Charity News from Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2001

American Jewish World Service Collecting Contributions To Aid Earthquake Victims In El Salvador
American Jewish World Service | American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is raising funds to provide food and medicine to help the survivors of the devastating earthquake in El Salvador. American Jewish World Service is working directly with the Israeli Humanitarian Aid ...

The ARC Demands Apology From Talk Show Host After Latest Hate Speech Incident
ARC of the United States | JANUARY 16, 2001, SILVER SPRING, MD - The Arc of the United States, the nation's largest volunteer-based organization devoted to issues affecting people with mental retardation and related developmental disabilities, is calling for an immediate ...

Food For The Poor Sends Millions In Aid To El Salvador Earthquake Victims
Food for the Poor | Deerfield Beach, Fla. (Jan. 16, 2001) - The international Christian charity FOOD FOR THE POOR (FFP) is shipping more than $15 million* in aid to the victims of the powerful earthquake that devastated El Salvador on Saturday, Jan. 13. The ...

MAP International Responds With Medicines And Medical Supplies For The Victims Of The El Salvador Earthquake
MAP International | "El Salvador was by far the worst hit," stated Jim Oehrig, in MAP's Latin America office. MAP International (Medical Assistance Programs) is responding to the medical needs of the people in El Salvador through the provision of essential medicines...

Aerobic Exercise Improves Cognitive Functioning of Older Men and Women
Duke University Medical Center | The team of Duke researchers who demonstrated that aerobic exercise is just as effective as medication in treating major depression in the middle-aged and elderly has now reported that the same exercise program appears to improve cognitive abilities.

 

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