Sentences with phrase «by key volunteers»

The entire program is led by key volunteers who liaison with association staff.

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Likewise, Key Clubs run by dedicated school administrators or instructors can become catalysts for volunteering and fundraising.

In a letter sent to Armstrong last month by Tony Blair, the Prime Minister says the office should «work in partnership with the sector to make progress in the key areas of public service delivery, philanthropy, volunteering, building strong communities and social enterprise» (R&R, 26 May, p2).

Phil Haberstro of the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo, a key volunteer leader of the policy writing team, noted that the work of policy implementation is the next phase of work that is currently being accomplished through the newly formed District Health Council, the Board and the community at large - The public may view the District wellness policy on the Board of Education Web Site or by contacting Sue Ventresca, the Buffalo School District's Director of Health Related Services.

Today, one group of researchers is launching a crowdsourcing initiative to pave the way, by harnessing the efforts of lay volunteers who will scan papers for key terms to help create a powerful searchable database.

«[O] ne group of researchers [has launched] a crowdsourcing initiative,» called Mark2Cure, to help researchers «find those needle - in - haystack connections» in the rapidly growing biomedical literature «by harnessing the efforts of lay volunteers who will scan papers for key terms to help create a powerful searchable database,» Esther Landhuis wrote in a Thursday ScienceInsider.

Psychologists have long known that if a specific tone is consistently played while a volunteer presses a specific key on a keypad, the tone will later be mentally replayed by the user each time that key is pressed on other keypads.

Red Cross volunteers organize hot meals for loading on trucks for lunch deliveries in Marathon, Sugarloaf Key, Key West, Cudjoe Key, and other areas impacted by Hurricane Irma in the Florida Keys.

And when my father, the Nigger Whisperer - that beatific smile splashed across his face - eased his way past the police barricade, put a tweed - jacketed arm around the broken - down drug dealer, and spoke some whispered profundity into his ear, Kilo G blinked blankly like a stage - show volunteer struck dumb by an Indian casino hypnotist, then calmly handed over his gun and the keys to his heart.

Joined by City and County leaders, as well as board members, donors, staff and volunteers, The Animal Foundation's Chief Executive Officer Christine Robinson thanked key individuals and organizations who helped make the day a reality, less than two years after the Foundation unveiled its strategic plan and timeline for introducing new lifesaving programs, expanding existing lifesaving programs, and improving facilities to save more lives in a humane and healthy way.

The organization is also operated by a dedicated group of key volunteers including: Adoption Coordinator Nadine Pechar and Brandi Heimbush and Events and Foster Coordinator Charlyn Bohland.

Training staff, interns, and volunteers is a key part of THL's strategy of helping to grow the animal advocacy movement by increasing the number of committed, trained, animal advocates.189 THL has large and structured volunteer, intern, and campus outreach programs designed in part to help participants become better advocates ready for positions of greater responsibility.190, 191 THL also tries to promote professional development among staff through structured training for managers and opportunities to attend relevant conferences and trainings.192 THL tells us that they try to promote from within as much as possible, and we have observed this in several cases.193 In our conversations with staff, we heard that while staff, interns, and volunteers all have opportunities for training and skill development, such opportunities tend to be much less structured for staff and more reliant on the staff member to take the initiative, which may lead to less overall growth.194

In that time, she learned some of the keys to successful no kill status include increasing adoptions by keeping animals in the public eye, re-connecting lost pets to their owners and maintaining a strong volunteer force to handle everything from office support and marketing to foster homes.

We are governed by a volunteer board of directors, and have a host of dedicated volunteers that believe spay - neuter is the key to reducing pet overpopulation and the number of innocent lives that are euthanized at animal shelters.

The key to the success of MAC's Spay Worcester task force is that the task force is run by local volunteers tackling a local problem.

Volunteers can play a key role in additional enrichment activities: Volunteers can walk through the dog kennels and encourage good behavior by giving treats to dogs that are quiet and have all four paws on the ground.

Other topics featured during these events included: Advances in Canine Cancer Progressive Retinal Atrophy Gastric Dilation - Volvulus (Bloat), and Tick Talk This was our second year hosting this type of event and again it was an overwhelming success in terms of the numbers of people that joined us and spent time learning about key initiatives the Foundation is currently working on, as well as the face to face conversations with Foundation board members, Dr. Diane Brown and volunteers who had personal experiences caring and managing dogs afflicted by some of these diseases.

One Mile Film (5,280 feet of 35 mm film negative and print taped to the mile - long High Line walk way in New York City for 17 hours on Thursday, September 13th, 2012 with 11,500 visitors — the visitors walked, wrote, jogged, signed, drew, touched, danced, parkoured, sanded, keyed, melted popsicles, spit, scratched, stomped, left shoe prints of all kinds and put gum on the filmstrip — it was driven on by baby stroller and trash can wheels and was traced by art students — people wrote messages on the film and drew animations, etched signs, symbols and words into the film emulsion lines drawn down much of the filmstrip by visitors and Jwest with highlighters and markers — the walk way surfaces of concrete, train track steel, wood, metal gratings and fountain water impressed into the film; filmed images shot by Peter West — filmed Parkour performances by Thomas Dolan and Vertical Jimenez — running on rooftops by Deb Berman and Jwest — film taped, rolled and explained on the High Line by art students and volunteers) 2012, 58 minutes, 40 seconds 35 mm negative and film print transferred to high - definition video, no sound Commissioned and produced by Friends of the High Line and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

A few days later, CanWest reported that the targeting of the FoS radio ad campaign to key Ontario ridings was directed by then FoS media contact Morten Paulsen (later a vice-president at Fleishman - Hillard), who also served as volunteer spokesperson for the Stephen Harper led Conservative Party of Canada during the election.

For example, the Cornell Legal Information Institute «s Wex legal encyclopedia — written collaboratively by volunteers — explains key legal concepts and terms that appear in the Institute's primary collections.

As one of our most dedicated and skilled client intake volunteers, Marissa has played a key role at APB by helping to train and mentor new volunteers.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Reorganized facility operations, making both scheduling and resident transfer 80 % easier than before • Streamlined the resident health monitoring system, resulting in increased resident care initiatives • Trained 10 groups of assisted living volunteers to provide dedicated assistance to residents, while maintaining their integrity • Implemented an employee scheduling system which decreased problems regarding volunteer and / or staff assignment by 50 %

Key Highlight: • Contributed to implementation of warehouse standards by instructing new volunteers in organization's policies and procedures.

CARE Teams are focused on Community, Advocacy, Respect and Encouragement and are led by Three Angels board members, key staff or volunteers who desire to do «Mission Trips» differently.