Sentences with phrase «for reaching families»

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College Board President David Coleman said the partnership aims to level the college admissions playing field by putting high - quality training within easy reach of students without the funds for commercial test - prep services or the family support often needed to stick with a self - paced practice book.

For example, reaching out to strangers on Twitter is more socially acceptable than it is on Facebook, since most people try to restrict their Facebook visibility to close friends and family.

A spokeswoman for Tesla and a lawyer for the family, Jack Landskroner, have declined to say if the automaker has reached a legal settlement with the Brown family.

Much like flying business class, the idea of a private jet might seem way out of reach for many infrequent or family travelers.

Staying authentic to that image — that of an entertainer, mother, and woman of humble beginnings in a struggling Puerto Rican family from the Bronx — is important, much like for any product, and it's key to reaching a bigger audience of potential customers.

When the expectation from the top down is that people's personal or family lives have to be sacrificed for the job as evidenced by 50 - hour - plus workweeks, little or no vacation time, and 24/7 availability for work communication, you've reached the height of a toxic workplace.

Some of the firms that made the honor roll are behemoths you've no doubt heard of before (Amazon, Dyson, Mattel), but when I reached out to Fatherly's co-founder Simon Isaacs, he happily nominated five small organizations from the list to receive the sub-honor of tiny companies coming up with truly big innovations for families.

Writes the Viacom spokesperson: «Philippe has doubled the amount of investment in creative programming over his tenure to more than $ 6 billion annually, and has grown Viacom to be the # 1 family of cable networks and the # 1 destination on all of television for reaching younger audiences.

China is detaining or interrogating family members of Muslim Uighurs who have left for the U.S., as those who managed to flee a web of surveillance and detention in northwestern China discover they can't truly escape Beijing's reach.

A family hitchhiked a ride that took them to over an hour to reach Kmart to be able to «purchase» clean water and to obtain a hot plate of food for the first time in over a week and a half.

Cat is a personal finance expert «for educated, aspirational moms who want to recapture their life passions, earn more, reach their goals, and take on a more active financial role in their families.»

As a major partner in the local recovery effort, Habitat for Humanity of Highlands County reached out to the people on that list and has begun working with families interested in becoming future homeowners.

Instead, these families compete for regulated daycare spaces accessible to only about one in five children under six years old, most of which come with costs beyond their reach.

Amazon has steadily expanded its reach into places long considered no - go zones for most people outside of the immediate family, starting with smart speakers in the home that await voice commands to come to life.

Financial aid, student jobs and generous family members all make it possible to afford a critical education that would otherwise be out of reach for many of us.

A huge thank you to our team for reaching out to business contacts, friends, family, and neighbors.

«The Liberals watched for two years as the cost of housing skyrocketed out of reach for families, because they cared more about helping their developer friends than ordinary people.

«We are extremely disappointed that Dish has not engaged in a serious way to reach an agreement for Viacom's number one family of cable networks, including Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, VH1, MTV, BET, Spike, TV Land and CMT,» Viacom said in a statement.

The family of 49 - year - old Elaine Herzberg, who was killed earlier this month when she was hit by one of Uber's self - driving vehicles in Tempe, Arizona, has reached a settlement with the ride - hailing giant, an attorney for the family said Thursday.

Police separated witnesses from families waiting for children who could not be reached.

It's common for debt collectors to reach out to family members and pursue payment, but these inquiries should be directed towards the executor of the estate.

With Forbes reporting that Brazil shed nearly 900,000 jobs in 2015, unemployment expected to reach 12 % in 2016, and cuts to subsidies for low - income families according to the IB Times, the number of potential consumers in the country continues to shrink.

Associates from Ontario, Canada, helped a local family reach its goal of home ownership in another way when they came together for the Habitat for Humanity build in Amherstburg, Ont., the first such home built in this community.

If your savings for a down payment don't reach the 20 % mark usually needed for a conventional loan, look into down payment assistance programs or family gifts.

Some will have far - reaching consequences for your family's financial future.

And I suspect that those people who are «shunned» are isolating themselves just as much, because they are trying to avoid the inevitable awkwardness, and then blame their families or friends for not reaching out.

If you consider a woman trying to find a way to cope with her son being autistic and reaching out to friends and family for support «sick», then yes, she is a very sick person.

I suffered a terrible car accident... during 3 weeks I almost died «many times»... Now I can read a beautiful article like this one and agree with it... Believe me... no matter your faith, your fortune or whatever you may be involved with... on the face of death if you are human you will only care about your loved ones... you will remember about the moments you were happy together and dream they happen again... you will remember your childhood like you were 7 again... you will ask forgiveness and try to show your love, no matter how hard you are... In the face of death we realize that nothing more then our family matters... For the professor, once his life of arrogance reaches an end, he will then understand what is the meaning of family...

Reaching out may involve giving financially to a reputable charity, volunteering in a clean - up effort, praying for the families who've lost loved ones or maybe a combination of all three.

Theresa keep what you were doing when you reached out to the homeless lady that was the right thing to do that was motivated by the holy spirit do nt follow what the church does do what the Lord wants you to do and it will bear fruit.Let them do there thing you just keep following the Lord and listen to him in your heart and let him lead you.People do things for different reasons to please others for power to be seen to do the right thing all those are the wrong reasons they are just dead works without the Lord we can do nothing.Dont let others turn you away from what the Lord wants you to do its him we need to please always.Be encouraged that the Lord used you to touch a life that is awesome.And do nt take the rejection personally because its not you they are pushing away it is the Lord the yare not listening to him but doing wha tthey want to do it will bear no fruit.May the Lord bless you and your family in your ministry step out in faith and trust him he will not disappoint you because he is with you.

(For information on «family clusters» write Dr. Margaret Sawin, Box 8452, 12 Corners Branch, Rochester, NY 14618) Solo parents face a special challenge when their children reach adolescence.

No less than other stories in the Jacob cycle, it reflects the background of the patriarchal age — frictions between groups (Hamor and Jacob); a level of sexual morality beyond the reach of our judgment and in any judgment ennobled by the integrity of Hamor and the love of his son for Dinah; the effort on the part of both families to effect a peaceful settlement honoring the religious sensibilities of the abused; the despicable violation of the terms of agreement by two of Jacob's sons; and finally, in perfect consonance with the general character of Jacob, his sharp rebuke of his sons not on moral but on utilitarian grounds:

Even if they managed to reach their families, they were often left outside their houses to be fed like dogs until they die, because of ignorance of and fear for AIDS on the part of family.

You know, please rest your conscience here as you read I am not an authority AT ALL as youll come to see, My lord has pulled me out of church the holy spirit filled church where I recieved Christ, and told me to visit ALL churches, oh and by the way 6 years ago The Lord asked me to open an out reach food pantry and safe haven for the needy, in the city that we live in, anyway this journey was humbling, God always shows me I am the stinker, that its my flesh that wars against the spirit, So many people are worried about satan, and demons or bad freinds or family or other religions, Yeah it makes you wonder 1st is it the same bible Im reading Jesus said it is finished!

It is clear that Joseph is a member of the people of Israel, and that God reached out to him for the sake of this family.

One of the church's former pastors, Mark Collins, returned to help with the service, and told The L.A. Times that the church had reached out to the gunman's family, saying that they would be praying for them: «Our hearts and prayers go out to his family.»

Until this point was reached Nature, in her generalized effort of «complexification», to which I shall return later, had failed for lack of suitable material to achieve any grouping of individuals outside the family structure (the termitary, the ant - hill, the hive).

For those who may not truly be all that into their own religion and only identify with that religion because they were forced into it by their parents / family, these billboards are reaching out to them as well.

Despite much touted policies of compulsory primary education, there are no proper school facilities for dalit children, Family planning and other health - care programs rarely reach dalit women.

In addition to its broad target — reaching the entire congregation with a message that will help them understand alcoholism — the church has a number of more limited and strategic target groups: teen - agers and pre-teens who are making or are about to make decisions about alcohol; parents who are searching for ways to prepare their children to cope constructively with alcohol and to avoid alcoholism; alcoholics and their families who need help but are afraid to come out of hiding (see Chapter 8).

Complex moral decisions made with the counsel of family, friends and medical professionals are of quite a different order from the lonely judgment reached by someone for whom life is «no longer worth living.»

Biblically literate women looked to scripture to justify their changing situation, especially in the churches.25 Gabriele Dietrich emphasizes three points which are important in our context from the Jesus Movement26: firstly, the Jesus Movement was critical of the existing patriarchal family structure and created new forms of community; secondly, it was egalitarian in terms of class with a bias in favor of the poor; and, thirdly, it provided for a participation of women which was far reaching and unusual under the conditions of the time.27

I think most of our patients would reach the stage of acceptance if it were not for the members of the helping professions, especially the physicians, who can not accept the death of a patient... the second and quantitatively more frequent problem is the immediate family which «hangs on» and can not «let go.»

When he reached Altenberg, Luther wrote him a cheering letter with the latest information and hopes for his recovery, and a request that Jonas, who was to return to Wittenberg, should greet his family «and also the Pomeranian Rome and his little Quirites», the little Bugenhagens.

Courses on preparation for marriage and family life in schools usually do not reach the heart - and - gut levels where relationships are made or broken unless they include small growth groups.

Anyone from a big family knows that when it comes time for meals, there's usually going to be some nudging and shoving as everyone reaches for what they want to eat.

When I saw my first blackberry, I eagerly (and stupidly) reached out for a handful and poked my hand on a family of tiny thorns.

I've spent so much of my journey focused on my own nutrition and training, but because so many mommies reach out to me for help with their own kids & family I figured it was about time to expand my posts, stories, and recipes even more.

Because of low wages and high unemployment rates, the cost of these textbooks, often the equivalent of a month's salary per child, is simply out of reach for many families.

For more than 30 years, Farm Aid, with the support of the artists who contribute their performances each year, has raised more than $ 50 million to support programs that help farmers thrive, expand the reach of the Good Food Movement, take action to change the dominant system of industrial agriculture and promote food from family farms.