Charity News from Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002The Breast Cancer Fund Alarmed & Saddened by Marin County Breast Cancer Rate IncreaseBreast Cancer Fund | With more and more women in Marin County and throughout the United States suffering from breast cancer, TBCF continued to call for policymakers to address prevention of breast cancer by studying and reducing the number of cancer-causing chemicals ... Catalyst Gives Bayer, Fannie Mae, and Marriott Prestigious Catalyst Award for Redefining Diversity in the 21st Century Workplace Catalyst for Women | The 2002 Catalyst Award will be given to Bayer Corporation, Fannie Mae, and Marriott International Inc. Bayer Corporation's initiative, Bayer Women: Leaders for the Global Marketplace focuses on developing women and people of color over time and ... Americans Demonstrate Year-End Generosity CARE | Highlights include direct mail exceeding its monthly goal by 14 percent and online donations registering the second-best fundraising month in CARE history (after the Gujurat, India earthquake in January 2001). Overall, from July to December 2001,... CARE Distributes Food and Winter Supplies to 36,000 people in Rural Afghanistan CARE | CARE is distributing food and winter supplies to approximately 36,000 people in rural areas of Parwan and Kapisa provinces, 40-50 miles north of the capital. People in Parwan and Kapisa have been constantly on the move for the past several years,... Civilians Continue to Flee Violence in Chechnya Doctors Without Borders USA | The international medical relief organization Doctors Without Borders/M‚decins Sans FrontiŠres (MSF) today called upon Ruud Lubbers, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to ensure that living conditions improve for displaced Chechens in ... California's 'Civil Unions' Bill Tabled Focus on the Family | California's "civil unions" bill, AB 1338, has been tabled-for now. Assemblyman Paul Koretz pulled the bill after pro-family organizations generated grass-roots pressure with press conferences, radio broadcasts and ads targeting the districts of ...
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