Sentences with phrase «community efforts include»

Community efforts include donating leftover bread to soup kitchens at the end of each day, raising money for school activities and providing bread and baked goods for charity events.

Hudson's community efforts include being a director on the board of The National Epilepsy Foundation and vice president of the University of Miami alumni association.

Not exact matches

Kraft Heinz has in recent weeks been particularly vocal about its corporate strategies, including a «post integration business update» on its Kraft Heinz deal, in which the company focuses on its sustainability efforts, fight against world hunger and community efforts.

Through focused disability integration efforts in Missouri, FEMA continues to take steps to ensure the whole community — including people with functional needs, seniors and those with low English proficiency — has the same opportunity to benefit from disaster as - sistance programs.»

It includes the direct domination of the earth, from farming to factories, but also the efforts required to create and maintain communities, to advance and spread learning and to keep mortal men close to their eternal destiny.

I work with a local interfaith group and track the efforts of the interfaith community worldwide — including Muslim organizations.

Guérékoyamé - Gbangou has played a key role in the efforts to quell interreligious tension, including helping to create an interreligious platform which includes the president of the Islamic Community in CAR and the Catholic archbishop of Bangui.

Many thousands of citizens, including many Christians, have been working for social justice for years — through nonprofit organizations, community organizing efforts, and justice - oriented churches.

Case studies under analysis from this theoretical perspective include: direct broadcast satellite development; teleconferencing for meetings; international negotiations for satellite use by many nations; the cooperative communications efforts among European Community nations; and others.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Whether you join a small group at your church, find an FPU or Crown Ministries class, or seek out virtual community by following a blog or hashtag, begin to knit together a group of people to support your efforts and point you toward God's plan for your life (which includes your money).

Efforts include but are not limited to: developing and implementing marine habitat protection and restoration strategies, conducting ongoing coral reef research, training individuals in marine ecosystem research and management, as well as animal husbandry, the rescue, rehabilitation and release of marine wildlife including sea turtles, manatees and dolphins, creating programs to heighten public awareness of the ocean and its inhabitants and delivering marine education programs to communities and schools.

ABA member companies are also working in their communities on efforts to support and promote recycling, including:

This national effort includes a «Community Initiative» that calls for a focused, aggressive, multi-pronged approach in neighborhoods within select cities where for a variety of reasons there has been less consumer interest in — and thus less access to — bottled water, lower - calorie and smaller - portion beverage choices.

ABA member companies are also working in their communities on efforts to protect and preserve our planet, including:

The plan may also include efforts in parts of the world where ingredients are sourced — like Indonesia, a huge source of palm oil for processed food manufacturers — such as providing communities with technology and resources to harvest and utilize local foods more efficiently.

In an effort to include the community, Ludwinski instituted a «Pie It Forward» program, where customers can purchase slices for future strangers who might not be able to afford a treat.

An avid supporter of her community, Ms. Welch champions the fundraising efforts of several non-profits including Special Olympics and local Illinois charities.

where I took Recreation Leadership and afterwards worked in various roles including recreational progamming, fundraising and community awareness efforts.

Several stories drove this point home for us in August, including this one about the efforts the California dairy community is making toward supporting the Fuel Up to Play 60 program in the 2014 - 14 school year.

includes a mind blowing number of initiatives that address intersections with schools, child care, cities, towns and counties, Indian Country, and faith communities, as well as efforts to connect kids with salad bars at school, outdoor initiatives, parks, museum and gardens, reading, and chefs.

In an effort to solve that challenge, the Szalays partnered with HUMAN Healthy Vending — the nation's leading franchisor of healthy vending machine businesses — to ensure that their family, as well as the greater Memphis community, has convenient access to healthful foods and beverages, including allergy - and diabetic - friendly options.

«Low» included indirect male engagement strategies such as general mass outreach efforts such as community health fairs and mass media campaigns; «high» included male engagement strategies with direct personal contact, such as interpersonal communication through home visits or through groups such as community - based organizations.

Formed community health clubs, with concerted effort to include men, and promoted health messages at meetingsb

In the U.S., this effort led to the growth of community breastfeeding support circles, more awareness about the benefits linked to breastfeeding, which include lower rates of diarrhea, infections, diabetes and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and officially designated «Baby - Friendly» hospitals that earn certification by encouraging breastfeeding as the norm.

These efforts have included extensive common reed control work in the nearby communities of Salisbury, Newbury, and Newburyport.

As Cuomo huddled with a group of advisors that included former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall (the man he challenged in the 2002 Democratic gubernatorial primary, hurting his relationship with the black community), Manhattan Democratic Chairman / Assemblyman Keith Wright and former NYC Comptroller Bill Thompson, Paladino's campaign manager talked to Gerson Borrero about the GOP / Conservative nominee's efforts to woo Latino voters.

Gotham Gazette article on community board reform efforts, including BP Adams launching an online application for membership.

Coalition members, including the UFT, the Partnership for New York City, Trinity Wall Street and the Children's Aid Society, helped shape this position paper in an effort to elucidate what the community schools model is all about.

That year, an array of Jewish officials, including former Mayor Ed Koch, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Councilman David Greenfield, Assemblyman Dov Hikind and others, gathered in Battery Park for a press conference described as an effort to «Denounce Charles Barron as Enemy of the State of Israel» and the Jewish community.

Under Governor Cuomo, we have significantly augmented our resources by coordinating our efforts with state agencies including DMV, OASAS and the State Police to help keep our communities safe by cracking down on these illegal sales.»

Brian has already demonstrated leadership on issues of great concern to us, including his efforts to make sure that housing stays affordable for people in our community.

Earlier this month, Governor Cuomo announced a series of new initiatives including the addition of 100 experienced investigators to the State Police Community Narcotics Enforcement Team; new efforts to make supplies of naloxone available to all first responder units in the State; and the launch of a targeted awareness campaign that will take place on all public college and university campuses.

In its endorsement, the group cited Cuomo's push for the LGBT community that includes bolstering protections for transgender individuals through state regulations as well as his 2011 effort to legalize sames - ex marriage in the state.

Each partner plays a vital role not only in the Coalition but in the community, and to date the Coalition's actions have brought initiatives to the community including adult literacy training and English as a second language opportunities, health awareness efforts, youth and afterschool opportunities, and the creation of the Community Resource Hub at Catholic Ccommunity, and to date the Coalition's actions have brought initiatives to the community including adult literacy training and English as a second language opportunities, health awareness efforts, youth and afterschool opportunities, and the creation of the Community Resource Hub at Catholic Ccommunity including adult literacy training and English as a second language opportunities, health awareness efforts, youth and afterschool opportunities, and the creation of the Community Resource Hub at Catholic CCommunity Resource Hub at Catholic Charities.

EDC representatives have already begun to brief elected officials, transit experts, and community advocates, including on expectations for upcoming outreach efforts.

At a press conference in Putnam Valley on Wednesday, Cuomo issued the state of emergency for Putnam, Dutchess, Orange and Sullivan Counties, including the deployment of 125 members of the New York National Guard to assist local communities with recovery efforts.

The governor consequently listed the objectives for the 2018 budget to include, intensifying efforts on independent revenue initiatives, massive infrastructural development, wealth creation through empowerment of youths, artisans, farmers and market women; and enhancing the community development through improved collaboration with communities, among others.

Since taking office, Hoffay has embraced a series of progressive urban planning initiatives including the Complete Streets program to make Kingston more bike - and pedestrian - friendly, an initiative to reduce the city's carbon footprint and efforts by the Kingston Land Trust to create community gardens and preserve open space.

The effort is being led by the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo and Western New York Inc., government officials including councilmember David Franczyk, local businesses and community stakeholders.

New York Communities for Change (NYCC): A vibrant community organization of working New Yorkers united for social and economic justice, NYCC has worked with the UFT on several organizing and social justice initiatives, including our historic campaign to organize New York City's 28,000 family child care providers and our ongoing effort to bring charter school teachers into the union.

«In the more than 30 years since Carlos Cardona has lived in this country, he has built a family and given back to his community, including in the aftermath of 9/11, when he assisted with ground zero recovery efforts at the expense of his own health,» Governor Cuomo said in an emailed statement.

Citizen Action is planning to continue resistance efforts with «100 Days of Action,» which will include actions individuals and community groups can take daily to resist the plans and policies of the Trump administration.

Off - topic questions included the mayor's proposed budget and the potential cost of open labor contracts, a timeline for settling the open labor contracts, the Build it Back program, the administration's «comprehensive review» of the city's Sandy recovery efforts, release of Bishop Findlayter's arrest report, the mayor's September promise to visit a carriage horse stable before acting on his pledge to ban carriage horses and the administration's community development block grant application.

Woolwich — Senate President Steve Sweeney, Assemblyman John Burzichelli and Assemblyman Adam Taliaferro joined with local officials, educators and others today in a community forum to mark the increase in school funding for the Kingsway Regional School System as the result of the successful effort to include the school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE»

He supports the policy position of Paul Giardina, his running mate on the Republican ticket, of utilizing the federal Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water State Revolving Fund to pay for water - quality remediation efforts including replacement of failing septic systems, rather than the community preservation fund.

This achievement is a result of the Governor's directive to include health in state agency policy - making, an effort that will result in more livable communities for people of all ages and enable more New Yorkers to age comfortably in their homes.

Bridgeton — Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assemblyman John Burzichelli joined with local officials, educators and others in a community forum to mark the increase in school funding for the Bridgeton School District as the result of the successful effort to include the school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE»

Those communities include New York City, Albany and Syracuse and could face a cut in federal funding should they not comply with enforcement efforts.

The Summit on Latinos was a multi-coalition effort supported by NYC's Latino elected officials including Speaker of City Council Melissa Mark — Viverito; Council Members Ydanis Rodríguez, Carlos Menchaca, the city's top academic institutions the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, CUNY, the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, the Jaime Lucero Mexican Studies Institute at CUNY, the CUNY Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies, and community organizations such as the Hispanic Federation.