Charity News from Wednesday, May. 1, 2002I Bet Your [sic] Scared Just To Walk Out Of The House: American and Israeli Kids Exchange LettersAmerican Jewish Committee | Hundreds of students in Manhattan's Park Avenue Synagogue Hebrew School marked Israel's recent 54th birthday writing letters of support and friendship to their peers in Israel. The AJC is also forwarding letters from students at Stuyvesant High ... 142 MILLION Americans Breathing Dirty Air! American Lung Association | 142 MILLION Americans Breathing Dirty Air! The report grades and ranks counties on how often their air quality reaches "unhealthful" categories of the EPA's Air Quality Index for ozone air pollution. American Red Cross Announces Abbreviated Training for Nurses and Nursing Students American Red Cross | A new training option offered by the American Red Cross will cut the time in half for registered nurses and nursing students to obtain certification as Red Cross health and safety instructors. "Nurses can begin volunteering faster; nursing ... ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center Offers Answers About Plants and Lawn Care Products American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | 1. What plants are toxic to pets? If a pet owner suspects that their animal ingested a poisonous plant, they should contact their veterinarian immediately. NOAA Report Shows A Number Of U.S. Fish Stocks Still In Peril The Ocean Conservancy | The number of fish stocks in need of stronger conservation in U.S. coastal waters continues to be alarming, despite laws requiring federal fisheries managers to stop overfishing and rebuild overfished stocks. Ever since Congress passed the ... Groups Ask For Strong Wolf Protections Defenders of Wildlife | A coalition of more than 20 conservation and animal welfare organizations, including the Sierra Club, Defenders of Wildlife and the Humane Society of the United States, as well as numerous regional groups, today called on Interior Secretary Gale ... Wolf Coalition Urges US Fish and Wildlife Agency Not To Abandon Northeast Wolf Restoration Defenders of Wildlife | A coalition of national, regional and local conservation organizations released a letter today to Secretary Gale Norton, U.S. Department of Interior, urging the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) not to abandon wolf restoration efforts in the ...
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