Charity News from Monday, Feb. 7, 2000

Remember George Washington's Birthday With Delicious, Cancer-Fighting Cherries
American Institute for Cancer Research | Making a cherry pie on George Washington's birthday may be a time-honored way to celebrate the Father of Our Country, but ongoing research is revealing that fresh, frozen and canned cherries offer surprising health benefits as well. "We are ...

Urges Congress to Approve Proposal to Preserve Japanese-American Internment Sites
American Jewish Committee | The American Jewish Committee today urged Congress to approve the Clinton Administration's proposal to purchase and preserve former sites of Japanese American internment during World War II. In 1983, the Japanese American Citizens League ...

AmeriCares to Send Additional Aid to Bolster Healthcare System in Turkmenistan
AmeriCares Foundation | AmeriCares, the international disaster relief agency, announced today that it would airlift approximately 62,000 pounds of medical relief supplies to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on Tuesday, February 15. A planeload of antibiotics, analgesics, ...

Dean Of Naval Academy Pushes Leadership On Students
National Youth Leadership Forum | - The National Youth Leadership Forum on Defense, Intelligence and Diplomacy (NYLF/DID) today embarked on an adventure at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. More than 350 high school students attending NYLF/DID were welcomed to the ...

 

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