Charity News from Friday, Aug. 3, 2001Ad Council Endorses CCHD's 'Poverty USA' CampaignCatholic Campaign for Human Development | WASHINGTON (August 3, 2001) -- The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) announced today (August 3) that its "Poverty, USA" public service advertising campaign has been officially endorsed by the Ad Council. The national campaign, created... Wired in Uganda Mennonite Central Committee | BUKOTO, Uganda -- Why bring computers and cell phones to rural Uganda? Patrons of the Bukoto Information and Communication Center (BICC) in southern Uganda give plenty of answers. MCC provides food in eastern India flood zone Mennonite Central Committee | AKRON, Pa. -- Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is providing $76,300 Cdn. /$50,000 U.S. in food relief for 12,000 families affected by flooding in eastern India. Southeast Asia Mennonite volunteers congregate in Thailand Mennonite Central Committee | Participants numbered 71 adults and 41 children, most who work through Eastern Mennonite Missions (EMM), Mennonite Brethren Missions/Services International (MBMSI), Commission on Overseas Mission/Mennonite Board of Missions and Mennonite Central ... Pennsylvania farmers give milk, time to MCC project Mennonite Central Committee | As part of MCC's Milk Bank project, the dairy farmers donate a portion of each milk sale to an MCC account. The Milk Bank then sells the milk to purchase dried milk and other milk products. Cancer activitists welcome House passage of Patients' Bill of Rights American Cancer Society | The American Cancer Society, the nation's leading voluntary health organization, congratulated the United States House of Representatives for passing the "Bipartisan Patient Protection Act" (H.R. 2563), also known as the Patients' Bill of Rights, ...
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