Charity News from Friday, Jan. 10, 2003National Jewish Provides Full COPD Disease-Management Program to Providence Health PlanNational Jewish Medical and Research Center | National Jewish Medical and Research Center has agreed to provide a complete disease-management program for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to Providence Health Plans, which serves patients in Oregon and Washington. Mutation in DKC1 Gene Can Cause Rare Aging Disease & Cancer Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | A rare genetic syndrome, Dyskeratosis Congenita, may hold the key to understanding what causes premature aging and cancer. Recreating DC in genetically altered mice, researchers proved that the disorder was caused by mutations in the DKC1 gene. Habitat for Humanity Builds "Dream" Houses in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Habitat for Humanity International | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. dreamed of a world in which all people would be able to triumph over poverty, racism, war and violence. In honor of Dr. King's dream, Habitat for Humanity International is beginning a new initiative "Building on the Dream". American Humane Demands Investigation into Fatal Shooting of Family Dog by Tennessee Police American Humane Association | American Humane, the nation's only organization dedicated to both child and animal protection, today voiced concern over the deliberate shooting death of a family dog by a Cookeville, Tenn., police officer. AmeriCares Distributes Free Flu Vaccine AmeriCares Foundation | AmeriCares is distributing 70,000 doses of flu vaccine free to indigent populations in 20 U.S. states and Washington, DC. The flu season generally runs from December to April in the U.S. and is blamed for more than 36,000 deaths annually. AmeriCares Sends Aid to Uzbekistan AmeriCares Foundation | AmeriCares announced today that it would deliver approximately $4,000,000 worth of medicines, medical supplies and nutritional supplements to Uzbekistan to benefit those in need around the country.
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