charity news stories FEBRUARY
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To Atone For
Slavery Ties, Brown University Commits $10 Million
Posted by Shilpa Banerji on February 27, 2007Brown University has announced a series of new commitments to atone for the institution’s ties to slavery, including continuing academic partnerships with several historically Black colleges and universities.
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Banting Museum gets biggest-ever
single donation
Posted by PATRICK MALONEY -- SUN MEDIA on February 27, 2007Novo Nordisk, an international insulin developer, handed over a $100,000 cheque to the Canadian Diabetes Association — which runs the historic London site — to bankroll the upgrading of its exhibits.
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£12M donation for
climate-change centre at Imperial
Posted February 27, 2007Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham are donating £12 million to establish the Grantham Institute for Climate Change based at Imperial College London. This is the largest private funding given to climate change in the UK and will contribute to the world's response to climate change.
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Stanford Gets $33
Million Donation
Posted by AP DIGITAL on February 27, 2007The founder of Business Wire, an electronic distributor of news releases, donated $33 million to help Stanford University build a stem cell research centre, the school announced Tuesday.
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Charity joins virtual reality
world
Posted BY Sara Gaines on February 27, 2007Habbo is a virtual hotel where users create a pixel character and engage with other users over an instant messenger system. This enables users to be anonymous, which campaigners believe will help them seek help.
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PA Pub Builds
123-Pound Burger For Charity Event
Posted by Megan Shannon -- All Headline News -- on February 27, 2007A Clearfield, Pa. pub recently unveiled what they call a new world record -- a 123-pound cheeseburger. The sandwich was the main attraction at the Beer Barrel Charity event.
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Leading Charity Reports
of Suicide Crisis
Posted by Anne Thomas February 27, 2007The NSPCC has called for urgent action to bolster Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Northern Ireland, the BBC reports. The charity, which runs ChildLine, said such services needed to be properly resourced.
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New Hanover hospital
foundation receives $2.1 million donation
Posted by Veronica Gonzalez on February 26, 2007The New Hanover Regional medical Center Foundation announced today that it has received a $2.1 million gift from the Dan Cameron Family Foundation.The money is to support the hospital foundation’s capital campaign -- Our Health, Our Hospital, Our Future.
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Sick Kids
gets anonymous donation for stem-cell research
Posted on February 26, 2007The private $5.1million gift quietly given to Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children will focus on cancer-related stem-cell research, stem cells from adults, and stem cells from human embryos, a controversial area of study.
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Honda becomes a
charitable institution
Posted on February 26, 2007Honda Racing F1 is not only going green but is also inviting organizations and people to make a donation to an environmental charity and thus appear on the F1 car. Program hopes to raise awareness of global warming.
