Charity News from Wednesday, Jun. 6, 2001

American Jewish Committee, European Council Of Jewish Communities Establish Cooperative Association
American Jewish Committee | The American Jewish Committee and the European Council of Jewish Communities (ECJC) have established a cooperative association. "Partnering with the European Council of Jewish Communities, representing communities in 37 countries, advances Jewish ...

American Jewish Committee Rejects Charitable Choice
American Jewish Committee | The American Jewish Committee today told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the Bush administration's "charitable choice" approach to government funding of social services is "bad public policy" and an unconstitutional breach of the principle of ...

Rival Coaches Come Together Off the Court In the Fight Against Cancer
American Cancer Society | The American Cancer Society, the nation's leading voluntary health organization, is bringing top college basketball coaches together June 10-11 for the second annual Coaches vs. Cancer Golf Invitational at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, ...

Lifesaving Treatment Often Not Given to Elderly with Colon Cancer
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | Use of potentially curative chemotherapy following surgery for stage III colon cancer declines precipitously with patients' advancing age. The likelihood of a patient being offered this treatment option declined as their age at diagnosis increased.

Animal Planet To Profile The Work Of New York's Unsung Protectors In "Animal Precinct"
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | In New York City today, some 41,000 police officers are asked to navigate a gamut of diverse cultures, languages and beliefs to serve the eight million people that reside in America's biggest metropolis.

ASPCA Announces the Winners of the 1st Annual Henry Bergh Children's Book Awards
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | As the sheer volume of children's books on animals indicates, kids love animals and enjoy reading about them. But how can a parent or teacher identify the best books among the hundreds published each year? That decision just got a lot easier.

 

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