Sentences with phrase «given by the national organization»

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US - CERT further recommends reviewing these safety guidelines from by the Federal Trade Commission for Hurricane Harvey - related charitable giving, and cross-checking organizations on this directory of national charities from the Better Business Bureau.

With stunning consistency, virtually every indicator of civic engagement currently available shows the same pattern of increase followed by stagnation and decline — newspaper reading; TV news watching; attending political meetings; petition signing; running for public office; attending public meetings; serving as an officer or committee member in any local clubs or organizations; writing letters to the editor; participating in local meetings of national organizations; attending religious services; socializing informally with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving blood.

That would give the Coast Guard Auxiliary, United States Power Squadrons and similar organizations offering safe - boating courses that meet the standards set by the National Association of Boating Law Administrators time to «get everyone on board» and receive necessary safety certification.

At 2:30 p.m., Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. will be joined by several officials from local non-profit organizations to raise awareness of the upcoming Giving Tuesday national event on Nov. 28.

The award is given annually by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, to an individual, group or organization that demonstrates extraordinary contributions in science, practice or policy toward the improvement of minority health or the elimination of health disparities.

Similar programs, given by nonprofit organizations working with the NPS, are available for Honolulu's USS Arizona National Memorial (the Arizona Memorial Museum Association), Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve, and nearly twenty other parks.

Reasons for being honored include recognition by the leading scholarly organizations in their fields such as being elected into the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering or Medicine, or into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, receipt of prestigious fellowships such as those given by the MacArthur and Guggenheim Foundations, winning major research awards from top scholarly associations, and comparable achievements.

The program is sponsored by seven national organizations and gives schools access to tools and learning opportunities to improve attendance.

Empowered Educators: An Unparalleled View of Teaching Quality Around the World from Linda Darling - Hammond Funded and supported by the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE), NISL's parent organization, leading education researcher Linda Darling - Hammond's new book Empowered Educators gives groundbreaking insights into how seven high - performing jurisdictions across four continents constructed coherent systems to recruit, develop and support high - quality teachers.

She was so touched so deeply by what the National Mill Dog Rescue, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization located in Peyton, Colorado, does that she is donating 100 % of the profits from her new Christmas CD, Giving of the Heart.

In either case, the end result is that commercial breeders, the overwhelming majority of which are abusive and exploitive, are being given the incentive by so - called rescue groups to ramp up their breeding operations — while Best Friends and every national animal welfare organization and every rescue group that deserves the name are working to make the high - volume pet trade a thing of the past.

I've no problem giving a full hearing to someone regardless of source, but I do not have infinite patience to hear out alarmism by organizations like Sea Shepherd, WWF and Greenpeace, who pull dangerous stunts on the high seas, break national and international laws, and the basic human rights of those they hope to marginalize, and whose record over many decades has been to produce vitriol that appears to flow quite independently of any scientific source.

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION SHOULD RECEIVE ROBUST FEDERAL FUNDING Washington, D.C. — The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) called on Congress today to provide adequate funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), an independent, nonprofit organization established by Congress in 1974 that gives financial support for civil legal aid to low - income Americans.

Nothing in this subchapter shall prohibit a religious organization, association, or society, or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association, or society, from limiting the sale, rental or occupancy of dwellings which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose to persons of the same religion, or from giving preference to such persons, unless membership in such religion is restricted on account of race, color, or national origin.

In recognition of his service to the bar, Mr. Palmer has been acknowledged in 2000 by the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association with the Arthur C. Hodgson Award, which is the highest award given by the organization; in 1998 by the National Board of Trial Advocacy with the Theodore J. Koskoff Award of Outstanding Contribution to the Trial Specialty Certification; and in 1998 by the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association with the first presentation of the Consumer Advocate Award for the case of Long v. Turk, 265 Kan. 855 (1998).

We work with many different companies, and are involved in various associations such as Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) and National Association for Professional Background Screening (NAPBS), giving us critical insight and expertise in the challenges and decisions faced by organizations today.

The National Movement for America's Children, started by Prevent Child Abuse America, is a fast - growing grassroots initiative of organizations and people from coast to coast, who are collaborating to develop a comprehensive national strategy to ensure that all of our children are given an opportunity to develop — socially, emotionally and cognitively — in healthy, nurturing homes, schools, neighborhoods and commNational Movement for America's Children, started by Prevent Child Abuse America, is a fast - growing grassroots initiative of organizations and people from coast to coast, who are collaborating to develop a comprehensive national strategy to ensure that all of our children are given an opportunity to develop — socially, emotionally and cognitively — in healthy, nurturing homes, schools, neighborhoods and commnational strategy to ensure that all of our children are given an opportunity to develop — socially, emotionally and cognitively — in healthy, nurturing homes, schools, neighborhoods and communities.