Charity News from Tuesday, May. 4, 2004America’s Second Harvest Receives Funds From Hasbro Children’s Foundation for Backpack ProgramAmerica's Second Harvest | America's Second Harvest is accepting grant applications to pilot up to eight new rural backpack pilot programs, which enable them to provide children with nutritious and easy to prepare food on the weekend when school lunches are not available. Exercise Helps Heart Attack Patients Who Are Depressed, Without Social Support Duke University Medical Center | Heart attack patients who are depressed or without social support are more than twice as likely to die of a second heart attack if they do not exercise, according the results of a large-scale national trial led by Duke researchers. Emory Awarded $3 Million Grant for Disease-Fighting Computer Modeling Emory University | Emory University scientists have received a five-year grant for more than $3 million to participate in a new NIH initiative to develop powerful computer modeling techniques to analyze and respond to infectious disease outbreaks. ASPCA Launches New Public Service Announcement Campaign Featuring "Sopranos®" star, Drea de Matteo American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is launching a new public service announcement campaign urging New Yorkers to adopt their next pet from the organization's 92nd Street shelter. Experts Recommend Taking Advantage Of Calm Before The Storm American Red Cross | Top hurricane experts urge Atlantic and Gulf Coast residents to take heed and use this year's National Hurricane Preparedness Week, May 16-22, to do just that - prepare.
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