Sentences with phrase «life as a volunteer»

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Watch this video as it encompasses the many facets of life as a volunteer.

Still less does Alice see why her transplanted Eastern husband should risk his life as a volunteer.

Dr. Janet Biggar and Dr. Andrea Leask were awarded the Dr. James Hutchison Animal Welfare Award for her work saving animal lives as volunteer veterinarians at the OHS.

Dr. Karen Sime was awarded the Dr. James Hutchison Animal Welfare Award for her work saving animal lives as a volunteer veterinarian at the OHS.

Help to save turtles and experience authentic Maldivian life as a volunteer on this marine conservation project with The Great Projects.

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The realization that we're likely to live much longer than they did may come as both a blessing and a curse: More years means more time to travel the world, scratch off bucket - list items, or volunteer for favorite causes.

Resumés are combed for real - world examples, like volunteer work or school projects that demonstrate a passion to help people in general and individuals in particular, as Baylis goes above and beyond to save every possible life.

He generally starts with a «working - dad audit,» gathering volunteers in a room to discuss life as a career parent.

He lives in San Francisco and volunteers as a youth mentor at Huckleberry Youth Programs.

That point was reinforced just after the build concluded when a mother who lived at the development came over as volunteers were cleaning up and said she hadn't been able to get out of work to help build, but throughout the day she received pictures from her kids who were watching the build happen with growing excitement.

As of next month, however, the place where the volunteers have been living will be unavailable.

As word spread, people from all walks of life came and volunteered.

Meet Racheal, a Kode With Klossy Career Scholar living in Texas working in Operations Management and volunteering as a Solar System Ambassador for NASA / JPL!

Instead work hard at your job, take care of aging parents, volunteer at a soup kitchen, donate to charities and the poor and continue to follow the proper rules of living as gracious and good human beings.

Volunteers held 2,061 counselling sessions - a 9 per cent increase - with actively suicidal young people from across the UK, who had taken initial steps to take their own lives, such as writing a note, giving away meaningful items or planning their death.

Instead work hard at your job, take care of aging parents, volunteer at a soup kitchen, donate to charities and the poor and continue to follow the proper rules of your religion or any good rules of living as gracious and good human beings

I grew up in an LDS home and attended LDS Church (as a tangent I lived in Utah when Smart was abducted, was even on a volunteer search team canvassing SLC neighborhood the Saturday following, I was in Utah when she was found and was beside myself but also weeping for what she must obviously have gone through.)

It tells many of you who want to offer sacrifices for the good of the church — countless hours of volunteer service as elders and deacons or a lifetime in demanding and low - paid pastoral ministries — that your life choices are so much more sinful than the rest of ours that we've had to erect special barriers to keep you from laying your gifts at the altar.

What there is is finding other ways of exercising that call: interim pastor, parish associate, stated supply, teaching church school, worshiping always, serving on presbytery committees, being volunteers in mission, and by being a participant as an «honorary layperson» in the ongoing life of a congregation — all these and more are ways by which we respond to the enduring calling by God through the church.

Lisa says that at first she saw volunteer as another job — and wondered if she'd have time to fit it into her life.

Instead work hard at your job, take care of aging parents, volunteer at a soup kitchen, donate to charities and the poor and continue to follow the commandments of your religion or any good rules of living as gracious and good human beings.

Among those trying to live more deliberately is a young man who leaves a lucrative position at Microsoft in order to do what he has always wanted — be an actor and help others by volunteering, especially as a Big Brother.

I didn't want to volunteer to shut out romantic love from my life — the beautiful union of physical and spiritual intimacy that straight people took for granted as a potential blessing life might grant them — by committing to celibacy, and I thought the positive, self - loving thing to do was to accept myself.

For instance, relating these losses to (1) increased leisure time, (2) use of and reliance on mass media, (3) influence of science, (4) standard of living, and (5) competition of secular or volunteer organizations can not be supported since each of these factors was already present and increasing in the 1940s and 50s as well as in the «60s.

«As a nonprofit, Operation BBQ Relief relies on partners and volunteers for success in living out our mission and our partnership with Cowboy provides a phenomenal opportunity to further that success,» Hays says.

As you may know, many of your teammates have shaved their heads, and eyebrows, in support of the St. Baldrick Foundation, a volunteer - driven charity committed to funding the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives.

Jonny, now about eight years old, lives in San Francisco with Cris Cohen and Jennifer Long, longtime pit bull rescue volunteers, who quickly recognized his way with children and had him certified as a therapy dog within a year of taking him in.

Stevens recalls one of his first days at work as a volunteer assistant at Butler in 2000, driving around with Matta as he passed on two pieces of advice — think like a head coach every day and be proactive in making easier the lives of Matta and assistant coach Todd Lickliter.

THE MISSION Put players in front of college recruiting decision - makers, not just Volunteers and «Ops Guys» Create a once - in - a-lifetime event for players that merges opportunity with a great experience Provide information not just on baseball skills, but the life skills needed to be successful as a college student - athlete

After several months of language and cultural training, he will spend 2 years as a Peace Corps volunteer teaching mathematics to young people, living in a village with a native family, and having little contact with other volunteers and limited access to the greater world — and, most certainly, limited contact with his parents.

We believe this mission is vital — that's why so many of us live out attachment parenting in our lives, and why so many of us volunteer our time with API and contribute financially as well.

Sydnie lives in Charlottesville, VA, where she volunteers as a firefighter and paramedic.

She lives on Long Island with her husband, works full - time as a public relations professional for a non-profit organization and volunteers with homeless animals with all of her spare time.

I live tweeted the first half for Aching Arms as part of my volunteering for them.

ANDREA JORGENSEN IBCLC The newest member of our team, Andrea has been a board certified lactation consultant since 2009 and joined us after several years as a volunteer breastfeeding counsellor and a previous life as a professional chef.

We live in Oregon, where Jessica works from home as an event planner in the arts, and her flexible schedule lets her volunteer at a middle school and farmers market.

Currently Miranda and her husband are really enjoying their lives as new parents and hope that by volunteering with PALS she will be able to spread a message of hope and love and encourage those who are struggling to not go through it alone.

Paula finds a way to weave breastfeeding support into most aspects of her life, including her volunteer work as a Houston Greeter doing tours of the Menil Museum / University of St. Thomas neighborhood.

She told the Telegraph that volunteering as a surrogate was one way she could regain control in an otherwise out of control situation - letting her daughter have a chance at fulfilling her biggest dream in life - to become a mother.

I am proud of the ways you have made service a significant part of your life: as a boy scout, an alter server at our parish, with your religious education class (making lunches for those who are less fortunate in a nearby suburb), as a member of National Junior Honor Society at Keller, and volunteering with the Summer Learning Program at our neighborhood library.

A nine - member volunteer group selected by the Village Board, the commission helps the village maintain its image as a safe, healthy and esthetically pleasant place to live.

Devoted her life to children and education, as a career speech pathologist and 17 year volunteer in local schools.

About 30 volunteers for Koslowitz took to the streets and made phone calls Sunday in an effort to remind voters about the primary and inform them about Koslowitz's platform, which she said includes addressing «quality of life» issues like traffic and empty storefronts, especially along such shopping hubs as Austin Street.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — Once again, Westchester County and The Volunteer Center of United Way are calling on those who live and work in Westchester to use volunteer service as a way to pay tribute to those whose lives were lost and were forever changed by the events of Sept. 11, 2001.

As a volunteer firefighter, an Army National Guard medic, and as a School Board member, John has always worked to improve the lives of his neighbors,» Schumer said in a statemenAs a volunteer firefighter, an Army National Guard medic, and as a School Board member, John has always worked to improve the lives of his neighbors,» Schumer said in a statemenas a School Board member, John has always worked to improve the lives of his neighbors,» Schumer said in a statement.

And taking part in social action — things like campaigning, fund - raising and volunteering in health and social care - means young people benefit at the same time as improving the lives of others.

With stories in the media about authority figures such as volunteers, officials, parents and schools stopping people from taking risks because they fear legal liability or being tied up in red - tape, there is a perception that health and safety has become a barrier to our lives.

and Robison, special focus will be given this year to the everyday heroes who save lives by donating blood, bone marrow and stem cells, as well as those who volunteer as first responders in their communities.

But Gersteman, who also does other volunteering work in the community, said she hopes she can serve as a voice for other newcomers to the neighborhood, and tackle quality - of - life concerns.