Sentences with phrase «based community efforts»

Altering, taming and placing as many kittens and cats as possible in homes and preventing further abandonment requires broad based community efforts as well as cooperation among veterinarians, shelters and animal organizations.

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«Write to Play» heralded Playworld's first - ever social media giveaway, and the results are impressive: Not only did its Facebook fan base increase from 600 to more than 9,000 during the two months the contest ran, but as finalists rallied to gain community support for their campaigns, many local news outlets reported on their efforts, earning Playworld significant free publicity in the process.

The enhancement benefits to your content and SEO strategies alone make social media worth the effort — but add in the customer service angle and the community building power, and you'll calculate that even a few hours of work per day can be enough to earn you thousands of new visitors per month (and strengthened relationships with your existing subscriber base).

Each store catalyzes Starbucks Veteran hiring efforts and connects to its community through relationships with the local military base and with Veterans service organizations.

«We partner with charitable and faith - based groups in the communities,» Mills said about FEMA's recovery efforts.

The whole Puritan project was an effort to overcome the failings of fallen or natural man and create a holy community, based on love.

The letter from the Council (which consists of forty representatives of the region's Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, mainline Protestant, and Jewish communities) warned that the SBC's efforts, «however well - intentioned,» might well «disrupt the pattern of peaceful interfaith relations in our community and unwittingly abet the designs of those who seek to provoke hate crimes by fomenting faith - based prejudice.»

But although the real basis of the community's life was always the total event we have described, its attempt to give a rational explanation of its life took more and more the form of an effort to define the nature of the person.

Nonetheless the effort to construct a witness community based on unity and identity rather than opposition and oppression can itself have critical consequences in a society based on opposite principles.

We'll be directing our efforts toward locally sourced and inspired creations that are memorable for both transient guests and community - based audiences who look to us to host their business events and special, social occasions.»

From large multinational corporations to small, community - based cooperatives, we involve businesses and consumers worldwide in our efforts to bring responsibly produced goods and services to a global marketplace where the demand for sustainability is growing steadily.

But while the challenges posed to rural communities in Honduras are great, so are the opportunities: in the last decade, the government has begun handing over land rights to some local and indigenous people, providing an excellent basis for efforts to create sustainable forest economies.

Among these are the chain's iconic brand logo, its eye - catching, streamlined design, a brand positioning designed to capitalize on its family - friendly appeal while retaining its longstanding sports fan base, a regularly refreshed menu and ongoing series of limited - time offers, a commitment to featuring the most popular beer brands as well as select craft brews at the bar, familiarity among visitors to Rehoboth Beach, Del., and Ocean City, Md., and ongoing youth sports sponsorships, fundraising activities program and other community outreach efforts.

Other schools may choose to focus on place - based education and to make a strong effort to use their surrounding community in school lessons.

Community - based support groups, organizations, and programs, as well as the efforts of peer counselors, expand on the support that women obtain in the hospital and provide a continuity of care that can help extend the duration of breastfeeding.»

Through evidence - based articles, the JPE advances the knowledge of aspiring and seasoned educators in any setting - independent or private practice, community, hospital, nursing or midwifery school - and informs educators and other health care professionals on research that will improve their practice and their efforts to support natural, safe, and healthy birth.

STREAMWOOD — The Streamwood Park District Board hoped to buy playground equipment based on community input, but its effort came to naught when it was discovered the equipment chosen by residents wasn't fully wheelchair accessible.

«The staff and board members of the Hoffman Estates Park District have made an extraordinary effort in the last several years to improve the Park District's areas, facilities, programs and services to meet the growing needs of residents of the community,» read a statement from Ted Flickinger, executive director of the Springfield - based Illinois Association of Park Districts.

«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.

The Birth Awards is a community effort to raise awareness for evidence based birth and breastfeeding practices.

We offer a comprehensive program, as well as a wide variety of support materials and a web — based professional community to support your efforts and educational needs as an instructor.

Although professional lactation support can improve the duration of overall breast feeding, its effect in improving exclusive breast feeding is unclear.11 18 22 Thus far, studies that report improvement of rates of exclusive breastfeeding have involved mainly community based peer counselling strategies.23 24 25 Even then, a randomised trial in the UK recently cast doubt on the efficacy of this approach.26 There are current recommendations from NICE for the UK - wide implementation of the baby friendly initiative.4 5 6 The 2006 NICE costing report on routine postnatal care of women and their babies estimates that efforts to improve rates of breast feeding will result in substantial cost savings for the NHS.6

Summary: This country brief offers a summary of IYCN's efforts to enhance community - and facility - based nutrition services in Mozambique.

The Atlantic Alliance is a community based on shared values and interests, the global importance of which have more than once involved NATO in efforts to promote peace and security outside the territory of its member - states.

In an effort to meet the needs of the Broome County Department of Social Services (BCDSS) Welfare to Work (WTW) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the Broome County Urban League (BCUL) along with several community based organizations have come together and will offer their expertise and resources with work experience activities (WEP) leading to employment and self - sustainability.

Efforts to reach MEM Enterprises were unsuccessful, however, based upon inquiries made by City & State, it appears that the company's address is the same as that of the senator's brother, Marvin Maziarz, a retired Niagara County Community College professor.

(2) to supplement and complement the efforts of States, the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States, the private sector, public and private educational institutions, public and private nonprofit educational research institutions, community - based organizations, parents, and students to im - prove the quality of education;

As we continue our efforts to transform OPWDD's system away from institutional care and towards community based living and supports, it is evident that more and more individuals are enjoying a greater quality of life.

Better coordination with community - based planning efforts and priorities.

He proposed the CORe initiative to better align State support with local needs while supporting successful community - based efforts, allowing the State to better allocate resources to make measurable and sustained progress in improving high - need communities.

A statement by Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 6 div, Col Aminu Iliyasu said, «In the early hours of Monday, 20th November, 2017, as part of the continued efforts to rid the Niger Delta of criminals and acts of criminality, troops of 6 Division Nigerian Army, based on a tip - off by some patriotic citizens, raided the camp and shrines of a notorious militant, cultist, kidnapper and ardent illegal oil bunkerer, Mr. Igwedibia Johnson, (aka «Don Waney»), who has been terrorising the peace - loving Omoku community in particular, as well as the entire people of Rivers and Bayelsa States.

And earlier this month, she unveiled a $ 6 million plan to help rehabilitate female inmates at the Rikers Island jail complex; Sisters Thrive, a national volunteer effort to promote mental health literacy in the black community; and NYCHOPE, a web - based portal for domestic violence survivors.

As Director, Ms. Dolan has been responsible for oversight of the Office for the Aging and its mission of planning, coordinating and providing an array of community based services to the elderly and persons who require assistance in the long - term care system, in an effort to promote independence, dignity and quality of life.

Cuomo also announced the creation of an Office of Faith - Based Community Development Services to help coordinate nonprofit groups» efforts at networking and getting federal grants.

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This project builds on three years of effort by Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper for Phase I of a Niagara River Watershed Management Plan and is a continuation of a community - based watershed planning effort to improve and protect all of Western New York's water resources.

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That effort led to collaboration between The Miriam Hospital and the Rhode Island Community Food Bank to develop a six - week cooking program research protocol aimed at improving food security — or the ability to afford adequate food — for food pantry clients by using plant - based olive oil diet recipes.

One of Ernst's major public - facing efforts for the past several years has been partnering with the Centers for Disease Control to develop Kidenga, a community - based surveillance mobile app to help detect mosquito - borne disease in Texas, Florida, Arizona, and California, and provide users with the latest information on their area.

The effort is part of the university's community - based natural resources management program.

Outside of universities, sharing data is key because there are many efforts to include community - based monitoring groups to help inform decisions and policies about the environment.

The aim is to improve the quality of the reviews by making the process «more transparent and acceptable to the scientific community,» says Tasuku Honjo, dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Kyoto University, who is leading the effort on a part - time basis until his retirement from Kyoto next spring.

Efforts are being focused on programs that provide research opportunities for Native Americans in high school and at Tribal Colleges and for research efforts based in their commuEfforts are being focused on programs that provide research opportunities for Native Americans in high school and at Tribal Colleges and for research efforts based in their commuefforts based in their communities.

And the National Sea Grant College program pays for university - based efforts to shore up coastal economies and communities against the ravages of climate change and extreme weather.

Our combined efforts will focus on improving community health and providing evidence - based medicine to improve quality and cost controls.

The committee supports the efforts to deal with these important problems in several ways: better community relations and public information on the pollution problems; negotiations with violators on a case - by - case basis; and increased research oriented toward making radio telescopes less susceptible to interference (e.g., adaptive cancellation, filter technology, and high - spectral - efficiency modulation techniques).

Thanks mainly to the scientific advances and the efforts of the evidence - based fitness community to disseminate the research, we now know better.

Spark Networks Chairman Michael McConnell said the board «greatly appreciates Michael Egan's efforts over the last 18 months to stabilize the core subscriber base at a profitable level while substantially enhancing the brands in communities that Spark serves.

ChristianMingle hopes that their outreach efforts will do more than bring Christian singles together on the site - they hope to create a safe and active faith - based community for members with shared values that goes well beyond dating and marriage.

They've already won the mainline and hardcore gaming communities, so this effort would clearly be aimed at the demographic that makes up the majority of GTA 5's player base.