For week ended Sep 5, 1999 Posted 5Sep99

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Charity Founded by LDS Woman sees Explosive Growth

When Carol Green started making burial clothes for needy newborns in 1992, she could hardly have forseen that the concept would become an international charity growing at an explosive rate. All she saw was a need that must be met, and her LDS background led her to do the rest And now she has ambitious plans for her charity, Newborns in Need, "I want to see a Newborns in Need chapter in every major city in the World."

Legal-aid campaign reaches a goal, gets matching funds

The Legal Aid campaign kicked-off this past January by President James E. Faust of the LDS Church's First Presidency has reached its goal. The campaign, run by three nonprofit agencies united as "and Justice for all" has raised the $300,000 needed to obtain a $100,000 challenge grant from the LDS Foundation, the LDS Church's charitable arm.




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