Charity News from Thursday, May. 29, 2003Mental Health Leader Jacki McKinney to Receive NMHA's Highest HonorNational Mental Health Association | The National Mental Health Association's highest honor, the Clifford W. Beers Award, will be presented Saturday, June 7, to Jacki McKinney, M.S.W., a national advocate fighting for the rights and recovery for people with mental illnesses. Olympic Hurdler Derrick Adkins to Address National Mental Health Conference National Mental Health Association | Derrick Adkins, US Olympic Gold Medal Winner in the 400-meter hurdles, will deliver the opening dinner keynote address at the National Mental Health Association's 2003 Annual Conference, America's Mental Health Crisis: Finding Solutions Together. Mental Health Experts Provide Tips for Military Personnel Returning Home National Mental Health Association | The National Mental Health Association has developed a series of tip sheets to help military service men and women cope with the range of emotions and reactions they may experience when they return home from duty overseas. Legislative Leaders Awarded for Allegiance to Nation's Mental Health National Mental Health Association | The National Mental Health Association (NMHA) will honor Representatives Donna Christian-Christensen (D- U.S. Virgin Islands), Mark Foley (R-Fla.), Todd Platts (R-Penn.) and Ciro Rodriguez (D-Tex.) with Legislator of the Year awards. Researchers make important immune system cell discovery St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (ALSAC) | A team of investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has challenged a currently held belief on how immune system cells called macrophages control their biochemical activity after being stimulated by signaling proteins called cytokines. 2003 Eileen Egan Journalism Award Winners Announced Catholic Relief Services | Catholic Relief Services (CRS) today announced the winners of the annual Eileen Egan Journalism Awards. The awards honor journalists writing for Catholic publications on issues related to the developing world.
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