Sentences with phrase «families volunteering their time»

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In fact, a young person whose family volunteers are nearly two times more likely than another kid to do likewise.

Stress also makes it harder for people to spend time with family, spend time with friends, participate in community or volunteering activities, sleep well, and eat well — all things that can help reduce stress.

These retirees spent more time with family, traveling, doing volunteer work, and pursuing hobbies.

She loves writing for her own personal beauty, fashion, and fitness lifestyle blog, volunteering for a local dog rescue, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.

The ministers» perceptions of their parishioners» expectations include the burdensome feeling that the minister is supposed to be all things to all people; that he or she will be available 24 hours per day, including days off and vacation times; that the spouse will be a willing volunteer; that the family will love the parsonage, whatever its condition; and that the ideal minister is a young but vastly experienced white male with a homemaker spouse and two or three lovely and well - behaved children.

One model that deeply embodies Christian values is a group of families pooling resources so as to reduce expenses and to free some of the adults to work as full - time volunteers for social and environmental causes.

All the time the family had hoped that one of the five sons would volunteer to become a clergyman; when none did, no fuss was made.

Attend a fundraiser, volunteer a little time each week to help newcomers with errands, or partner with some friends to furnish a family's home.

«We believe that volunteer support from the community can go a long way to stabilising family situations in times of acute stress or dysfunction.

The charity currently recruits volunteers in three areas - host families who are able to look after a child for anywhere between a few days to a few weeks, family friends to befriend and mentor parents through difficult times and resource friends to supply a range of goods and services depending on what the individual family needs.

After spending time volunteering with the United Nations, Simon recognised that many of the economic problems faced by the families in the communities he worked with stemmed from their lack of appropriate storage.

, I let family and friends know that I would be spending the majority of my time volunteering at a local organization.

And I don't doubt that some women have been inspired by the «Eat, Pray, Love» life or, what AskMen calls the Second - Act Syndrome: After raising a family and tending to the home and baking brownies for the Boy Scout fundraiser and volunteering to drive on who - knows - how - many field trips while doing paid or non-paid work (and, yes, being a stay - at - home parent is work), it's finally «me» time.

What I do know is that both of my children, one whom never experienced the CIO method, and one who may will be in align with the rest of my family as adults based on our all around parental methods and regardless of whether one CIO or not: Educated at the graduate degree level or higher, married with NO divorces, able to afford to maintain themselves and family with no outside financial help, respectful, grateful to our parents, loving, kind, compassionate, often volunteering and donating our time to numerous charities, RESPONSIBLE and ACCOUNTABLE for all of our actions, independent, close to each other and our friends and most importantly HAPPY!

Last week I wrote The Time for Change is Now: A Call to Action Part 1 and promised that I would follow up with Part 2 with stories of my family and friends who have inspired me with their volunteer efforts to help Barack Obama win this election.

I want them to observe how I balance family, work, volunteering (yes, advocacy is volunteer work), and me time.

She is an active volunteer at her children's schools, and her greatest love is spending time with her family, including her husband, Browne Greene, and their children Violet, Blue, and Teal.

Since I'm balancing full - time work, multiple volunteer projects and family commitments, time - management tools are the key to my sanity.Every year I buy an organizer to keep track of my schedule and hold all my to - do lists.

Volunteering your time will help us in our efforts to serve families in diaper need.

A busy mother of four and a community volunteer, she values her time with family, friends, and pet beagles.

Some families hire help, some rely on volunteered time from extended family members, neighbors, fellow parishioners, or support groups for parents of multiples.

Nothing brings a family together like spending time volunteering.

When considering volunteer jobs, think about the time commitment required, and your family's schedule, your tween's homework load, and other daily demands.

Since that time, the Auxiliary has directly impacted the children and families of Five Acres through various volunteer projects and fundraising efforts, including support for the Five Acres Group Home, Solita, the Annual Benefit Gala, holiday and dinner events such as making custom Easter baskets, shopping for holiday gifts and being «Christmas Angels for the boys.

Five Acres volunteers contribute time, energy, expertise and skills and are a very important and integral part of helping make a difference in the lives of the children and families served at Five Acres.

They Include: * Individuals, families, and corporate or community groups * Students, parents, professionals, and retirees * Seasonal, weekly, occasional, or one - time volunteers Depending on their interests, experience, and the time they have available, volunteers contribute to Mass Audubon in a variety of meaningful ways — welcoming visitors to the sanctuaries, maintaining trails, tending gardens, submitting wildlife observations, educating people of all ages, assisting with ecological management projects.

She also has volunteered her time through GALS (Give Austin Labor Support), supporting women and their families during their pregnancy, labor and postpartum time.

She loved to dance, paint, garden, play bridge, volunteer, and spend time with family and friends.

Photos from rallies, pictures of the candidate's family or of volunteers hard at work can all be excellent choices — and featuring volunteers can be a great way to reward people for their time and energy.

Many of our staffers work round the clock and if they choose to use the time they've earned volunteering for a campaign, spending time with family or taking a vacation that is entirely up to them.»

Patrons can either pay a minimum donation or volunteer an hour of time to earn a dining certificate for the volunteer and four family members.

BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Orangetown's Volunteer Emergency Services Coalition detailed their plans Tuesday for upgrading eight homes the group controls and leases to local fire, ambulance and police volunteers and their families.

«Government can't ignore family break up, says Cameron Main Don Porter reflects on his time as the most senior volunteer in the Conservative Party after a total of nine years on the Board»

This summer, LeBourgeois launched a five - year, $ 2.5 million study funded by the National Institutes of Health, in which her research team goes into the homes of volunteer families, exposes children to varying intensities of light and collects saliva samples to measure changes in melatonin levels and the timing of the biological clock.

Volunteers can also donate samples of their blood, giving scientists the chance to study tiny differences in DNA that may play a role in how the disorder develops, why it runs in families, how it affects people over time and what makes people vary in their response to treatment.

About 175 PPPL staff members, including some family members, volunteered their time on a hot, sunny Saturday for the event, whether it was handing out snacks and water bottles, giving passersby directions or staffing the «Ask the Physicist,» and «Ask the Engineer» booth in the D Site parking lot.

We also owe much of our success to the families who volunteer their time and energy to help us continually improve our care and maintain a focus on patient and family centered care.

Find places you can trim your commitments in other areas and increase the amount of time you spend with family, volunteering, or working with the community.

Lynn: Lost a job I had had for 18 years and loved (I was devastated), met some wonderful people at a volunteer job, time off led to new job, brought my family back together, was reintroduced to the love of my life!

What I love most about the holidays is that feeling of giving, whether it be time volunteering, making meals for friends and family or presenting a loved one with the perfect gift.

Go travel, visit family, read books you never had time for, volunteer with dogs, lay on the beach on a week day.

Tall attractive lady with a great sense of humor who loves to read, travel, dance,, watch sports (mostly pro football), play pool and ping pong, attend the theater, volunteer at my church, play cards and spend time with family and friends.

I'm a Christian, like spending quality time with family and attend church regularly, do volunteer work, active outdoors and have an outgoing personality type.

A profile that mentions family and friends, volunteering, and enjoying spending time with kids is a good sign.

I am 5 ft 8 inches talk i am a volunteer firefighter for new market fire and rescue and have been since i was 14 and im 20 yrs old now im currently working to become a paid firefighter full time somewhere in a big citty close by i love excersising and working out hanging with friends and family

I love family I'm very out going and likes to have fun, love music R&B is my favorite but I listen to other genre, an Avid reader, like doing new and exciting things, I volunteer in my free time and love helping the youth, very easy to get along with... loyalty, trustworthy, and very dependable...

On my free time I like to hang out with family and friends and I am also a volunteer firefighter.

Appreciate anything that elevates a soul - literature, film, art, theatre, music, life, volunteering... I have amazing friends and family who love me even as I feel a misfit at times.

I enjoy spending time with friends, family, volunteering, and exercising.

I like the simple things in life, going for long rides to no place in particular, meeting new people and exchanging great conversation, looking for beauty in the finer things in life, spending time with family and friend entertaining at home or attending outdoor events or activities, volunteering, s...