Sentences with phrase «be for children needy»

This flower can be for children needy of adult attention.

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Mr. Brickman and his wife, Patrice, are involved in many philanthropic causes, including Neediest Kids and Visible Men, where Mr. Brickman sits on the Board, the National Center for Women and Children, Stepping Stones Shelter, the Barbara Bush Foundation Celebration of Reading and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Child care — provided to preschool children outside of their homes — once was considered to be remedial care for children of pathological or needy families.

Selfishness, greed, judgementalism, hate, etc. are not the sort of qualities I would suggest you can defend on that day by explaining that those poor, needy people were deemed unworthy by you & yours for breaking the man - made idea that crossing an imaginary line on his Earth to seek a better life makes one of God's children unworthy of compassion and help vis - a-vis the lesson of the Gospels.

Through children, male and female finally achieve some genuine unification (beyond the mere sexual «union» which fails to do so): the two become one through sharing generous (not needy) love for this third being as good.

«As we receive the Eucharist, Gods» all for us, are we giving our all to him and his needy children».58

It would be nice if the Christian charities would provide for the needy but we have 50,000,000 people without insurance and children dying for lack of care so it is not happening.

«That «s why, year - round, Coca - Cola Consolidated teammates volunteer for blood drives, collection of Angel Tree gifts for needy children, Adopt - A-Highway cleanups and meal deliveries to the homeless.»

The dough took only 5 minutes to put together, then I stuck it in the fridge to tend to a (lovely) needy baby, pulled it out later that night after said child was sleeping, plunked rounded tablespoons onto baking sheets, baked for 9 minutes at 375 degrees, and was eating melty warm cookies (I did not abide by the «cool for about 3 to 5 minutes» instruction) almost immediately after I was done with dinner.

But we are blessed, and we will be spreading those blessings, whether it is buying gifts for needy children, making extra donations at church, donating food to the local food banks, or simply making sure we show our family and friends our appreciation for all that they have done for us the past year.

Celtic Football and Athletic Club was established in the impoverished Victorian East End of Glasgow by Brother Walfrid, a member of the teaching institute of Marist Brothers, with the main object of providing food for «needy children in the missions of St. Mary's, Sacred Heart and St. Michael's.»

I too am a first time parent and I remember when my little one was 11 weeks, so dependent on me, not really responding much (he is 14 months old) except for the faint smile or coo and me just running around trying to meet his needs I just thought that period of time would never end and alot of my actions that I look back now and regret wwere out of anxiety and fear that this child who is so needy now would be so needy forever and in your mind you feel you have to control things now and put your foot down.

The entitlement and mandatory programs covered in the analysis are Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment insurance, SNAP (formerly known as the Food Stamp Program), SSI, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the school lunch program, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the refundable component of the Child Tax Credit.

«It shouldn't be considered an extra for children to have clean, dry diapers,» said Joanne Goldblum, a co-author of the study and executive director of the New Haven - based National Diaper Bank Network, which helps community - based agencies across the country provide diapers to needy families.

Though USDA officials appear cautious about making any drastic changes to a program that provides nourishment for needy children, some legislators are offering a solution — mandating schools to audit a larger share of the school lunch applications received each year.

CEO allows schools to serve free breakfast and free lunch to all students when 40 percent or more of students are certified for free meals without a paper application, which includes students who are directly certified (through data matching) for free meals because they live in households that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), as well as children who are automatically eligible for free school meals because of their status in foster care or Head Start, homeless, or migrant.

Before the establishment of survivors» benefits, needy widowed mothers with children had to rely on state - run Mother's Pension programs.56 These programs scrutinized beneficiaries closely and were often administered to deny aid to women of color or women with objectionable morals or lifestyles.57 In contrast to discretionary (and often discriminatory) mother's pensions, survivors» benefits uniformly extended coverage to widows of insured workers who were caring for a child under the age of 18.58 There was no requirement of economic need.

For some of these needy children, meals eaten at the school — lunch, breakfast, or snacks in the after - school cooking classes — will be the only meals of the day.

While this program has proven to be a great amenity for many families, it hardly solves the food problem for the school's neediest children.

That's roughly one - fourth the number of children who qualify at schools for free or reduced price lunches — widely regarded as the only nutritious meal many needy kids receive during the school year.

We are always looking for training materials that will help us and our care givers to minister to these needy children in the most effective way possible.

Name: Michelle MaxiaAge: 45 Who she is: Director of Toy Box Connection, a charity in Orland Park that acts as a liaison collecting toys from individuals and families to distribute to community organizations for needy children.

Identified students include those who qualify for free meals because they live in households that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), as well as children who are certified for free school meals without submitting a school meal application because of their status as being in foster care, enrolled in Head Start, homeless, runaway, or migrant students.

The IDC is backing a paid family leave for working mothers, an increase to the child care tax credit, aid women in re-entering the workforce and help for low - income women by proposing changes to the Temporary Assistance for the Needy Families.

She said issues of survival must necessarily be her priority and said there are needy children on the street who are begging for attention.

They raise fears that protections for labor rights, state pensions, the Adirondack Park's «Forever Wild» Forest Preserve and our obligations to educate our children and care for the needy could be curtailed, or even overturned.

The Salvation Army Angel Tree program for example, which gives needy children presents during the holidays, has seen an increase in the number of requests, and it is only November.

Picente said that Oneida County is facing a huge slowdown in reimbursements for state mandated Department of Social Service (DSS) programs such as Medicaid, child welfare, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and public health.

Cuomo's campaign spokesperson, Abbey Fashouer, counters that he «has made education equity a central focus of his tenure, investing a record $ 27 billion with a focus on our neediest schools, while demanding accountability measures so that the door to opportunity is open for every child — regardless of income, zip code or ethnicity.

If Mayor de Blasio truly cared about equity for the city's neediest children, we would be reading about a different type of school expansion today.»

ALBANY, NY (12/09/2011)(readMedia)-- On Saturday, December 10, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., members of the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) will be reaching out to share the spirit of the holidays by wrapping gifts for needy families and children.

Cohoes firefighters with help of Stewart's Shops collect toys for Christmas to be given to needy children in 1995.

«We oppose the raising of the charter cap until charter schools serve an appropriate percentage of the state's neediest children, and we will be working with the State Education Department on the details of a fair evaluation process for teachers.»

What's best for you both if you really want to help, is send money to a cause that feeds needy children and then toss (or take as leftovers) the food you are too full to finish.

Small wonder, then, that the unions have done everything they can to defeat vouchers - even when vouchers are proposed solely for the neediest of children.

In December students are collecting toys for needy youngsters and making cards for hospitalized children.

If our intent truly is to leave no child behind, then we must accompany our most robust large - scale, general reform initiatives with equally effective specialized approaches for our neediest students.

Thompson: The council was one of the few education organizations in Washington to support the No Child Left Behind Act and we believe the federal law deserves credit for focusing the attention of urban schools more sharply on student achievement, and increasing the national focus on educating our neediest children.

America's schools aren't doing nearly well enough, especially for our neediest children.

Scholarships for needy children should not be held hostage by such issues.

The options allowed under the USED guidance include using counts of Identified Students (either alone, or multiplied by 1.6 to approximate the number of children who would be approved for free and reduced - price lunches); counts of students from low - income families based on state or local income surveys; and Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) assistance, Census (where available), or composite data authorized under the ESEA statute.

The principal intellectual and moral argument that advocates make — and for which I have considerable sympathy — is similar to that of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) backers: giving needy kids a boost up the ladder of educational and later - life success by narrowing the achievement gaps that now trap too many of them on the lower rungs.

There can be no reasonable doubt that testing has created momentum for positive change — particularly in schools that serve our neediest and most neglected children.

The largest of these are Head Start, the Child Care and Development Fund, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and various housing assistance programs.

For me, this approach just doesn't cut it, not when we're talking about publicly authorized and funded programs intended to educate needy children in whose educational success there is a strong public (as well as private) interest.

Ironically, advocates» success in pushing for more universal - style pre-K programs is probably dimming the prospects for more Perry - style intensive interventions in the lives of the neediest children and families.

In a city dogged by educational shortcomings for its poor children of color, the LA Unified board seems to be letting political grandstanding come before giving more of its neediest children access into a proven foothold of educational equity.

His playbook consists of starving our neediest children of educational basics, while claiming he is «helping» them prepare for the 21st century.

The critical goal for our neediest children is to mitigate the impact of poverty on their ability to learn.

... If all children of the state were objects of impartial solicitude, no reason is obvious for denying transportation reimbursement to students of this class, for these often are as needy and as worthy as those who go to public or parochial schools.