Charity News from Friday, Jun. 1, 2001Tel Aviv Terror Outrage Encouraged By Arafat's Refusal to End ViolenceAmerican Jewish Committee | The American Jewish Committee expressed horror and outrage over tonight's Palestinian terrorist bombing attack in Tel Aviv, which killed at least 15 Israelis and injured dozens of Israelis. But Palestinian leaders inexplicably rejected an ... Boys & Girls Clubs of America and JCPenney Launch Newsletter for Parents Boys & Girls Club of America | Newsletter Promotes Importance of After-School Learning. One answer to this taxing dilemma is a newsletter for parents published by Boys & Girls Clubs of America (B&GCA) and JCPenney Afterschool. Ramada Conference Brings in 100 New Childreach Sponsorships Childreach | Since 1994, Childreach has been invited to participate in the annual Ramada conference. Each of these programs raises funds which are donated to Childreach. Coca-Cola Doesn't Belong in Milk Bottles Childreach | Arturo Valdivieso, Nathaly Yepez, and Miryam Cunduri are three Ecuadorian children who were sent to the PrepCom by their government to represent the young people of Ecuador. The three identified problem areas for children in Ecuador: education, ... $25,000 Available in Grants Save the Redwoods League | Long committed to forest protection through education, Save-the-Redwoods League has established an educational grants program that will make $25,000 available to K-12 educators, teachers and students this year. Five major granting categories are ... Walgreens and American Cancer Society Launch Hope Blooms With You Program to Fight Breast Cancer American Cancer Society | Walgreens, one of the nation's leading retail pharmacy chains, and the American Cancer Society today announced the launch of Hope Blooms With You, a program to raise awareness and funding for breast cancer research and educational programs. The ... Study Finds Family History of Breast Cancer May Increase Risk of Fatal Prostate Cancer American Cancer Society | After adjusting for other risk factors, the researchers found a small increased risk of fatal prostate cancer associated with a family history of breast cancer (in the absence of a family history of prostate cancer). Among Jewish men, family ... Coming Together to Conquer Cancer - THE MARCH American Cancer Society | What are the goals of The March? For information about national events, programs and planning, please contact: Donna Doneski via phone (301-650-9127) or fax (301-565-9670). American Cancer Society Disputes Danish Study American Cancer Society | According to Dr. Eyre, in the early l980s when only 13% of American women were getting mammograms, the average size of breast cancer tumors was about 3cm. The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization... Cancer Screening Coverage Act introduced in U.S. House American Cancer Society | Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Rep. Sue Kelly (R-NY) recently introduced the Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 1999, or CASCA, in the U.S. House of Representatives. Currently, there are no federal laws requiring private health plans to cover ... Estrogen's Protection against Dying from All Causes Measured in American Cancer Society Study American Cancer Society | Women who use estrogen after menopause have lower death rates from all causes than those who do not, reports American Cancer Society researchers, and this reduction in death is greatest for coronary heart disease and for thinner women. The ... American Cancer Society Calls on Congress to Break the Silence on the Unequal Burden of Prostate Cancer American Cancer Society | The American Cancer Society, the nation's leading voluntary health organization, joined today with the American Urological Association, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, and the Congressional Black Caucus, in calling on Congress to draw attention to the... American Cancer Society Elects National Officers American Cancer Society | Dr. Woolam is director of surgical oncology, Joe Arrington Cancer Research and Treatment Center, and clinical professor of surgery at the Texas Tech University School of Medicine. At the American Cancer Society, Dr. Woolam is a member of the ... American Cancer Society Charges Congress to Correct Flaws in Tobacco Settlement Plan American Cancer Society | Two major elements of the current tobacco settlement proposal will require substantial revision for the agreement to succeed in its most important potential benefit to public health -- reducing smoking rates and therefore tobacco-caused disease ... American Cancer Society Responds to Joe Camel's Retirement American Cancer Society | RJ Reynolds decision to retire the Joe Camel character in their advertising comes years too late, according to American Cancer Society Chairman of the Board George Dessart. "Old Joe Camel has been a successful marketing tool to lead our children ... American Cancer Society Study Finds No Association Between Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Breast Cancer Mortality American Cancer Society | A study of nearly 150,000 never-smoking women found no association between exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and breast cancer mortality, reports a team of researchers from the American Cancer Society, the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson ... After Accounting For Demographic And Behavioral Factors, Federal Estimates Of Deaths Caused By Smoking Not Substantially Altered Claim by tobacco industry that estimates are exaggerated not validated American Cancer Society | Tobacco industry defendants criticize these estimates, arguing that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) method of estimating "smoking attributable" deaths adjusts for age and sex, but fails to consider the lower socioeconomic and ... American Cancer Society Presents Medal of Honor Awards American Cancer Society | The American Cancer Society, the nation's leading voluntary health agency, today presented its most prestigious award, the Medal of Honor, to three outstanding leaders in the battle against cancer. He is also an American Cancer Society Clinical ... ASPCA Celebrates June as Adopt a Shelter Cat Month American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | Adopting from a shelter helps reduce the pet overpopulation crisis. The numbers speak for themselves. Every year 70% (3 to 4 million) of cats that enter the nation's shelters are euthanized. African Americans Have a Higher Rate of Dementia Due to Strokes Yale School of Medicine | African-Americans have a higher rate of dementia due to strokes and a lower prevalence of dementia stemming from Parkinson's Disease than do Caucasians, according to a study by Yale researchers.
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