Charity News from Saturday, Oct. 7, 2000American Jewish Committee Criticizes UN Security Council For Ignoring Spreading Arab Attacks Against IsraelAmerican Jewish Committee | The American Jewish Committee tonight expressed deep regret over the UN Security Council's resolution singling out Israel for condemnation over the violence in the region. "The American Jewish Committee is stunned that at a time when Arab attacks... Volunteers frame three houses in four days Mennonite Central Committee | Yachtres Jackson did not believe her ears when told that a crew of nine carpenters from Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) was going to frame her house in one day. The carpenters, employees of Bender Construction in Indiana, joined a handful of ... Open house celebrates Material Resources Center expansion Mennonite Central Committee | Surrounded by barrels of clothes and canned meat awaiting shipment, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) East Coast director Lynn Roth prayed, "Thank you for the way lives intersect in this place." This intersection -- of volunteers, of MCC partners ... Children in Ukraine contribute to relief sale quilts Mennonite Central Committee | Quilt blocks created by former street children in Ukraine are now part of a "full circle of material resources." The quilts are now being displayed at Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) relief sales across North America. The American Cancer Society Urges the Administration and Congress to Provide Colorectal Cancer Screening Coverage American Cancer Society | In his weekly radio address, the President announced his support of legislation, advocated by the American Cancer Society, to expand coverage for colorectal cancer screening for Medicare beneficiaries. According to the American Cancer Society, ... Duke Genomics Buildings Construction, Planning Approved by Trustees Duke University Medical Center | Duke University Board of Trustees Saturday gave go-ahead to build a $41 million Center for Human Disease Models building and to start planning for a $35 million Center for Human Genetics building as part of a new effort to enhance genomics research.
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