Charity News from Thursday, Jan. 25, 2001

AmeriCares Continues to Airlift Emergency Supplies to Devastated El Salvador with 3rd Airlift
AmeriCares Foundation | Third Airlift to contain food & emergency disaster supplies departing from Miami today, Thursday, January 25, 2001. AmeriCares, the international and domestic disaster relief organization, announced that a third airlift will depart today, ...

Boys & Girls Clubs of America Recieves United States Olympic Committee's Rings of Gold Award
Boys & Girls Club of America | January 25, 2001 - ATLANTA - Boys & Girls Clubs of America (B&GCA) has been named the Rings of Gold 2001 Organization of the Year by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). Boys & Girls Clubs of America's fitness and recreation programs help ...

Recovery Efforts Underway Following El Salvador Earthquake
Compassion International | The Conesal is a 50+ member network of international Christian organizations that includes Compassion International. Compassion's El Salvador Country Director Wilfredo Luna is leading the relief efforts on behalf of Compassion and the Conesal.

Sports Injury Rates Rising Among Baby Boomers, Yale Physician Reports
Yale School of Medicine | While many baby boomers-people between the ages of 37 and 55-are exercising more, many end up in hospital emergency rooms suffering from sports related injuries, according to Yale orthopaedic surgeon, Robert A. Stanton, M.D.

Breast Cancer Risk Reduced by 50 Percent By Breastfeeding for Two or More Years
Yale School of Medicine | Breastfeeding for two or more years reduces a woman's risk of developing breast cancer by 50 percent, according to a study conducted by a Yale researcher among women in China.

 

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