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-submit has-spinner\" type=\"submit\" value=\"PARTICIPATE\" \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"wpcf7-response-output\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"bg\"\/><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission Bulgarian Heritage Center of Arizona is Nonprofit Organization, founded in December 2024 in Phoenix, USA. 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