Charity News from Monday, Feb. 11, 2002American Humane Association and Benji Team for Animal Adoption, Education and Pet Foster-Parent EffortsAmerican Humane Association | Dana Point, CA - February 11, 2002 - Benji Creator, Joe Camp, Mulberry Square Productions and the American Humane Association (AHA), today announce that they have partnered in an unprecedented national effort for Benji to become the "emotional ... Blood pressure drugs relax heart, reduce heart failure risk American Heart Association | Diastolic ventricular dysfunction means that the left ventricle fails to properly fill during the relaxed or "diastolic" phase of the heart's pumping action. The American Heart Association estimates that 4.8 million Americans have congestive ... Georgetown Studies Find That Delaying Treatment Of Spinal Cord Injury May Aid In Recovery Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation | Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have found that rats whose spinal cords had been severed recovered more fully when treatment was delayed until two to four weeks after the spinal cord injury. The treatment the rats received ... Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation Elects Mark A. Belnick as Director Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation | The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF) today announced the election of Mark A. Belnick to serve on its Board of Directors. "Mark has already done tremendous work for the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation this past year," said CRPF... Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation Awards $656,585 to 70 Nonprofit Organizations Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation | The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF) announced today that it has awarded $656,585 in Quality of Life and Health Promotion grants as part of its 2001 funding cycle of the Quality of Life program. Quality of Life grants, conceived by ... United Negro College Fund Raises Record $14.1 Million During Annual An Evening Of Stars Television Special The College Fund (UNCF) | The television special offered an in-depth view of UNCF's mission to provide opportunities for deserving students to fulfill their dream of a college education. UNCF enhances the quality of education by raising operating funds for its 39 member ... Entire Village Looted in Southern Sudan Doctors Without Borders USA | Last Thursday, the international medical organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) returned to Nimne in oil-rich Western Upper Nile, southern Sudan for an assessment following a weeklong evacuation. "This is a targeted ... Environmental Defense Praises Action on Antibiotic Resistance Environmental Defense | In addition to action by the restaurants, the Times also reports that Tyson Foods, Perdue Farms and Foster Farms say they have voluntarily taken most or all of the antibiotics out of what they feed healthy chickens. Other food companies should ... Humane Society Offers Reward in Greene County, Tenn. Dog Shootings The Humane Society of the United States | The Humane Society of the United States is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for shooting four dogs and dumping their bodies near a home in Greene County, Tennessee. ... Humane Society Spay/Neuter Clinic in Dallas to Spay Cats for a Nickel on Feb. 26 The Humane Society of the United States | The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) will participate in the Neuter Scooter for a Nickel promotion on Tuesday, February 26 at The HSUS Spay/Neuter Clinic & Animal Wellness Center. For one nickel per cat, persons can have their male cats...
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