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1997-1998 Annual Report

CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NETWORK
(1999) $5,000

California Office
1604 Solano Avenue
Berkeley, California 94707
www.cehn.org

To support the participation of CEHN staff at the European Environmental Ministerial Conference and the NGO Healthy Planet Forum in London, England, June 1999. Public Health Institute served as fiscal sponsor.


CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NETWORK
(2000) $7,500

110 Maryland Avenue, Suite 511
Washington, DC 20002
www.cehn.org

To host a press breakfast at the National Press Club in Washington, DC in July 2000. Public Health Institute served as fiscal sponsor.


COLUMBIA CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
(2000) $10,000

60 Haven Avenue
Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Room B-116
New York, NY 10032
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/sph/ccceh/

In support of the conference entitled, "The Health of Our Children in the Urban Environment: A Dialogue Between Scientists, Community Leaders and Policy Makers."


COMMUNITY TOOLBOX FOR CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
(2000) $15,000 (2001) $15,000

999 Sutter Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94109
www.communitytoolbox.org

For a small grants program supporting community-based organizations working to protect children's environmental health. Tides Center served as fiscal sponsor.


CORNELL UNIVERSITY
(2000) $8,500 and $8,500

Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors
112 Rice Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
www.cfe.cornell.edu/bcerf/

For additional research costs associated with completing the book, "Having Faith: An Ecology of Pregnancy and Motherhood."


EARTH ACTION NETWORK, INC./E MAGAZINE
(2000) $15,000

P. O. Box 5098
Westport, CT 06881
www.emagazine.com

To publish and circulate a special issue of E Magazine on children's health and the environment.


EQUIS
(1999) $25,000

P.O. Box 757
Langley, WA 998260

To convene leaders of children's environmental health organizations in the U.S. to develop national strategies on children's environmental health issues. New America Foundation served as fiscal sponsor.


FEARLESS FUND
(2000) $1,500

1933 47th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

To support the development of a documentary film on children's environmental health.


GENERATION GREEN FUND (2000) $20,000
(2001) $15,000

P. O. Box 7027
Evanston, IL 60201
www.generationgreen.org
For general support. Midwest Academy served as fiscal sponsor.


HEALTHY SCHOOLS NETWORK, INC.
(1999) $1,500

96 South Swan Street
Albany, NY 12210
www.healthyschools.org

To support participation in two Healthy Schools sessions at the American Public Health Association annual meeting in Chicago, November 1999.


HEALTHY SCHOOLS NETWORK, INC.
(2000) $10,000

(see above)

To expand its activities including outreach to leading researchers and environmental health advocates as well as to the general public.


MOTHERS & OTHERS FOR A LIVABLE PLANET
(2000) $10,000

40 West 20th Street
New York, NY 10011

To expand its consumer education services and facilitate collaboration with other environmental health organizations.


NATURAL HERITAGE INSTITUTE
(2000) $20,000

2140 Shattuck Avenue, Fifth Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
www.n-h-i.org

In support of the creation of an International Coalition for Children's Environmental Health, in collaboration with the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development.


NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
(2000) $20,000

71 Stevenson Street, #1825
San Francisco, CA 94105
www.nrdc.org

For an on-line clearinghouse regarding chemicals detected in breast milk to educate and activate individuals and organizations working on toxins issues.


UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
(2000) $5,000

Department of Pediatrics
800 Marshall St.
Little Rock, AR 72202
http://pediatrics.ach.uams.edu

To support a neurotoxicology conference in Colorado, September 2000 entitled "Children's Health and the Environment 2000."


WORLD ALLIANCE FOR BREASTFEEDING ACTION
(2000) $5,000

PO Box 1200
Penang 10850, Malaysia
www.waba.org.br

To bring together environmental groups and activists supporting breastfeeding, to develop a strategic response to the chemical contamination of breast milk. Pesticide Action Network of North America served as fiscal sponsor.

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