Charity News from Monday, Nov. 6, 2000Remarks at the White House EventBread for the World | People of faith insisted that their members of Congress approve debt relief for the world's poorest countries. In the end, Bread for the World members generated more than a quarter million letters to Congress in support of debt relief. Grandparents Raising Children included in the Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act Child Welfare League of America | November 6, 2000, Washington, DC -- The Senate unanimously recognized the importance of grandparents and older relatives raising children when they voted on October 26th to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA). New to the OAA is the National... Recipient of Canadian Japanese-Mennonite Scholarship Named Mennonite Central Committee | -- Kathleen Anzenavs of Vancouver, B.C. has been awarded the Canadian Japanese-Mennonite scholarship for 2000. The Canadian Japanese Mennonite Scholarship is jointly sponsored by MCC and the National Association of Japanese Canadians. Head of victim programs appointed to law commission advisory council Mennonite Central Committee | - A prominent advocate on behalf of victims of crime has been appointed to the Law Commission of Canada's advisory council. Wilma Derksen, who heads up Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Canada's Victim Programs, will act as an advisor to the ... Risk Factors for Brain Tumors in Adults National Cancer Institute | In 1994, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) began a comprehensive study on the causes of brain tumors. The impetus for the study grew out of public concern about cellular telephone use and adult brain tumors which led Congress in 1993 to urge ... Melatonin Does Not Shift the Circadian Clock, But Promotes Sleep at Bedtime Yale School of Medicine | Contrary to popular belief, melatonin does not shift circadian rhythms when taken for conditions like jet lag, but it can promote sleep if taken in the evening, a study by Yale researchers has found.
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