Sentences with phrase «as local gift»

Above you'll find a round up of some of my favorite pieces from this set, but you'll find many more at Terrain as well as a variety of styles of Christmas villages at places like Etsy, Walmart, Wayfair and Target this year as well as local gift shops.

Not exact matches

They thought the tourist aspect would make the store worth it, but they found, on a day - to - day basis, people wanted to buy the more inexpensive candy bar with a local label to give as vacation gifts.

If your company has the budget, reward outstanding performance with extra perks such as gift cards for gas, dinner at a local restaurant for your employee and a guest, or a surprise day off with pay.

You are now dealing with the executor of Aunt Irma's estate, who may be 1) a greedy relative who sees the «gift» as an investment for which the estate is entitled to a substantial piece of your business, 2) a local estate lawyer whose main purpose in life is to squeeze as many assets out of the estate as possible so as to maximize their fees, or 3) someone even worse.

In fact, you can give these donations as gifts (many of them come with an «experience» such as a safari when you donate to a local exotic animal zoo) and get good karma points, a tax write - off, and a genuine thank you to boot.

[17] CBO does not subtract other federal taxes (such as estate and gift taxes) or state and local taxes.

Federal, state and local governments, if your contribution is solely for public purposes, such as a gift to reduce the public debt or maintain a public park

Even for gifts such as P.L. 480 food aid, the State Department was given «counterpart funds,» a local - currency equivalence of the value of the food.

These intermediaries employ local staff who can directly ensure that your gifts are disbursed as you intend and who can monitor projects firsthand for their impact.

Showing appreciation can be as simple as calling the individual with a personal and heartfelt thank you, sending a gift card to their favorite local restaurant, or offering a day off after finishing a long and exhausting project.»

I declined as I didn't want to profit from this gift I was given, but as I know from the story of the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4 that the Lord uses testimonies to draw others to Himself, so at my own expense I had my testimony printed at a local print shop for a few hundred dollars, and am distributing it with New Testaments to people as the Lord leads.

If you aren't a part of a local church and you claim Christ as important in your life, you need to follow his teaching and add your gifts and abilities to those of others who are trying to make a positive difference in this world and the next.

I am opposed to social reconstruction which demands that I use my taxes to pay a massive overhead of running social systems which have already demonstrated themselves to have failed, when my gifts could do 10x's as much on a local level, with no overhead, and allows me to make the choice at this local level — who can, and who can not benefit.

These must be a better quality and I'd love to win the set, as well as win the gift for our local schools.

Instead, local suppliers are primarily highlighted in the stores» retail sections, which feature gift baskets and niche items such as honey made in Arizona.

Additionally, we are able to connect international travellers to our local brands providing the perfect gift or memento to bring home as a taste of their travels.

A leading local organization, the Rapids have participated in countless initiatives and causes, and annually raise tens of thousands of dollars for Kroenke Sports Charities, which supports underserved children and families in Colorado through educational and recreational programs, as well as appearances, donations, and service gifts.

We love supporting local artists, especially this time of year as we begin thinking about gift giving.

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz will be joined by local veterans as she presents representatives from the United War Veterans Council (UWVC)-- the producers of the annual NYC Veterans Day Parade — with cards and gifts donated by members of the Queens community.

«PAAM wishes to condemn in clear terms the harassment being visited on party members by the governor who has been arm - twisting them across the 16 Local Government Areas of the state, forcing them to reject palliative Christmas gifts from other party chieftains while he, as a governor, has refused to help their cause.

Martha Walsh Hood, an acting Supreme Court Justice and Walsh's aunt, administered the oath of office with a Bible that was presented to his grandfather as a gift from a local laborers union.

It thus seems that the statues were sent by an Egyptian king in the «New Kingdom» as official gifts to the king of Hazor, or as dedications to a local temple (regardless of their being already «antiques»).

This recipe is not only timely because I plan to use it as a gift, but I just came across and purchased ten big bunches of dried lavender for $ 2 / bunch at my local grocery the other day (where I've never seen it before), and aside from displaying some, I've been trying to decide what to do with it all.

If you plan to give this as a gift, grab some nice glass jars at your local dollar store.

I bought close to a hundred pounds of herbs, hoping to mix pregnancy tea and herbal sitz baths to give as gifts or sell through local health food stores.

I went to Central Market, our local handicraft market to pick up crafts for friends as gifts and ended up spending more on myself than my friends!

Also, don't forget to swing by your local francescas to find gifts for all of your girlfriends this season, plus pick up a little something for yourself as well!

Bridesmaids Dresses from Monsoon, Shoes John Lewis, Personalised Bracelets as gifts from Bride from local silversmith artist based at Anabis Leicester

Oliver designed them, a friend screen printed them as a wedding gift to the couple, and a local seamstress put button holes in them so men could wear them on their shirt collar.

Members can see a real - time stream of activity by other singles in their local area as well as instant notifications when they receive winks, emails, or virtual gifts.

You will enjoy with unlimited connecting for your dating online such as Matching profile, local searching members in your area, fun message, real - time chatting, video - voice call and gifts - card sending.

As a gift from friends, they get a night to themselves, and the movie's tone shifts at the key moment when they've walked to a local village and the sun sets, as if inviting the real sequel to begiAs a gift from friends, they get a night to themselves, and the movie's tone shifts at the key moment when they've walked to a local village and the sun sets, as if inviting the real sequel to begias if inviting the real sequel to begin.

With the new powers granted by the Illinois legislature, Daley fils quickly formed a new school management team, which, just as quickly, unveiled what one local paper called «a dizzying array of new programs,» including principal training, longer school days, expanded preschool, college classes for the gifted, hiring of parents as truant officers, and alternative schools for dropouts.

Besides Finland's 50 - plus «special» high schools (which a local expert says «can just as well be called schools for the gifted and talented»), we found — especially in metropolitan Helsinki — an underground network of families jockeying to get their little ones into primary and middle schools that have impressive track records of high school and university admission.

As the teacher of gifted at my school ~ I had a first grade and a second grade student working together on a community - service based project ~ which involved collecting supplies for the local animal shelter.

The students devised a social media campaign to generate interest from families and football fanatics, as well as laying on a family - friendly event which saw several pop - up shops selling sweet treats, as well as Geordie - inspired gifts from local shop HandPicked.

Chances are you will not be reimbursed for expenses you can not defend — for example, expenses for gifts, cab rides around the city, liquor as part of a meal, admissions to local attractions Know in advance what, if any, budget you have to spend on materials at the conference.

It is now incumbent upon educational leaders at the state, regional and local levels as well as our many gifted teacher leaders to use this year's test results not to lay blame or be defensive but to mobilize systemic learning and manifest genuine openness to needed improvements.

First, as local, state and federal government agencies try to balance their budgets, it is easier to eliminate gifted classes than other special education programs.

The RESC «s professional development offerings focused largely on state initiatives (such as improving Gifted and Talented programs and classroom technology use) that were not always linked to local priorities.

Of the total number of students you teach, what percentage are identified by your local school district as Gifted?

School divisions scheduled for technical review of their local gifted plans in 2015 are encouraged to send up to three individuals with a gifted education background to the technical review process to serve as review team members.

A new «equity score card» would provide school - level information to parents on a school's climate; educational opportunity offerings (such as AP, full - day kindergarten, or gifted programming); the number of assessments required; and the school's funding by source (state, local, and federal).

Instead, if truely gifted children can not be accommodated in local secondary schools, then as HR tax payers I would be more than pleased to educated them in the private sector with assisted places grants.

With a $ 1 million gift from UF education alumna Anita Zucker, the center becomes a research, training and model demonstration site where top UF scholars — in fields as diverse as education, medicine, law, public health and the life sciences — collaborate with local, state and national partners to advance the science and practice of early childhood development and early learning.

Teachers also mentioned treats, lotion, or tickets to local shows as fun gifts they'd received.

Nurture a culture of attendance: Work with a local school to provide incentives for good or improved attendance, such as gift certificates, books, healthy snacks or backpacks.

New Jersey Administrative Code 6A: 8 - 3.1 defines students who are gifted and talented as those students who possess or demonstrate high levels of ability in one or more content areas when compared to their chronological peers in the local district and who require modification of their educational program if they are to achieve in accordance with their capabilities.

Democrats and Republicans in both houses of Congress are already supporting legislation that would require states and local districts to include gifted and high - potential students as part of their plans for using federal funding.

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