Charity News from Monday, Dec. 11, 2000

Tommy Hilfiger Donation Warmed the Hearts of Children With Life-Threatening Illnesses
AmeriCares Foundation | Camp AmeriKids announced that they received a generous donation of Tommy Hilfiger winter jackets last week. The charitable donation was distributed last Saturday at the annual Camp AmeriKids Holiday Reunion Party.

Across Three Cultures Catalyst Finds Top Barriers to Women's Professional Advancement
Catalyst for Women  | The study, Breaking the Barriers: Women in Senior Management in the UK, explores the views of both senior women and CEOs on success factors and barriers to women's advancement. In all three countries, senior women identify male stereotyping and ...

New York State Spinal Cord Research Trust Fund Awards $3.6 Million in Grants
Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation | Governor George E. Pataki today announced the first of an ongoing series of grants for spinal cord injury (SCI) research giving New Yorkers new hope that today's scientific research will someday lead to the cure of spinal cord injury paralysis. ...

Gene Believed Linked to Serious Kidney Disease
Yale School of Medicine | Defects in the thin, hair-like projections lining the ducts and tubules of the kidneys, and known as primary cilia, may be responsible for a kidney disease affecting one in 10,000 children, a Yale researcher and collaborators have found.

 

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