Charity News from Friday, Nov. 7, 2003Retailers And Banks Nationwide Let Customers Know “Your Help Counts” For Red Cross Disaster ReliefAmerican Red Cross | In response to the devastation caused by wildfires in Southern California, nearly 15,000 retail stores and banks nationwide are showing their support of American Red Cross disaster relief efforts by making it easy for their customers to pitch in too. CARE and eight partner organizations launch Better Safer World Campaign CARE | Atlanta-based CARE and eight other leading humanitarian organizations yesterday launched a new campaign to engage Americans on ways to address global poverty and instability, called The Better Safer World campaign. DU and Partners Work to Protect Funding for the Conservation Reserve Program Ducks Unlimited | In an effort to safeguard the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), the U.S. Senate swiftly defeated an amendment that would have blocked critical funding for the program. The 2002 Farm Bill includes significant funding for conservation programs. Automatic CPR device dramatically improves cardiac arrest survival in Stanford animal study Stanford University School of Medicine | A small, portable device greatly increases the chance of surviving sudden cardiac death by restoring blood pressure better than conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation, according to a Stanford University School of Medicine animal study.
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