Sentences with phrase «from area nonprofits»

Donations from area nonprofits and businesses are also funding a second free ride option that started on Friday: the mobile app BeMyDD, through which people can hire a driver to get both them and their car home.

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A nonprofit led by former Representative Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, arranged for more than 200 people from the Parkland area to attend Saturday's march in Washington, and said it had worked with the owner of the New England Patriots, Robert Kraft, to use the N.F.L. franchise's plane to bring some people to the capital.

While nonprofits like To Write Love on Her Arms and Hope for the Day are doing real, measurable good in the area of mental health, there's just something about being at the center of pop culture that turns an issue like mental illness from something we would rather avoid in polite conversation to something that demands to be discussed.

The Episcopal Center for Children is a private nonprofit, nondenominational day treatment facility for emotionally troubled children and their families from the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

That is why I wanted to share some of these helpful tips from the Episcopal Center for Children (ECC), a nonprofit organization serving children with special needs ages 5 - 14 in the greater Washington, DC area.

The three recent benchmarks studies capture online program metrics from a variety of nonprofits that focus on a multitude of issue areas.

The coalition is made up of people from a variety of different nonprofit organizations in the area that work with those in poverty on a daily basis.

«I get a few job offers a year from O`ahu,... which I never seriously consider, but I just got a very serious offer to be the executive director of a nonprofit whose aim is the restoration of the health of a bay in the area where I grew up.

I raised the funds through grants from government and nonprofit programs, but the biggest challenge was that, to make a park, I had to walk the area and decide where the boundary should be.

The Antarctica Project has brought together staff from Stanford University, teachers from the San Francisco Bay area and researchers from the Institute for Research on Learning (IRL), a nonprofit - making organisation based in Palo Alto and founded by Xerox in 1987 to «rethink learning».

The California Department of Education is following in the footsteps of Texas by launching an official presence on iTunes U, a dedicated area within Apple Inc.'s iTunes store that offers free downloads of lectures, lab demos, and access to educational content from state agencies and nonprofit groups.

Applicants from around the country, including representatives from city governments, corporations, nonprofits, schools, universities, museums, and libraries proposed plans to increase STEM mentoring in their areas for the chance to share over $ 1 million in resources.

Students at Avalon School in St. Paul, Minnesota learn filming from a local nonprofit in the area, and students at Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia learn from scientists and researchers at the Franklin Institute through mini-courses.

Mary Anne Schmitt - Carey has been named the president of Say Yes to Education, a New York City - based nonprofit group that pledges to provide a college education to students who graduate from high school in low - income areas.

Elena came to the Fund from Tipping Point Community, where she worked as a senior program officer to support nonprofits fighting poverty in the Bay Area.

We are hearing from our nonprofit partners on a daily basis about the overwhelming demand for services for the area's «at - risk» populations, including those benefiting from programs that support school success, financial empowerment and access to health support services.

We select investment areas based on market research including input from a diverse group of educators and edtech decision - makers, then create opportunities for companies and nonprofits working in these areas to apply for funding as well as other support.

comes from the New York City - based nonprofit Public Agenda, which interviewed more than 1,500 parents of students in five counties in the Kansas City area about what they knew about education in general and their children's schools, how they prefer to communicate with educators, and what they hope to contribute.

i3 funds are competitive grants (Development, Validation and Scale - up) given to LEAs and nonprofit organizations that have significantly closed the achievement gaps between economically disadvantaged students, students from major racial and ethnic groups, students with limited English proficiency, students with disabilities; or have demonstrated success in significantly increasing student academic achievement for all groups of students; or have made significant improvements in other areas such as graduate rates or increased recruitment and placement of high - quality teachers and principals.

You can earn up to 120 % of the area's median income and still be eligible for some money - saving programs from nonprofits, state and local governments and even banks.

You can earn up to 120 % of the area median income and still be eligible for some money - saving programs from nonprofits, state and local governments and even banks.

BAD RAP (Bay Area Doglovers Responsible About Pit Bulls), a nonprofit pit bull group, extensively evaluated all 49 dogs from the Vick property and found that 48 of them were safe with people.

The nonprofit formed in September to focus on transferring animals from Houston - where an estimated 1.2 million strays roam the streets - to areas with demand for pets but no overpopulation problem.

- to provide refuge for homeless animals and animals in need and coordinate their placement in permanent and safe home environments; - to provide education through publications, seminars, and discussions to the general public on animal health and welfare, behavior and care including the benefits of spaying and neutering; - to provide information and referrals to affordable and low cost medical care including spay & neuter clinics and other animal medical and care facilities; - to provide information on training, behavior modification and general handling instruction along with referrals to vetted and certified professionals in these areas; - to liaise and network with other animal rescue organizations as part of a mutual effort to aid animals in distress; - to solicit donations and funding from government agencies, corporations, private foundations, public charities, individuals and the general public at large to finance the medical, housing and other incidental costs of homeless animals while in the custody of the organization; - to organize and participate in fundraisers to benefit furtherance of the overall main purpose and goals of the organization; - to have the normal functions, operations, programs and pursuits incidental to a fully recognized and operational nonprofit animal rescue organization.

In 1974, Save Our Cats and Kittens (SOCK) was organized as a nonprofit group.It was founded by cat lovers from the San Francisco Bay Area to aid in much - needed feline leukemia virus (FeLV) research at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.FeLV infection was the cause of death of up to one - third of all sick cats during the 1960s and 1970s.

The Miracle Dog Rescue Program was founded as a nonprofit program to help rescue abandoned dogs from Southern California and surrounding areas and to adopt them out in the United States.

Rocket Dog Rescue is an all - volunteer nonprofit group dedicated to saving homeless and abandoned animals from euthanasia in overcrowded Bay Area shelters.

She brings a wealth of nonprofit experience to HCAL from her tenure on two Boerne area Boards of Directors, the Rainbow Senior Center and the Mission for Health.

After incorporating as a nonprofit in 1988, HRS began publishing the House Rabbit Journal, which led to volunteers emerging first locally, in the San Francisco Bay area, and then from other areas of the country.

As detailed in the Bay Area section, the methods of this 18 - month - old foundation and its chief executive, Hal Harvey, are being underwritten by tens of millions of dollars in contributions from Bay Area nonprofits like the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucille Packard Foundation and the Schmidt Family Foundation.

enrolled in Citi Bike's affordability program by increasing marketing and offering an installment payment plan; providing funding for Bay Area nonprofits to spread the word about its own affordability program and to empower communities in station - siting plans as we prepare to expand the region's bike share tenfold; launching campaigns like #WomenWhoBike to help close the gender gap in cycling; or working with community organizations to recruit staff from historically underrepresented groups, we are working tirelessly to foster a more equitable future.

Whether we are doubling the number of people enrolled in Citi Bike's affordability program by increasing marketing and offering an installment payment plan; providing funding for Bay Area nonprofits to spread the word about its own affordability program and to empower communities in station - siting plans as we prepare to expand the region's bike share tenfold; launching campaigns like #WomenWhoBike to help close the gender gap in cycling; or working with community organizations to recruit staff from historically underrepresented groups, we are working tirelessly to foster a more equitable future.

As the nonprofit notes, 1.3 million people were displaced from Port - au - Prince to the rural areas of Haiti, so they've selected eleven of those areas and committed to help at least 40,000 people get clean water.

In the United States, a weakened Arctic blast moving south to collide with moist air from the Gulf of Mexico can mean less rain and snow in some areas, including the drought - stricken Southeast, said Michael MacCracken, a former federal climate scientist who now heads the nonprofit Climate Institute.

Given the diverse needs of our nonprofit clients, we bring legal skills from various practice areas to further their interests.

He trained law students from Florida A&M University and other volunteer attorneys in housing counseling and foreclosure litigation; served as a liaison between Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida and the FAMU College of Law; attended Alex Sink Foreclosure Workshops throughout the CLSMF service area, coordinated efforts with other nonprofits; volunteered at foreclosure legal advice clinics where clients were provided legal advice and pro se assistance with foreclosure pleadings; appeared at summary judgment hearings; provided full representation; co-counseled with staff attorneys; and counseled clients during mediations.

In our larger offices, Hartford, Boston, and Stamford, our women lawyers have hosted a number of networking events, such as wine tastings and a chocolate - making class, to which women contacts and clients from the area are invited; local nonprofit organizations are honored at these events and attendees bring in - kind donations to support the charities.

I recently received a LinkedIn connection request from someone who claims to run a nonprofit to help veterans in my particular skill area find civilian jobs.

* Rocket Dog Rescue - 2014/15 A volunteer organization in the Bay Area, dedicated to saving homeless and abandoned dogs from overcrowded animal shelters * First United Presbyterian Church Food Bank - June 2014 A nonprofit, charitable organization, which distributes food to low - income families faced with hunger.

For over 139 years, The Family Partnership has been recognized as an innovative and highly impactful nonprofit in the Twin Cities area, and over one million children and families have benefited from our specialized services in order to realize their full potential — regardless of income or origin.

Earlier this year, the ECAR used $ 28,000 from the NAR to team up with a local nonprofit organization, the Southeastern Connecticut Housing Alliance (SCHA), to conduct a telephone survey examining the need for affordable housing in that area.

Stookey, who helped design an ADU program for Brattleboro Area Affordable Housing, a nonprofit organization, says the group is fielding an increasing number of inquiries from municipalities that see the apartments as an inexpensive and mostly politically benign way to meet affordable housing needs.

A dozen groups in the Chicago area, a combination of small for - profit firms and community - based nonprofits, will receive funding from The PrivateBank to help with their purchase of distressed homes through the Cook County Land Bank for rehab and resale.

In 2014, Nop cofounded the Tri-Valley Nonprofit Alliance to provide education and networking experiences to staff, volunteers, and board members from charitable organizations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.