Charity News from Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2003Red Cross September 11 Recovery Program Joins Lower Manhattan CommunityAmerican Red Cross | To better assist its clients and accommodate its staff and volunteers, the American Red Cross September 11 Recovery Program (SRP) is joining the lower Manhattan community by relocating its Manhattan staff to a downtown facility at 7 Hanover Square. American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund in Jeopardy as Most Active Hurricane Months Arrive American Red Cross | Over the past year, the American Red Cross spent $114.3 million from its Disaster Relief Fund to provide assistance to victims of more than 3,300 disasters throughout the United States and its territories. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Donates $150,000 To National Center for Missing & Exploited Children National Center for Missing and Exploited Children | Associates of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. today contributed $150,000 to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to support the organization's efforts to locate missing children and safeguard youth from victimization. New Government Report: Vitamin Supplements Don't Help Prevent Cancer American Institute for Cancer Research | A US government task force has found no evidence that vitamin supplements help reduce risk of cancer or cardiovascular disease. Diet-cancer experts at the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) welcomed the announcement. Name that tune: How birds learn to recognize song The University of Chicago Medical Center | Researchers in a University of Chicago lab are peering inside the minds of European starlings to find out how they recognize songs and in the process are providing insights into how the brain learns, recognizes and remembers complex sounds. March of Dimes Tops Other Non-Profits In World Wide Web Competition March of Dimes | The March of Dimes Prematurity Web site took home more top honors in the 'Spring 2003 World Wide Web Health Awards' than any other community/non-profit organization in the United States. Peace and Security Vital for Liberia Aid Effort Oxfam-America | Real peace and security throughout Liberia are the essential preconditions for any effective aid operation in the country, Oxfam said today, as the UN launched an appeal for $69 million to tackle what it called a "humanitarian catastrophe." Ethiopia Famine Response Falling Short, Say Major Aid Agencies Catholic Relief Services | Calling the Ethiopia famine the "greatest humanitarian crisis facing any single nation in the world today," the leaders of eight major aid agencies committed today to reaffirm their determination to address immediate and long-term needs.
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