«Five years ago, I came from Washington, DC for the sole reason
of running this shelter,» he recalls.
Several protesters said they hadn't met Ridgway, but they think the county agency should be led by someone with a history
of running shelters and with ideas about how to improve animal care in Orange County, which will soon add a second shelter.
Staff can get busy with the day - to - day details
of running a shelter, and may seem to overlook your contributions.
This is a tough one for me as there were a couple of posts I thought would get more traction — but the +1 goes to «Recreating the wheel — very good sentences from the Book, Little Boy Blue» — which I think highlights just how long the ideas
of running shelters / rescues like businesses and increasing adoptions through customer service have existed — and why, still 30 years later, too many shelters still aren't learning from these models.
We need volunteers in almost every aspect
of running our shelter.
The cost
of running the shelter is high and funded entirely on donations.
One way is for the private organization to make a credible showing that it can do a better job
of running the shelter, at a lower cost.
Not exact matches
In Toronto, 31 percent
of the people sleeping in city -
run shelters in January were refugee claimants - up from nearly 19 percent a year ago, according to city data.
The Weatherhaven
shelter's arched ceiling was a structural feature that
ran up against a rule that required workers» camps to be composed
of buildings with straight walls and a uniform minimum ceiling height
of seven feet.
Did you ever wonder why we had to
run for
shelter when the promise
of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue sky?
I met the woman who
ran a local
shelter for abused women and children, most
of them from poor homes.
The bomb, a dud, disappeared into the earth as Kovama leapt over the crater and continued to
run from one
shelter to the next in search
of his familv.
I have volunteered in homeless
shelters in two major cities and the ones that rely on private donations exclusively do a MUCH better job
of helping the homeless and the poor than the government
run shelters.
Many
of those
sheltering there
ran to higher ground and stayed in the hills behind the town.
Some churches are involved in community services, especially emergency - care services: crisis counseling centers, battered women's
shelters and other housing for homeless women and young people — many
of whom are
running away from physical and sexual abuse.
Actually, many
of the public
shelters are
run by a church group or a council
of churches on contract to the city.
I have fallen away from the church though the older I get the more I realize that any organized religion freaks me out, but here is the thing there are lots
of homeless
shelters and hot food banks that
run off churches so they do some good for the community.
Like a great many missions, some
of the
shelters run by church groups make a point
of managing without any government support.
What do you think
of this idea — Income the church receives that is used to help the poor,
run homeless
shelters, alcohol treatment programs and so on (rather than pay for church buildings and that sort
of thing) would not be taxed?
We
run on donations, and Linda goes to local animal
shelters to take in cats whose due dates are coming up, as well as strays, and pets
of deployed military personnel, so that they'll have someone to look after their pets while they're off overseas.
We don't
run animal
shelters though some
of our Member Societies operate companion animal and farm animal rescue groups.
Outside
of a long -
running joke, the only hangup was finding a
shelter to give the dozen or so Rams shirts and jerseys I had collected over the years.
The $ 833,372 deal with Car - Min Construction Co.
of Waukegan calls for a dual - purpose band shell and picnic
shelter, a concrete walkway, a boardwalk
running along the beach's sand dunes, picnic tables, grills, landscaping, lighting, a fence along the harbor and a telescope.
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Passengers should board the bus at the
shelter on East Payton
Run located southeast
of the Metra station, Pace said.
Many single parent families bring in enough money to pay for fixed expenses like
shelter and transportation but
run out
of money for food and other essentials before the end
of the month.
«We've seen a lot
of hunger in our area,» said Washington, who helps
run a homeless
shelter for Holy Angels Baptist Church in Englewood.
Temporary
shelters can provide a place for your teen to live while dealing with the reasons for
running and the consequences
of their decision to do so.
Campbell Robb, chief executive
of Shelter, said: «It is simply not acceptable that people are handing over their hard - earned cash to live in houses that are
run - down, squalid and in some cases even dangerous.
The Home Office
runs a Violence Against Women fund worth # 80m over five years, a paltry sum given the needs
of the sector and the wholesale slashing
of budgets for women's services such as domestic violence
shelters.
Would people working to help migrants — maybe those
running food banks or night
shelters — be seen as frustrating the Home Office strategy
of incentivising people to «go home» through enforced destitution?
Frank Commisso, Jr., an Albany common councilman who is
running for mayor this year, has pledged to spearhead his own «audit
of the tax - exempt status
of SUNY Poly,» adding in a blog post that «the many private and profitable companies being
sheltered under the tax - exempt status
of SUNY Poly [must] finally pay their fair share toward the cost
of city services.»
They've questioned the level
of need in the borough as well as the city's ability to find a nonprofit to
run new
shelters here.
That audit found 87 percent
of 101 city -
run shelters visited by Stringer's auditors had at least one health and safety violation such as rodents or roach infestations, peeling paint, water damage or mold.
Animal Care Centers
of NYC, a nonprofit that
runs the city's animal
shelters, opened a pet food pantry in the Bronx in December, and in the first month alone, the pantry gave out more than 2,000 pounds
of food for 71 dogs and 50 cats.
One
of the homeless
shelters run by Housing Enterprise for Less Privileged (HELP), founded by Cuomo in 1986, racked up 31 critical incidents last year — the most
of any
of the so - called Tier 2 family
shelters in the city, according to a review
of internal records by the Daily News.
As he moves to open 90 new homeless
shelters in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio is opening himself up to a new level
of political risk as he
runs for re-election this year.
Quinn, now the CEO
of nonprofit Women in Need, which
runs shelters for homeless women and children, said she'd like to see Cuomo's housing plan passed.
There are many qualified not - for - profits that are capable
of running good operations and many
of the current
shelters are well
run.
The members
of the public were spurred on by an op - ed piece published on an internet news source that implied town officials had already made a back - door deal with another entity to
run the
shelter, and by a letter sent to other animal service organizations soliciting proposals by a woman who has long been an opponent
of the League's presence at the
shelter, ostensibly at the urging
of a member
of the Town Board.
With a record number
of 60,000 New Yorkers sleeping in homeless
shelters, Christine Quinn — the former council speaker who now
runs a nonprofit helping homeless women and children — said her onetime opponent Mayor Bill de Blasio had made progress but that there's still work to be done.
Bedco will continue to
Run The Eddie Harris Residential Facility On Chauncey Street in Bushwick, despite the nonprofit's history
of building code and homeless
shelter violations and various state and federal lawsuits, Politico reported.
At the time
of his fatal encounter with police, he was living in a
shelter run by a church group in Baton Rouge, LA and making his living selling music CDs.
The 53 - passenger ferry,
running seven days a week until recently, has carried more than 15,000 people since launching at the end
of June, but «it's not a moneymaker» yet, Councilwoman Chris Lewis told the
Shelter Island Town Board Tuesday while reporting on an East End Transportation Council meeting she attended last week.
As yet another Greenport resident demanded to know why the latest proposal to
run an electrical cable from the North Fork to
Shelter Island would succeed where the last attempt by the Long Island Power Authority had failed, Christopher Hahn, the director
of external affairs for PSEG - Long Island, began to speak louder.
Ulrich, a Republican who represents parts
of Rockaway and is considering a
run for mayor, lambasted the administration Friday for failing to communicate how it decides to site
shelters, saying local officials have been left little time to provide feedback or different options.
Mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio has been a staunch critic
of the city's scatter - site homeless
shelters — but he's willing to pocket money from the private operators who
run them.
This will create a series
of sheltered bays that will catch and keep beach material and, in the long
run, help to bolster the cliffs.
Instead
of running for
shelter, you'll know there's a storm coming and can schedule your afternoon.»
The killing
of «defenseless creatures» refers to the humane euthanization
of unwanted dogs, cats, and other pets at a PETA -
run animal
shelter.