Charity News from Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2002January Is Poverty in America Awareness Month: New Media Campaign Spotlights 12 Million Poor Children in U.S.Catholic Campaign for Human Development | The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) today launched a new national awareness campaign emphasizing the tragic reality that one out of every six children in the United States lives in poverty, according to the most recent U.S. census ... Infection cited as a direct link to artery thickening American Heart Association | Rupprecht's team tested 572 individuals with heart disease who had been admitted to the university hospital for diagnostic heart catheterizations. Using data from two large studies -- the Harvard-based Nurses' Health Study and Physicians' Health ... Catholic Relief Services Welcomes New Chairman, Bishop Robert N. Lynch Catholic Relief Services | Catholic Relief Services welcomed today the new chairman of its board of directors, Bishop Robert N. Lynch from the Diocese of St. Petersburg, Florida. "We are very excited to begin working with Bishop Lynch as the new chairman of our board of ... Ducks Unlimited Announces Major Initiative To Restore Delaware Bay Wetlands Ducks Unlimited | On January 8th, DU will sign a major agreement with New Jersey and Delaware to restore wetland habitats in the Delaware Bay estuary. "The NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife is pleased to join with the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife and ... Improved Palliative Care for African Americans Sought Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | Representatives of approximately 100 national organizations will gather in Harlem January 3rd and 4th to discuss the medical, social, and spiritual supports needed to care for seriously ill and dying patients.
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