Charity News from Monday, Jul. 2, 2001Warning to Holiday Vacationers: Prevent WildfiresAmerican Forests | Officials at American Forests (americanforests.org) are reminding vacationers this July 4th to use caution and help prevent wildfires in national forests and other rural, fire-prone areas. Dennis Pendleton, Forest Service Director of the National... Director of AJC's Jacob Blaustein Institute Appointed to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom American Jewish Committee | Felice Gaer, director of the American Jewish Committee's Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights, has been appointed to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. The U.S. Commission on International Religious ... AmeriCares Sends Relief to the Congo AmeriCares Foundation | AmeriCares, the international disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization, announced today that a relief team and 68,000 pounds of medicines and medical supplies will depart for Brazzaville, Congo on July 3, 2001. AmeriCares began sending ... Food Banks Affiliates of America's Second Harvest Declared Victory Against Hunger Award Winners America's Second Harvest | For the eighth consecutive year, Victory Wholesale Grocers and the D.C.-based Congressional Hunger Center have teamed up to recognize local anti-hunger organizations that have worked effectively to fight hunger in their communities.
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