Sentences with phrase «in civic clubs»

Include personal information about academic awards you received, memberships or leadership roles you've held in civic clubs or professional organizations and your involvement with non-profit groups, according to Purdue University's Online Writing Lab website.

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Founded in 1927, the Economic Club has 1,700 members made up of business and civic leaders.

In the area of civic engagement, Jasper has been a Club 20 Board member (1985 - 2002, 2010 --RRB-, and he received the John Vanderhoof public service award in 200In the area of civic engagement, Jasper has been a Club 20 Board member (1985 - 2002, 2010 --RRB-, and he received the John Vanderhoof public service award in 200in 2003.

Most of the major civic institutions in American communities today — like the Boy Scouts, the Red Cross, the League of Women Voters, the NAACP, the Urban League, the Knights of Columbus, Rotary, Kiwanis, the Lions Club — were created in this period.

This will be taken to Include political organizations; fraternal organizations; college and school groups; labor groups; industrial, business and professional organizations; religious orders; civic clubs, memorial and patriotic societies; philanthropic and reform societies (Anti-Tobacco League, for example); athletic organizations; women's groups, etc., which are in good standing.

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.

Here, the church as voluntary association in somewhat like a religious civic club.

In an area bereft of banks, civic clubs, industry, and professionals, the churches were the only organizations — apart from the rackets — that remained alive amid the wreckage of community.

Like other cities on the outside looking in, Las Vegas sees joining the NFL club as a way to raise its civic stature.

Newcastle is in many ways at a lower ebb than it was back then — before the consequences of the credit crunch and years of Tory government had really been felt — and, as I noted in that October article, is «in desperate need of the sense of community and belonging, the civic pride and identity, the feelgood factor and escapist pleasure, the solace and succour that the city's football club can potentially provide».

Club members felt the Rabbi should have a fitting tribute, yet still felt any memorial would fall short of recognizing the lives he touched throughout his travels in politics and in the civic community.

BY COLIN MIXSON Locals living in and around the Financial District are cordially invited to attend the Apr. 11 inaugural meeting of the New Downtown Democrats, a political club formed by area civic mavens to harness the relatively newfound voting power of New York's fastest - growing residential community, according to one founding member.

Monday's discussion at the University Club ranged from their views on marijuana (Miner supports legalization; DeFrancisco does not) to economic development (both criticized the state's Regional Economic Development Council process) to a decline in civic participation among the electorate.

SARANAC LAKE Hundreds of children from civic and athletic clubs escorted Olympians in a brightly bannered homecoming parade last week.

The Club is committed to further the interests and participation of all citizens in the civic affairs of our community.

Support from civic leaders is not in short supply, Flushing Chamber of Commerce's President Myra Herce Baird, and Paul Vallone, a member of CB 7 and President of the Clinton Democratic Club enthusiastically endorsed the group's objective.

In a political club, community leaders and civic minded people that want their voice heard in government join together in one placIn a political club, community leaders and civic minded people that want their voice heard in government join together in one placin government join together in one placin one place.

Gingrich spoke at a civic club in suburban Charlotte, N.C., the morning after Romney swept primary contests in five states.

I worked with City Club of Portland and strategic policy partners to secure and bolster civic engagement and education in schools.

Kahne suspects it's a little of both, and he compares game participation with club membership: «A kid who is more interested in civics is more likely to join a club, but it's also true that joining the club makes the student more interested in the thing the club focuses on,» he explains.

MHHS volunteers are available to present programs to school classes, church groups, civic clubs, scout meetings, and meetings of citizens in nearby counties trying to organize a humane society or operate animal shelters.

The mayor, herself a former civic club president, took it in stride, as did department heads representing Solid Waste Management, Public Works and Engineering, Planning and Development, Legal, Police and Administration and Regulatory Affairs, which now includes the city's 311 help line and the offices of Citizen's Assistance and Neighborhood Protection.

As lead counsel for a civic club, obtained a final summary judgment resulting in the permanent injunction against various salvage yard operators prohibiting them from operating their businesses too close to churches, schools and homes in violation of the Texas Transportation Code.

Network in your other circles: alumni clubs, volunteer groups and civic organizations.

Founding member of Schaumburg Business Association Member of Palatine Chamber of Commerce Member of Illinois Association of Realtors Member of Northern Illinois Association of Realtors Member of Women's Council of Realtors Betty is involved in civic activities including Business Women's Clubs, Children's Miracle Network, Women's Council of Realtors

Jason belonged to five civic clubs and helped run a youth program in his city.

But 100 years later, the town's civic pride was an eyesore, a sleazy dance club with a hot pink facade in the middle of a downtown commercial block.