Charity News from Thursday, Jul. 19, 2001

American Jewish Committee Dismayed By House Passage of Charitable Choice Bill
American Jewish Committee | The American Jewish Committee expressed dismay over today's passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of H.R.7, the Community Solutions Act, because it includes unconstitutional and ill-advised "charitable choice" provisions. The AJC urged the ...

Animal Protection Institute Wins Right to Court Hearing on USDA's Poison Location Records
Animal Protection Institute | The court found that the Animal Protection Institute (API) "is entitled to intervene as a matter of right." In the initial case in Washington, DC, API used the FOIA to request information on Compound 1080 locations from the USDA.

Cardinal William Keeler and Food For The Poor Dedicate a Catholic School in Haiti
Food for the Poor | DEERFIELD BEACH, FL---Food For The Poor Inc., the international relief organization based in Deerfield Beach, Florida, has dedicated the latest of its projects, Les Bons Samaritains, in the town of St. Marc, Haiti. The school will include ten ...

Better Outcomes for Lung Cancer Surgery at High Volume Hospitals
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | Patients with lung cancer live longer if they have surgery at hospitals with experience, according to a study conducted by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Fly Fishing Elbow, Stooper's Back, Caster's Shoulder: Anglers Suffer Same Maladies as Other Weekend Warriors
Duke University Medical Center | The sport of fly fishing conjures up images of a solitary angler, wading in a cool, pristine wilderness stream, using guile to entice an unsuspecting fish to bite on his hand-crafted fly.

 

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