Sentences with phrase «of volunteer trips»

As long as the poor remain objects of volunteer trips rather than joint subjects in a common enterprise of faith, it's never going to be mission.

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When each of my kids is 12, I take them volunteering on a dad / kid trip with Globe Aware.

From leading a troop to helping out at cookie sales to going on field trips, volunteers have many opportunities to join in the fun of Girl Scouting — and make a real, positive impact on girls.

The leaflets often make it seem as if poverty is «out there,» whether that's in the Global South or the inner city, and that the fight against it only includes a monthly donation and a couple of hours of volunteering or a short missions trip.

Other groups accept the fact that the short - term volunteer mission trips are likely to remain popular, and aim to reach the volunteers with a deeper form of the gospel.

A few participants were veterans of as many as two dozen volunteer trips.

His killers say they belong to the Taliban in Afghanistan, where Bae had led a group of 23 church volunteers (18 of them women) on a medical aid trip.

The Rev. Linda Bartholomew of Grace Church NYC says it was immediately evident that one volunteer trip would not be enough.

While World Vision does not have volunteer projects such as the ones you describe, we do help to arrange short trips to take selected donors, pastors, and advocates to see our work in the field and to learn more about issues of poverty and injustice.

There are plenty of homeschool group activities, places to visit (museums, libraries, zoo, field trips, parks, etc.), classes to take, therapies (this is one that we choose), people to visit, volunteer opportunities, religious groups, etc..

Moms simply volunteer more often to chaperone field trips, organize school functions, and bring treats for birthday parties, and that's on top of being full - time in the workforce.

On Tuesday 21st January T and I set off extremely early in the morning to London joining the commuters on the train to one of the main London Stations and then onto the Tube for a trip to West Minster Palace to meet with other parent bloggers who believe strongly like we do that together we can make a change for these children with our voices, teachers, students, volunteers, representatives of Save the Children and Beanstalk, MP's from around the country and peers of the realm to talk about reading, books and how we can make a difference.

I was team mom for little league, cheer mom, pta mom, chaperoned school field trips, volunteered as a classroom helper and parent at their schools (when in public school) attended toddler tumbling and mom classes, was a homeschooling parent for one of my kids with leaning disabilities, I didn't have to scramble to figure out what to do about work or where to take my kids for child care if they were sick, I led and was involved with the church groups with my kids, I spent summers with them doing all kinds of things like traveling, visiting grandparents out of town, amusement park trips, swimming, picnics, and hiking, instead of them being stuck with a sitter every summer.

We're only a couple of weeks into the school year and so far it has been an endless stream of communication from the school - don't forget about meet and greet day, can we work parties, can we volunteer at the sale this week, will we attend Parent Education night, do we want to buy school pictures, please remember that all 4 year olds have to buy a school t - shirt, can we send $ 25 a kid for teacher gifts throughout the year, do we want to attend the coffee hosted by the room mom, will we be going on the zoo trip, don't forget that 4 year olds bring their own snack this year, please send in updated immunization forms for everyone, did you fill out the emergency contact paperwork, and on and on and on.

These are small local groups made up of volunteers who will very often make daily trips to the prison.

The frequency of bus trips intensified in the lead - up to the election, with many volunteers committing days on the ground for vote drives.

I remember when I volunteered my dad to chaperone our seventh - grade field trip to the National Gallery of Art.

Packham, a British - born chemist who works for Lockheed Martin Engineering and Sciences, one of NASA's contractors, volunteered to spend two weeks in the sealed chamber, measuring 3 metres by 3 metres, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, to help prove that plants can provide enough oxygen to support astronauts on a trip to Mars.

Researchers followed the volunteers with video cameras (including ones mounted in a three - wheeled stroller, prompting passersby to wonder aloud about a lost baby, Kaur recalls) to capture visual evidence of exhaust blasts or lurking smokers that they could then correlate to particle measurements over the course of the trip.

Armed with particle detectors, volunteers measured their pollution exposure as they took a total of 584 trips either by taxi, car, bus, bicycle or just plain walking on Marylebone Road in central London and in surrounding areas over the course of three weeks in April and May of 2003.

Even if we consider the cost of keeping the crew alive indefinitely on the planet's surface, a one - way trip would cost a mere fraction of a two - way trip, and I am sure volunteers would line up.

Alan Dawn, an amateur geologist and museum volunteer, was leading a field trip around Peterborough, England, when he noticed what appeared to be a bit of bone jutting from the ground.

It has been a nice change, but I am really hoping that we get our internet set up next week so I am able to get on top of my work and a list of things I have been waiting to do - such as email out to people about this and that, research a few travel spots, commit to a volunteering trip later in the year to Laos etc... Plus, of course, who doesn't want to browse random shit?!

I also like them in unusual colors and shapes this little gem was found in Thailand on my volunteering trip beginning of this year.

From coffee gatherings to cruises to dances to golf tournaments to wine tastings to brunches to camping trips and volunteering opportunities — Amazing Singles offers event details (time, location, pricing, etc.) for singles with all kinds of personalities and lifestyles.

She volunteers to take him on a driving tour of the area, and the film chronicles their day trip.

Lonely and distraught, she volunteers for a top - secret expedition of her own: a research trip into a quarantined area on the American coast, where an asteroid crash has resulted in bizarre, biological mutations.

This is especially true of his crew, Lewis, Rick Martinez (Michael Peña, «Ant - Man»), Beth Johanssen (Kate Mara, «Fantastic Four»), Alex Vogel (Aksel Hennie, «Hercules») and Chris Beck (Sebastian Stan, «Captain America: The Winter Soldier»), who volunteer to postpone their trip home in an effort to return and rescue their comrade.

I want to talk, too, about the quarter of a million people who instantly volunteered to take a one - way trip to the Red Planet, because, apparently, people don't read The Martian Chronicles anymore.

Good girl Olivia (Lucy Hale) is lured onto the trip — instead of volunteering for Habitat for Humanity, as she'd planned — by her best friend Markie (Violett Beane) because, with graduation looming, this will be their last opportunity to party before they go their separate ways.

Visit www.canalriverexplorers.org.uk to download resources, book a free visit from one of our Explorers volunteers, plan a trip to your local canal and order free water safety booklets.

Halfway across the country, parent Beth McKnight, of Alamo, California, raves about a volunteering field trip her children's school took to the nonprofit organization Books for the Barrios.

Through field trips to places like farms and caves, guest speakers such as a local artist and a mayor, and help from community volunteers and parents, the K - 6 students research themes aligned with Alabama standards over the course of the school year.

The program provides funding in the form of grants for Australian students to participate in a study experience in Asia for up to six months to undertake language study, a semester study program, research trips, clinical placements or volunteer projects, the statement said.

He hopes the trip has broadened the worldview of the Espiritu Santo volunteers and made them aware of the realities in which most of the people in this world live.

Of course, as Weissbourd explains, more familiar forms of service, like volunteering at a homeless shelter or reading to children, are worthwhile, and international service trips have value, toOf course, as Weissbourd explains, more familiar forms of service, like volunteering at a homeless shelter or reading to children, are worthwhile, and international service trips have value, toof service, like volunteering at a homeless shelter or reading to children, are worthwhile, and international service trips have value, too.

This installment of Teaching Tolerance magazine's advice column addresses the risk of school trips for students and volunteer relatives from immigrant families; keep these considerations in mind when planning trips, whether domestic or international.

The newly invigorated group ran an array of parent involvement activities, hosted four wildly popular «Fun Blast» events for students, organized welcome overnights for 6th graders, sponsored overnight field trips, created an inspiring career day for 8th graders, helped build an outdoor recreation center for the school, created a new grade parent volunteer program, ran monthly teacher appreciation activities, relaunched a program to curb bullying and aggression, and lots more.

Meanwhile, volunteers can take on many of the tasks that keep teachers busy but do not necessarily require their expertise, including decorating bulletin boards, drafting letters to parents and guardians about upcoming field trips, or making copies.

Help educators by assisting with small group instruction in the classroom, coaching students, creating bulletin boards, planning and volunteering for field trips, and a host of other important support roles.

When he told me he was meeting a bunch of fellow Ford Ranger enthusiasts for a wheeling trip in southern Michigan, I volunteered the F - 650's services.

Regardless, I'll gladly volunteer to take a road trip in an Escalade — in terms of luxury SUVs in this size category it's without equal in the market, and marks a full step forward in GM's interior design language.

This year I changed the dates of a family trip because I wouldn't miss the Colorado Gold — and I gave up my dibs on the family Bronco tickets to the Broncos - Panthers game because it is the Thursday before conference which is the meet - and - greet with our out of town guests (for volunteers).

Thanks to a sponsorship by eDreams, the winner will receive an all - expenses - paid one - week trip to Ghana, where he or she will work as a volunteer in the organization's project of distributing 500 Kindles to students and training the students on how to use them.

Why Don't Forget to Move is a Top Budget Travel Blog: From short trips to long - term volunteering, Jules and Christine address a wide variety of travel options for all kinds of budgets and personalities.

They offer classes and field trips «presented by volunteer instructors from the area, including retired scientists, UT professors, retired teachers, people with in depth knowledge of hobby subjects and retired ministers,» said Don Miller of Oak Ridge.

Volunteers provide plenty of last minute hugs and well - wishes as favorite dogs are carefully lifted into crates and secured for a safe trip.

«They not only cover the cost of fuel, but also a per diem for the volunteers and motel expenses for the three day trip.

The program's first three trips were made possible by Kyla Holderness, Pet Adoption League volunteer, who donated the use of her own passenger bus.

We have 17 confirmed volunteer drivers from Tulsa, Oklahoma City, McAlester, Watts, Ft. Gibson, and point's in - between that are giving of their time (2 days for Denver trip) to this effort.