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    Jiffy Lube(R) Sets Goal to Raise $1 Million for Go Red For Women(TM) Movement for the Third Straight Year Image

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    02-01-10

    Jiffy Lube(R) Sets Goal to Raise $1 Million for Go Red For Women(TM) Movement for the Third Straight Year

    Today, Jiffy Lube International, Inc. announces the launch of year three of the Jiffy Lube Maintenance Partners for Life campaign to benefit the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women movement. The campaign, emphasizing the importance of maintaining a healthy heart an...

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    01-29-10

    Sight Savers warns that global blindness is set to double by 2035

    Global blindness is predicted to double in the next 25 years unless greater action is taken to tackle the problem globally warns development non-profit organization Sight Savers International. The economic cost of this blindness is immense, and developing countries could pot...

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    01-27-10

    Partners HealthCare and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Send Critically Needed Medical Volunteers and Supplies to Support Partners In Health's Earthquake Relief Efforts in Haiti

    Partners HealthCare in Boston and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, have sent multiple teams of medical volunteers as well as critical medical supplies and equipment to support Partners In Health's earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.

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    01-26-10

    New Grants to Improve Health of Floridians

    The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida, the philanthropic affiliate of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF), is announcing grants to 11 Florida nonpr...

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    01-26-10

    Vitals.com Has Doctors Ready to Provide Relief to Victims in Haiti

    Vitals.com, America's largest physician finder, has received requests from more than 150 doctors trying to lend their medical support in Haiti.

    Just weeks ago, Haiti suffered the most devastating earthquake the country has seen in 250 years. To ...

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    01-25-10

    Nordic Naturals(R) Responds to Haiti's Appeal for Help With Immediate Donation and Plan for Future Rebuilding

    Nordic Naturals announced today that the company has a plan for Haiti disaster relief through an immediate donation to the American Red Cross and a promotional effort that will deliver funds for the community-focused, long-term sustainable reconstruction initiative of the ca...

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    01-22-10

    Registered Nurse Headed to Haiti

    With a generous donation from Give Them a Hand Foundation and JetBlue, a registered nurse from New Jersey is headed to Haiti this evening, the Embassy of Haiti and Greater Washington Haiti Relief Committee (GWHRC) announced today.

    Jocelyne Lawal...

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    01-22-10

    Older Americans Team With Grand Circle Foundation To Raise $517K for Red Cross Provision of Food & Water in Haiti

    Alan Lewis, Chairman of Grand Circle Corporation, which owns Grand Circle Travel and Overseas Adventure Travel, today reported that $517,719 has been donated by their charitable arm, Grand Circle Foundation, and by more than 4,000 travelers (4,029) in support of Red Cross re...

    First Lady Michelle Obama Calls On Mayors Work With Others To Fight Childhood Obesity Image

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    01-21-10

    First Lady Michelle Obama Calls On Mayors Work With Others To Fight Childhood Obesity

    Yesterday, at the U.S. Conference of Mayors' winter meeting, First Lady Michelle Obama discussed the importance of healthy eating and physical activity initiatives to help combat childhood obesity in the U.S.

    In her speech, she outlined how the removal of play fr...

    The Dannon Company Announces 2010 Dannon Next Generation Nutrition® Grants Image

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    01-21-10

    The Dannon Company Announces 2010 Dannon Next Generation Nutrition® Grants

    The Dannon Company, Inc. announced today that applications for its fifth annual Dannon Next Generation Nutrition Grants are available at www.dannon.com. Applications are due by March 31, 2010.

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