Sentences with phrase «goal of raising»

I threw out what I thought was a lofty goal of raising $ 600.

Besides the obvious goal of raising funds that would help us complete the game faster and putting in more features that we want but might not get to with our limited resources.

The ultimate goal of raising children is to teach them how to thrive on their own.

Surely we were all striving towards the same goal of raising decent human beings?

The firm has a target goal of raising $ 1.5 billion in investment capital.

The campaign has a rather modest goal of raising just $ 10,000, of which about a third has been met so far.

With the ultimate goal of raising the quality of instruction, districts should seek to engage their teachers in the new process and foster a culture of openness and collaboration.

The CAC was created in late 2011 as part of the Museum's 40th Anniversary initiatives, with the explicit goal of raising awareness of the Museum and organizing programming in response community needs.

To launch the Airpaq bags, the founders have turned to Kickstarter, with a crowdfunding goal of raising at least $ 10,000 (which they quickly met and surpassed).

Company sets goal of raising $ 2.5 million and commits up to $ 1.25 million in matching donations to help reconstruct schools and critical infrastructure in the Caribbean

The players truly are a great group of people who come from all different walks of life but come together with a common goal of raising funds, so we can make an impact on the lives of local children.

Gunlock, though, says he wants a reasonable solution that doesn't abandon the long - term goal of raising standards.

When our children are little we only know that reality and often we narrow our focus to only the here - and - now (like potty training, tantrums, feeding toddlers healthy meals, getting them to nap etc), but what we really should be doing is focusing on the long term goal of raising our children to become successful adults.

Weeks after her resignation, Ms. Rhee began Students First, with the ambitious goal of raising $ 1 billion to lobby legislatures and back political candidates.

Nigerian incubator Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) and Google for Entrepreneurs have announced the 14 African tech startups chosen set to participate in PitchDrive, a three - week European tech hub tour with a specific goal of raising of EUR20 million (US$ 22 million) in investments.

«The summit will also look at how we can best engage with communities and work with parents, community groups and others towards the common goal of raising attainment and closing the poverty - related attainment gap.

The ultimate goal of raising children should not be simply to have an obedient and compliant child.

The had an overall goal of raising about $ 19 million in order to fully develop their concepts, with the modules set to be launched in different stages, with the exchange launch being aimed for May of 2018.

Another candidate, George Alvarez, is more committed to knocking off Mr. Stevenson and told Politicker that he has set a lofty goal of raising $ 100,000 to defeat the incumbent pol.

«We are proud to be supplying our rice to Axiom, the only rice protein manufacturer we are committed to working with,» said President of Majesty, Sithtra Chhay, «because we have a mutual goal of raising the bar while providing the purest plant - based nutrition to the world.»

They work together toward a common goal of raising capable, confident, empathetic, thoughtful, critical - thinking, and well - behaved children with strong self - esteem.

We sit down with the longtime leader to discuss budget priorities, his chamber's recent sexual harassment scandals and his thoughts on de Blasio's goal of raising taxes on the wealthiest city residents to fund his universal pre-k plan.

State higher education performance funding is falling short of its intended goals of raising student retention and degree completion rates at community colleges, according to new research published today in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, a peer - reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association.

Actor Zach Braff has smashed his online goal of raising $ 2 million (# 1.3 million) to finance his new movie after just four days.The former Scrubs...

The language may have changed, but once again antibureaucratic liberalism is placing the education goal of raising the life prospects of students ahead of the interests of an education system that is assumed to be healthy as long as it is growing in size and responsibility.

In November 2009, I unofficially formed H.E.R.O. (Housing, Education, and Rehabilitation of Orphans) through a self - created blog with the ultimate goal of raising sufficient funds to build a residence for street children and orphans.

How would a teacher know that the school improvement plan goal of raising the academic success of ELL learners is more than a written goal on the form submitted to the district office?

Since resigning as chancellor last year, Rhee has launched a new organization, StudentsFirst, with the express goal of raising $ 1 billion to counter teachers unions.

Furthermore, encouraging teachers or pupils to focus on the abstract goal of raising grades may distract from approaches more likely to have an impact — namely teaching all students the ideas and content which they don't understand and (arguably) supporting effective study behaviours.

The first Beneful Dream Dog Park spotlight campaign is the Frenchtown Dog Park in St. Louis, with Beneful providing matching donations up to $ 7,500 to help the organization reach its total goal of raising $ 15,000 to expand the dog park.

The launch of its new corporate identity, designed by international branding consultancy Lambie - Nairn, has the twin goals of raising brand awareness in key targeted international markets as well as developing long - term business - to - business partnerships with leading global hospitality and tourism players.

If you're in any way connected to the travel world and have been on social media in the last day or so, chances are you've come across Bluesmart, the «smart» carry - on suitcase that blew past its initial Indiegogo goal of raising $ 50,000 in less than a day (as of the date of this article, Bluesmart -LSB-...]

The opponents say laws requiring carbon dioxide cuts would harm the economy and clash with the administration's goal of raising supplies of fossil fuels.

And realistically, the third goal of raising eco-conscious kids is going to take a lot longer than two weeks.

Having this focus on what you talk about and how will help you to not only make decisions concerning your kids faster, but it will also help you to build a working relationship as partners in parenting with a common goal of raising great kids together.

Post expects to be a net seller of assets during 2003 with a stated goal of raising $ 100 million to $ 150 million through selective dispositions.

Ending months of breathless speculation, the 8 - year - old social networking company has submitted registration documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that set a preliminary goal of raising $ 5 billion.

As the chair of the Second Chances Capital campaign, Risi is hoping the office will reach an ambitious goal of raising $ 4 million.

Google also partnered Nigeria's Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) to launch PitchDrive, a three - week European tech hub tour with a specific goal of raising of EUR20 million (US$ 22 million) in investments.

LexinFintech had cut the size of its offering, raising just $ 108 million, from an initial goal of raising up to $ 500 million.

Towne Park team members who weren't able to walk that day participated in the fundraising efforts beforehand in support of North Suburban Medical Center's goal of raising $ 2,500.00 towards the event.

So when Sanghavi launched the Kickstarter campaign with a goal of raising $ 20,000 over the summer, he promised delivery by November.

This raises the question of how the committee — with more than $ 90 million on hand — will use all that cash, which came in above its goal of raising $ 65 million to $ 75 million.

I reached my goal of raising $ 150,000 in only 4 days.