Charity News from Monday, Oct. 16, 2000Value Marketing Is Making America Fat, Research Institute SaysAmerican Institute for Cancer Research | The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) is asking Americans to buck a food industry trend that is contributing to the nation's obesity epidemic. AICR's Polk wants Americans to understand that this kind of targeting by food manufacturers... AmeriCares Airlift Dinner Dance a Spectacular Success AmeriCares Foundation | On Saturday evening, October 14, hanger 26 at the Westchester County Airport was transformed into an enchanted venue for the thirteenth annual AmeriCares Airlift Dinner Dance. The music faded and the lights were dimmed as AmeriCares' doctors, ... Two Cheers on World Food Day Bread for the World | This year on World Food Day, there is some good news about hunger. The Food and Agriculture Organization reports that in recent years the number of undernourished people in the world has declined by about 8 million each year. Contemporary Christian Musician Bebo Norman Travels to Brazil; Visits Compassion International Children Compassion International | COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Oct. 16, 2000 - Contemporary Christian musician Bebo Norman recently spent a week in Brazil visiting with his sponsored child, Wallef Martins Cordoso (age 5), and hundreds of other children in Compassion International's ... Jewish National Fund Appoints Regional Director for Southern United States Jewish National Fund | October 16, 2000- New York, NY - Jewish National Fund (JNF) announced today the appointment of Lee Pearlman of Atlanta as the Regional Director for JNF's Southern Region. As JNF's Southern Regional Director, Pearlman plans to serve as an advocate... Cancer Patients Receive Interactive Decision Making Tools American Cancer Society | "The American Cancer Society's decision to embed the Cancer Profilers on www.cancer.org helps entrench NexCura's tools as the informational 'standard of care' for cancer patients seeking personalized decision support," stated Eve M. Stern, ... Duke Eye Researchers Describe Cascade of Events that may Lead to Retinal Degeneration Duke University Medical Center | Duke University Medical Center researchers have shed new light on the process of hereditary retinal degeneration by demonstrating for the first time how the death of rod cells in the retina ultimately leads to the demise of cone cells.
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