Charity News from Friday, Jan. 4, 2002New Internet Site Educates Americans About a Hot Topic: WildfireAmerican Forests | Every tree planted by American Forests' Wildfire ReLeaf campaign will be matched tree-for-tree by the Forest Service. We invite people of all ages to help American Forests restore thousands of burned acres by planting millions of native trees." Easter Seals Representative and Board Member Carries Olympic Flame Easter Seals (National Easter Seal Society) | Beverly Jones, Easter Seals 1997 National Adult Representative and a member of Easter Seals' national board of directors, was selected to be one of 11,500 individuals who will help carry the Olympic Flame across the country as part of the Salt ... Critical Children's Health Measure Signed Into Law By Presdient Bush Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation | President Bush signed the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act into law on January 4, 2002. "We at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation are elated that the President has signed this crucial, pro-child legislation into law," Carr added... Depression and anxiety increase risk of fatal stroke American Heart Association | But psychological distress did not significantly increase the risk for non-fatal stroke and there was no link between mood disorders and increased risk for transient ischemic attacks, or TIAs - the so-called mini-strokes that are sometimes ... Regional And Tribal Leaders Join Franklin Graham’s Relief Organization To Help Those Suffering In Afghanistan Samaritan's Purse | In a war-ravaged country, immobilized by winter, international relief organization Samaritan's Purse, headed by Franklin Graham, is working with regional and tribal leaders to open a 20-bed hospital in the ancient Afghan city of Kholm.
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