Charity News from Thursday, Oct. 18, 2001New Study Shows Trees Save Portland Region MillionsAmerican Forests | At a news conference today in Portland, Oregon, American Forests (americanforests.org) released a new study showing how the tree canopy of the Willamette/Lower Columbia Region provides hundreds of millions of dollars in environmental and economic ... American Jewish Committee Urges Completion of Anti-Terrorism Legislation American Jewish Committee | The American Jewish Committee has applauded the U.S. Congress for expeditiously passing legislation directed at strengthening U.S. anti-terrorism laws, and urged the House and Senate conferees to include the House bill's sunset provisions and the ... Cancer Research Foundation Of America Teams Up With Saks Fifth Avenue For The Third Annual Fashion Targets Breast Cancer Shopping Weekend Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation | WASHINGTON, DC, OCTOBER 18, 2001 - To help raise awareness for October's National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Saks Fifth Avenue Tyson's Galleria is holding a charity shopping weekend with two percent of all proceeds to benefit the Cancer ... Plan Launches Afghan Crisis Appeal Childreach | "The deepening humanitarian crisis is continuing to gravely affect Afghan civilians," according to Plan Pakistan Program Manager Haider W. Yaqub. The government of Pakistan estimates that more than one million Afghan refugees could cross its ... Congress Allocates One Million Dollars For Maryland's Greenbelt Park Congressman Steny Hoyer Champions Park Addition National Park Trust | The National Park Trust was asked by the National Park Service and Greenbelt Park to help in the acquisition of this property. The Trust, celebrating its 10 years of service to completing the national parklands, identified the Jaeger Tract as ... The Other Ground War in Northern Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid vs. Brutal Winter World Concern | He met yesterday with USAID, the United Nations World Food Programme and the US Embassy to share relief strategies and request government support of World Concern's food distribution program. Food for the Hungry and Northwest Medical Teams are ...
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