Charity News from Monday, Jun. 18, 2001Eddie Bauer Leads National Effort to Restore Wildfire-Damaged EcosystemsAmerican Forests | "Eddie Bauer's commitment to replanting forests burned by wildfires could not come at a better time," said Deborah Gangloff, executive director of American Forests. Every dollar donated through Eddie Bauer's "Add a dollar, Plant a tree" program, ... Circuit City Funds $3M National Photography Program for Boys & Girls Clubs Boys & Girls Club of America | Richmond, Va. (June 18, 2001) -- Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the national organization overseeing more than 2,800 individual Clubs and serving more than 3.3 million members in the U.S. and abroad, announced today a new partnership with national... National Gathering on Africa demonstrates ecumenical solidarity, call to action Bread for the World | The conference is sponsored by Bread for the World, Catholic Relief Services and Lutheran Stand with Africa campaign partners (Lutheran World Relief, ELCA World Hunger Program and Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod World Relief). "We as Christians ... Queen Of England Honours Casa Alianza Director Covenant House | Britain's Queen Elizabeth the Second, in her Birthday Honours List published today, has decorated Bruce Harris with the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his life's work with children in Latin America. British honours are awarded on merit, for... Urge Congress To Fund Vision Research And Give Millions Of Americans The Gift Of Sight Prevent Blindness America | Schaumburg, IL - According to the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR), there are more than one million Americans today in the U.S. that are legally blind. Four common, age-related eye diseases - age-related macular degeneration,... Nausea and Vomiting in Cancer Patients Can be Controlled or Prevented American Cancer Society | The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) today announced the availability of their second supportive care patient guideline, Nausea and Vomiting Treatment Guidelines for Patients with Cancer designed, ... America's Second Harvest, Newman's Own, Ford Partner for Hunger Relief America's Second Harvest | America's Second Harvest, Newman's Own and Ford Motor Company announced today a partnership to improve food distribution in rural areas throughout the United States. Paul Newman, Robert Forney, and Bill Ford participated in the launch ceremony. Breast Cancer Risk Minimized by Breastfeeding Yale School of Medicine | Women who breastfeed their children, particularly if the first child is breastfed for more than 13 months, have a reduced risk of breast cancer, according to a study by a Yale researcher and published in the British Journal of Cancer.
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