Charity News from Friday, Mar. 23, 2001

Former President's Daughter Completes Cancer Treatment Early
Alzheimer's Association | Maureen Reagan, who has been undergoing a 3-1/2 month-long, highly-aggressive, biochemotherapy treatment for malignant melanoma at the John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, was discharged earlier ...

Planned Budget Cuts in Children's Programs Undermine Pledge to Leave No Child Behind, According to CWLA
Child Welfare League of America | These programs protect abused and neglected children, provide needed child care for working families, and help to ensure that no child will be left behind." The New York Times article of March 23, 2001, states that President Bush intends to ...

Huntington's Disease Society of America Announces Latest Research Findings
Huntington's Disease Society of America | New York, NY, March 23, 2001 - In a study funded by the Huntington's Disease Society of America (HDSA) and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), among others, leading HDSA researcher Dr. Christopher A. Ross, at Johns...

Sponsors and scholarships help disadvantaged Chinese youth
Mennonite Central Committee | AKRON, Pa. -- School costs are skyrocketing in China, in some cases eclipsing a family's annual income, said Jeanette Hanson who teaches with China Educational Exchange, an inter-Mennonite agency. Hanson reported on a new Mennonite Central ...

From comforters to fingernail clippers, relief supplies bring hope
Mennonite Central Committee | AKRON, Pa. -- Earthquake survivors in El Salvador are receiving Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) relief supplies with joy. Ramos is a member of the Worship Center in Leola, Pa., a church that cooperated with MCC to send material resources in mid-...

Businessman establishes award, builds web site to promote peace
Mennonite Central Committee | Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace (CCTP) went online in May, 1998. Stewart has also established an annual Canadian Peace Award, presented in a number of categories for Canadian achievements in building a culture of peace and non-violence, at ...

Brain Tumor Center Doctors Receive RAID Support
Duke University Medical Center | Drs. Darell Bigner, John Sampson and Allan Friedman of the Brain Tumor Center at Duke University Medical Center have received support from the National Cancer Institute's Rapid Access to Intervention Development.

 

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