Charity News from Wednesday, Apr. 3, 2002

Proposal To Kill More California Black Bears Decried
Animal Protection Institute | Ignoring public opinion, the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) has proposed a rule change that would allow hunters to kill 200 more black bears in California each year, from 1,500 to 1,700 bears. However, the Animal Protection ...

Food Lion Raised More Than $2.4 Million For Children's Miracle Network In 2001
Children's Miracle Network | Children's Miracle Network announces today that Food Lion raised over $2.4 million for hospitalized children in 2001. These funds will benefit more than two million children treated annually at 33 Children's Miracle Network hospitals located ...

American Red Cross Worker Returns from Operation Enduring Freedom Deployment
American Red Cross | Terry Hitchcock was part of a two-man Red Cross team that lived and worked alongside troops stationed in Uzbekistan. Pending weather conditions in the region, Hitchcock is expected to wrap up his deployment and return to Red Cross headquarters in...

CF Patient Received First-of-its-Kind Gene Transfer
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Copernicus Therapeutics, Inc., University Hospitals of Cleveland (UHC), Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine, and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Inc. (CFFTI), a nonprofit affiliate of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, ...

Practical Tips in Cancer Prevention: Six Habits that Can Help Reduce Cancer Risk
National Foundation for Cancer Research | April is Cancer Awareness Month and research shows that as many as 80% of all cancer cases could be prevented. While researchers continue to break down cancer to discover a cure, taking steps to prevent cancer is the best defense.

 

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