Charity News from Thursday, Oct. 11, 2001

Cancer Researchers Warn About Obesity-Cancer Link
American Institute for Cancer Research | Researchers at the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) warned today that carrying extra weight means carrying extra cancer risk. The evidence to date has consistently linked obesity to POST-MENOPAUSAL BREAST CANCER, COLON CANCER, ...

Billy Graham Crusade Beats the System With Operation Starting Line
Billy Graham Evangelistic Assn | Although Billy Graham has conducted prison outreaches in conjunction with his evangelistic campaigns for many years, the Central Valley Crusade marks the first time he has teamed with one of the nation's largest faith-based prison initiatives -- ...

Rhode Island Student Participates in International Ceremony Remembering Children
Childreach | Seventh grader Jessica Barlas from Wickford Middle school in North Kingston, Rhode Island, was the official representative for Childreach/Plan at at Remember the Children: A Celebration held at the Lincoln Memorial exactly one month after the ...

MAP International Aids Afghan Refugees with Medicines and Medical Supplies
MAP International | Global Relief and Development Agency Coordinates Receipt and Distribution of Medical Relief Materials to Afghan refugees in Pakistan. BRUNSWICK, GA, October 11, 2001.MAP International has been in planning discussions with three primary partner ...

Mercy Corps taking action to aid Afghans
Mercy Corps International | Based in the agency's international headquarters in Portland, OR, Mercy Corps' Director of Food Resources, Tom Ewert, leaves Saturday for Uzbekistan, the country that shares Afghanistan's northern border. Mercy Corps deployed the leader of its ...

United Way 30-Day Report Details Nationwide Response To Tragedy
United Way of America | October 11, 2001 - Alexandria, VA -- United Way of America today released a report outlining what local United Ways across the country have been doing to mobilize their resources to respond to the recent national crisis. The reports indicates how...

 

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