Sentences with phrase «local community support for»

He replied «There has been no «significant and long - standing social conflict» from the lake Bonney or Canunda Windfarm developments — to the contrary there has been significant local community support for these projects.»

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«Write to Play» heralded Playworld's first - ever social media giveaway, and the results are impressive: Not only did its Facebook fan base increase from 600 to more than 9,000 during the two months the contest ran, but as finalists rallied to gain community support for their campaigns, many local news outlets reported on their efforts, earning Playworld significant free publicity in the process.

CSA Financing Community supported agriculture, or CSA, programs were first popularized by eco-conscious foodies; they pay local farmers a lump sum at the beginning of the year in exchange for regular deliveries of produce.

Yet another great example is Twitter; Twitter's #FridayForGood Initiative is a chance for its employees to spend their Fridays volunteering in support of local community organizations.

Microsoft Ventures will take a «holistic approach,» as a three - channel, global support system for startups including a seed fund, a handful of accelerator programs and a community of local experts.

Besides MS, the Electrozad Foundation supports the local community via the United Way, Habitat for Humanity, the Canadian Cancer Society, Toys for Tots, the Make - A-Wish Foundation and many more.

Starbucks has dedicated a dozen Military Family Stores, with more planned for the months ahead, to support military communities and local non-profit organizations that help veterans and their families.

Pick - Pack - Play: Supporting the Local St. Louis Community (Samantha King for NiftyMom.com) You should know by now, getting outside and keeping the kids active has always been a priority of mine.

In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed $ 440 million to charitable and not - for - profit organizations and volunteered more than 6.8 million hours of service to local communities since 2000.

Similar to those stores, the new location in Englewood will support efforts to revitalize the community by creating meaningful local jobs, providing a unique in - store job skills training program for youth, and investing in local minority - owned contractors and suppliers.

The North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce is a not for profit organization comprised of businesses, professionals, and other community groups working together to ensure a sustainable local economy that supports a true live, work and play community.

Now, as Kraft Heinz, we're eager to once again celebrate the pride of local hockey communities and help build the sport by providing much needed awareness and financial support for local rinks.»

We give something back by getting involved in our local communities, supporting great causes and developing the creative talent of the future - for free.

Significant support is given to the local primary school and Talison Lithium employees are involved in a number of joint environmental and community based projects with the school including Clean - up Australia Day, National School's Tree Day and the annual biological monitoring of the Greenbushes Pool for the Waterwatch Ribbons of Blue project.

You will have the opportunity to work with a mentor in the local business community to prepare for graduation, set goals, and support your success.

Mayor Steve Benjamin spoke about the city's passion for initiatives supporting veterans and their families and expressed his appreciation for the leadership role Starbucks has embraced in supporting veterans and the local Columbia community.

The prestigious competition begins every summer with Bojangles» certified biscuit makers rolling dough in local communities involving more than 600 Bojangles» restaurants across the Southeast, and concludes with the final round in the Research and Development Kitchen at the Bojangles» Support Center in Charlotte, N.C.. Following this year's competition, Roger Hudson, Jr. of Boiling Springs, N.C., was named Master Biscuit Maker representing Bojangles» company - owned restaurants, while Royce Vereen of Myrtle Beach, S.C. was awarded the honor for Bojangles» franchised locations.

If you're an organization that supports hunger relief in your local community and need Walmart's support, please click here to apply for Walmart's $ 1,000 Community Grantcommunity and need Walmart's support, please click here to apply for Walmart's $ 1,000 Community GrantCommunity Grant program.

Walmart Canada kicks off Giving Tuesday by inviting eligible community organizations to apply for 1,000 local grants of $ 1,000 to support hunger relief and local services that help families in need.

The company received the award for demonstrating sustained support for the local communities through its network of over 600 brokerage offices and for philanthropic innovation on a national scale.

The company received the award for demonstrating sustained support for the local communities.

Walmart Canada kicks off Giving Tuesday by inviting eligible community organizations to apply for 1,000 local grants of $ 1,000 to support hunger relief and local services that help families in...

Using a Lean Startup Methodology tailored for communities of color, DID excels at 1) finding Black and Latina women entrepreneurs with high growth companies and game changing ideas, 2) connecting them to an unmatched network of investors, mentors, and influencers, 3) developing their start - up toolkit and leadership skills, and 4) supporting their entrepreneurship journey from the build phase to exit with the goal of helping create companies that have a strong positive impact on the economic health of their local communities.

Buying local products is a great way to support your community, but it's almost always better for you, too.

It is also vital that the local church become a support group — a caring community — for persons struggling with these sorts of difficult but not insuperable tasks.

Rt Rev Adrian Newman, Bishop of Stepney, said: «The plans which have been unveiled for a new floating church in East London display the innovative way in which the Diocese is seeking to spread its ministry and support local communities.

That, in fact, in many places, the operations of transnational capital — far from extending access to property, creating general prosperity, promoting democratic institutions, or advancing the causes of law and justice — destroy functioning local economies and communities, sustain and deepen poverty among those capital reduces to the commodity of cheap labor, exploit unjust labor systems, support despotisms, take advantage of conditions in regions too poor to impose or enforce environmental protections (for their ecosystems or their peoples), and are often complicit in the procedural abuse of persons who can hope for no legal redress?

Churches around the country are vital centres for local communities and wider society, preserving our rich heritage for future generations, and I very much welcome the opportunity to support the Council in their work.»

During these crusades, Moody pioneered many techniques of evangelism: a house - to - house canvass of residents prior to a crusade; an ecumenical approach enlisting cooperation from all local churches and evangelical lay leaders regardless of denominational affiliations; philanthropic support by the business community; the rental of a large, central building; the showcasing of a gospel soloist; and the use of an inquiry room for those wanting to repent.

When the Community Mental Health Centers Act was adopted in 1963, it provided Federal support for the development of a national program of comprehensive mental health services based in local communities.

The charity also supported local partners to rebuild schools, repair damaged water systems, help communities restore their means of making a living and prepare for future disasters.

My mother grew up in a Jewish household, on both her mother and father's side, but due to a dispute between her father and the local rabbi when she was still very young, her household was not directly tied into a local synagogue for support and community.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

The best combined effort of state and local governments, businesses, foundations, religious and other charitable institutions to support community development is no substitute for a renewed federal commitment to housing.

Susan Witt, who runs the invaluable Schumacher Society, offers a variety of possible mechanisms for supporting an emerging community economics, such as local currencies and community loans.

In New York, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation secures corporate and foundation investment capital for «locally created, locally executed» community development projects.

It's also providing basic elements of community and support to residents of an area where local government ceased to fully function for several days and is still only slowly sputtering back into action.

«We have a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) seasonal program where people sign up and pay a small fee for local produce, Ainspan explains.

As a Certified B Corporation, founding member of Slow Money, and member of 1 % For the Planet, Mamma Chia donates 1 % of all its gross sales to support farmers, community groups and organizations that are building healthy and local food systems.

Many efforts brought PhilRice to this point with Golden Rice: getting permits of approval for the first confined test, engaging the support of local community leaders, establishing the field experiment, monitoring the experiment daily, and managing the harvested area for weeks afterward.

The American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America seeks to make a significant contribution to the health of local communities by providing grants to support charitable programs at community organizations that work to advance both the physical health of their local citizens and the environmental health of their communities.

For example, two years ago, when we first began identifying potential sites around the Philippines for our multi-location field trials of Golden Rice varieties, one of our considerations was that the local government units and other community leaders should be well - informed and interested in the project and willing to support the conduct of the triaFor example, two years ago, when we first began identifying potential sites around the Philippines for our multi-location field trials of Golden Rice varieties, one of our considerations was that the local government units and other community leaders should be well - informed and interested in the project and willing to support the conduct of the triafor our multi-location field trials of Golden Rice varieties, one of our considerations was that the local government units and other community leaders should be well - informed and interested in the project and willing to support the conduct of the trials.

With support from the Alliance, the companies will seek partnerships with local organizations and community leaders to increase the scope and impact of the initiative and drive change in the marketplace for the health and well - being of their communities.

The American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America (ABHFA) seeks to make a significant contribution to the health of local communities, by providing grants to support charitable programs at community organizations that work to advance both the physical health of their local citizens and the environmental health of their communities.

The Westin Colonnade hosted such an ice cream breakfast at their property to support GKTF, inviting the local community to raise donations for the organization and to treat area children to ice cream in the morning!

Supporting any local beekeeper who is practicing healthy hive management is insuring a market for local honey and the preservation and expansion of bee colonies in your community.

Túlio Andrade, Head of the Environment and Climate Change Section, Embassy of Brazil, talks to us about building on the demand in London for Amazonian products to support local communities in the Amazon.

And so as the Polyfaces, White Oaks, Gunthorps, Jonai, Buena Vistas, and Old Mill farms of the world toil to grow food deeply embedded in our local communities and imbued with their values of respect for people and animals and care for the land, we must support them / us, just as we must find ways to help others get onto the land to grow more food in small - scale agroecological systems.

With the future of the Murray - Darling Basin Plan in doubt, southern communities call for full delivery of the agreement to support local ecology still rebounding from the Millennium Drought.

«Food has a way of bringing people together, and Outrigger is proud to help gather the community for such a fun event that benefits the local families and individuals who receive support from the Hawaii Foodbank.»