Sentences with phrase «when volunteers met»

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Former MP Andrew Telegdi first met her when she volunteered for his 1993 federal campaign.

When Ennis volunteers before our meeting that «on the one - on - one stuff, I'm considered to be hands - down the best in the business,» is it an anxiety - alleviating technique or a big, fat boast?

The trip turns serious when a woman he meets in a café brings him along on a volunteer mission to deliver shoes to poor children.

Although they've volunteered in order to do something for the poor, their paternalism comes apart when they meet articulate poor people who often believe in God more than they do and who want a world where North - South relations are characterized by justice rather than charity.

I volunteered to bring the dessert, and when I mentioned «chocolate and cinnamon» I was met with much enthusiasm.

I love collaborating with our volunteers, assistants and instructors to build our programs; I love seeing our campers» eyes light up when they meet our Futalognkosaurus; I love buying craft materials for campers to turn into gallery - themed masterpieces... but the part of my job that I treasure most is holding the door at the end of the day during Summer Club.

Even though Rosie was doing this on a volunteer basis, she came to our home ahead of time and got to know us, and she even met us at our home when I first went into labor.

We met during college when we both volunteered at a commune in Georgia, the place Habitat for Humanity grew out of.

I first met then - Councilwoman Letitia James in the fall of 2012 when the City Council organized volunteers to clean up and work in Staten Island and the Rockaways following Sandy.

It's stupid for DiNapoli's people to attempt to use Steve Rattner against Harry Wilson when Harry only met him in 2009 when he volunteered to serve on President Barack Obama's Automobile Industry task force.

When she looked at job ads, she saw that many wanted experience planning meetings, so she volunteered to help plan the TJU's postdoctoral research symposiums.

I became active in student issues early on in my Ph.D. student days when I volunteered to be one of the two student representatives at departmental faculty meetings.

I've been drawn to a lot of healing things lately, healing sounds, healing frequencies, infrared sauna, meditation, breath work, really good deep tissue work, and, you know, I was speaking with my wife about a week ago and she commented on the fact that in the thirteen years that we've been married, when she met me, I was a bodybuilder and a spin instructor, she doesn't think she's ever seen me take any more than, perhaps, a couple of days off of an extremely hard charging life, in which I'm replying to literally hundreds of emails a day, squeezing in the type of exercise sessions that allow me to do masochistic things, volunteering, jetting around the globe, you name it.

It is more like my day - time casual look when I volunteer at school or meet my friends for brunch.

Speaking at events and meeting new cancer patients when I'm volunteering has helped spread so much awareness in our community.

I enjoy volunteering when I can and meeting new people.

Whether it's gardening, wine tasting, volunteer work or business, when you do what you like, you'll meet liked - minded people who can share your interests.

When she met the woman who ran a full - time research library at the Samuel Goldwyn studio she volunteered to help and ultimately acquired the library, which migrated several times.

The couple's lives are changed forever when they meet Olive Byrne (Bella Heathcote), a cherubic co-ed who volunteers to serve as an assistant in the Marstons» psychology lab.

And when parent volunteers meet on the bench, they can reminisce about the chilly day when they helped kids turn mud into something lasting.

Parents are most likely to attend school meetings and events or to volunteer in their child's school when their children are in primary school.

One month later, when our team visited Villago and Cactus Middle for a community open house, Cruz volunteered to come over and teach a group of students he had never met before.

When he told me he was meeting a bunch of fellow Ford Ranger enthusiasts for a wheeling trip in southern Michigan, I volunteered the F - 650's services.

Stevie Wonder, a 6 - month - old German shepherd mix, was adopted by Isotopes pitcher John Ely, who met the pup when the team volunteered at Watermelon Mountain Ranch, an animal shelter in Rio Rancho, N.M..

All volunteers are required to attend a meeting when they sign up to volunteer with the BAAC.

JG: I met Ann Dunn (Cat Town's founder and executive director) when we were both volunteers at OAS and saw firsthand how the Cat Town foster program and later, the café and adoption center, saved so many cats at OAS who were stressed and struggling.

They adopt out of the service territory only if they have a volunteer in that location who can do the home visit and follow - up visits and only when the approved applicant is willing to make the trip to meet the Goldens in Colorado (very rarely placed outside of Colo.).

When I first met Jema, she was outside in a dog run draped across the lap of another volunteer, trying to get as close as possible to stay warm.

The friends met in 2000 when they were both volunteers at the Fulton County Ohio Humane Society.

Celeste does a lot of volunteering for American Greyhound, so when she is not doing her above activities, she can be found helping out with short term / emergency fostering, transporting dogs, picking up owner surrenders, handling adoptions; helping with monthly meet and greets; as well as attending our «Greyt Readers» program at the Crown Point library.

Although you can view the cats available for adoption during regular PetSmart store hours, you have the chance to meet the cats in person on Saturdays and Sundays when our volunteer Adoption Counselors are available to help make the introductions.

A home visit is when a volunteer comes to your home to determine if it is safe and acceptable for an Airedale Terrier, to meet all family members (2 - legged and 4 - legged) and to verify the information you submitted on your application matches.

Following your Orientation meeting, we will place your name on a list of interested volunteer applicants and contact you when the need arises and we begin volunteer training.

Volunteers make a follow - up phone call to find out how the newcomer is settling in and to answer questions that often come up when the actual rabbit meets the actual baseboards and phone cords of his new home.

When you arrive for an appointment, one of our volunteers will assist you with meeting the dogs.

We volunteers got to know and love Angie over time for the amazing kitty that she is, and I received an outpouring of support from people I never even met when they found out I took Angie home.

I met Andrea when I was in Mozambique in 2012 volunteering in a program to photograph and identify Whale Sharks and to count reef fish.

Let me know when you head to Benin, there is an American girl I know there volunteering with the Peace Corps that I think you should meet!

When I meet with groups of members and volunteers, I am never concerned about preaching to the choir.

While she says Clarke is an energetic student with a good attitude and a knack for cold - calling volunteers, she admits she was surprised when they first met.

Those who get out there, attend industry conferences and meetings, actively volunteer in their communities, write articles for newsletters and publications, join boards and committees, and improve their visibility within the business arena, tend to get more offers and opportunities, especially when they most need them.

«A survey of over 20,000 parents found that when fathers are involved in their children's education including attending school meetings and volunteering at school, children were more likely to get A's, enjoy school, and participate in extracurricular activities and less likely to have repeated a grade.

Because we no longer need to learn as much to perform the tasks that we need to accomplish — projects assigned at work, planning our days and lives (as demonstrated by another test in which volunteers were asked to schedule meetings involving overlapping groups of people)-- we lose our ability to find solutions when problems arise.

In his official blog and in a meeting with U.S. Senators Hillary Clinton and Patty Murray, Leavitt refused to guarantee he would change the final rule to ensure that patients do not lose access to health information or services when a health care provider or volunteer refuses to provide them.

But when the rubber meets the road and we go to our local fire department in a smaller community, a fire department with one or two full - time staff and a gaggle of volunteers, the effort of removal and environmental protection falls apart.