Sentences with phrase «opened shelters as»

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Jim McIngvale, a Houston native and owner of several Gallery Furniture locations in the area, has opened up his stores as shelters for impacted Families.

«We opened one of our facilities as a shelter for employees, their families and friends.

Downtown Emergency Services Center (DESC) opened its doors in 1979 as an emergency shelter, a place for vulnerable adults living with behavioral health disorders and chronic homelessness to come in out of the cold for the night.

He immediately gave me a letter of instruction he had written, so that I would have the authority to turn to monasteries — many of which may not have opened their gates, had I not such a letter in my possession — so as to find shelter for the numerous suffering persons.»

Be aware of unsafe locations such as shelters, picnic tables or bus stops, which are partially open to the elements.

Park planners and landscape architects held their first open house on Monday to show site plans for four neighborhood parks with features, such as prairie grasses and picnic shelters, that will be added in five to seven years.

But to function well, her developing mind needs a sense of close connection with you as surely as she needs food, shelter, cleanliness, and sleep,» Patty Wipfler says, in the opening chapters of her book, Listen, Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges.

Also at 11 a.m, NYC Councilman Andy King and Bronx residents rally to oppose the opening of a homeless shelter that was initially promoted as a market rate apartment building for middle - income working families, 3677 White Plains Road, Bronx.

Donald Trump Jr. fired back at liberal filmmaker Michael Moore, who questioned whether Mar - a-Lago had opened as a shelter when Hurricane Irma hit the state, noting it's located on an island and in a mandatory evacuation zone, «probably not the best idea, but you know, narrative!»

He opened a Ben & Jerry's store in Harlem with homeless shelter residents as his employees.

11:00 AM — CM Andy King and Bronx residents rally to oppose the opening of a homeless shelter that was initially promoted as a market rate apartment building for middle - income working families, 3677 White Plains Road, Bronx.

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 yeaAs 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 yeaas he runs for re-election this year.

He has faced several struggles in his life, and opened his family's home to others as a temporary shelter following Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

Long - time community activist Howie Hawkins, who is running as the Green Party candidate for governor, said after the meeting that he thought opening a federal shelter might help the North Side by creating a few jobs and some economic activity at a vacant campus.

In a packed auditorium, an angry crowd pushed back on the city's plan to open a homeless shelter for 132 families at 267 Rogers Ave. in Crown Heights, demanding to know how much the project will cost and whether it will help solve, as Assemblywoman Diana Richardson put it, the area's «housing crisis.»

The de Blasio administration has said its first priority is to end the use of «cluster housing» as it also opens new stand - alone shelters across the city.

CROWN HEIGHTS — The city faced tough questions Thursday night about a plan to open another homeless shelter in the neighborhood, as locals demanded they reconsider the plan and make it low - income housing instead.

Nearly two years ago, the department opened Freedom House as an emergency shelter on West 95th Street between West End Avenue and Riverside Drive, in a move residents and leaders described as done without community buy - in or discussion.

The stop in shelter openings came just as the homeless population was surging in early 2015, and the de Blasio administration was relying on optimistic estimates of how quickly new rental subsidy programs would slow the flow of people needing emergency shelter.

UPPER WEST SIDE — City Comptroller John Liu has rejected a five year contract for two controversial homeless shelters installed last summer on West 95th Street, to the relief of critics who have railed against them since their «emergency» opening and the consternation of city officials who blasted it as political grandstanding.

CROWN HEIGHTS — As some neighbors of two planned Crown Heights homeless shelters fight to block their openings, city officials hope to mend relationships between shelters and residents by hiring a full - time Director of Community Partnerships to manage problems and volunteer efforts.

The wombats acted as soil engineers, building burrows that could be used for shelter, while rock - wallabies acted as gardeners, helping to create open grasslands suitable for wombat grazing.

With winds of 160 miles per hour (266 km per hour), the Category 5 hurricane had western Mexico on high alert, with the popular resort of Puerto Vallarta and others on the coast opening emergency shelters as hotels were closed.

The turtles are rarely observed during the next two to ten years or so, but prior studies suggest that at least some reside among mats of seaweed, such as Sargassum, that provide shelter and habitat in the open sea.

The sequel centers on a dollmaker and his wife, whose daughter tragically died twenty years earlier, as they decide to open their home to a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage; the dollmaker's possessed creation Annabelle sets her sights on the children and turns their shelter into a storm of horror, but how will they escape from the terror?

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 23, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS August Rush (PG for slight violence, mild profanity and mature themes) Freddie Highmore stars as the title character in this escapist fantasy about a promising musical prodigy who runs away from an orphanage to New York City to find his parents (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Myers) only to end up living with a Fagin - like wizard (Robin Williams) and lots of other kids in a makeshift shelter in an abandoned theater which was once the FillmorOPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 23, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS August Rush (PG for slight violence, mild profanity and mature themes) Freddie Highmore stars as the title character in this escapist fantasy about a promising musical prodigy who runs away from an orphanage to New York City to find his parents (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Myers) only to end up living with a Fagin - like wizard (Robin Williams) and lots of other kids in a makeshift shelter in an abandoned theater which was once the Fillmoropening November 23, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS August Rush (PG for slight violence, mild profanity and mature themes) Freddie Highmore stars as the title character in this escapist fantasy about a promising musical prodigy who runs away from an orphanage to New York City to find his parents (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Myers) only to end up living with a Fagin - like wizard (Robin Williams) and lots of other kids in a makeshift shelter in an abandoned theater which was once the Fillmore East.

And as much as I had to step over drunk people sleeping on the sidewalk waiting for the shelter to open to get to work, I loved teaching there.

The porter opened the old storeroom, which was supposed to serve as a shelter.

I entered the shelter world in 2001 as full time shelter vet for the Animal Humane Society in Golden Valley, MN, an open door shelter with an annual intake average of 28,000.

As for Pixie Project, Sacks is hoping a crafty combination of friendly faces and a chance to play with the dogs in their open shelter or to sit in a room surrounded by cats will entice people to adopt.

Richmond Animal Care & Control (RACC) was established as the first city pound June 5, 1902 and since then it has served as the only open admission public shelter in the City of Richmond.

Programmatic changes and promotions such as fee - waived adoptions and open adoptions are two examples that have helped move animals out of shelters and into homes quicker than ever before.

Tompkins County was referred to in every sentence as an open admission No Kill Shelter - as is NHS.

Many shelters did open their facilities up to families that either wanted to surrender their pets or acted as drop off locations for stranded pets found throughout the city.

As part of our new Shelter Intervention initiative designed to keep families together, we opened a pet food bank, and began offering behavior and training consultations.

MAP was born as the ASPCA fielded inquiries from overcrowded shelters seeking facilities with open kennels or help connecting with a partner.

Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska has rushed to help open Sochi's very first animal shelter, PovoDog, in an effort to save as many dogs as possible from the city's contracted culling program.

As the only open admission shelter in Knox County, YWAC accepts any animal for any reason.

Because their intake is so unpredictable, Open Admission shelters may euthanize a portion of their population as a management tool, although they have become very creative in finding alternative solutions.

As the area's only 100 percent open access shelter, companion animals arrive under a variety of circumstances.

There are many good shelters that call themselves «no - kill,» just as there are many fine shelters — such as The Anti-Cruelty Society — that are «open admission.»

As an open admission shelter, the Kauai Humane Society accepts every homeless, abandoned, abused and unwanted animal in need of our help.

1) As a no - kill shelter, if one of our dogs is repeatedly passed over by the public, we do not automatically consider that dog unworthy or unadoptable and do not «remedy» the situation by opening up his held space through euthanasia.

By adopting one from a shelter, it opens up room for another homeless pet to come in and get a second chance as well.

But if Joe Public wants a puppy for the family and doesn't know about the shelter, or has heard it's a hell hole (as many are), or can't get there during work hours (the only time they're open, often), or gets treated rudely by people who work there, why is he NOT going to just go to a pet store and pick up a pricey pup?

There are nearly six times as many homes opening up every year as the number of adoptable pets killed in shelters!

As long as there are advocates who can help and shelter managers who are open to new ideas, any local shelter can be rebranded as an Animal Community CenteAs long as there are advocates who can help and shelter managers who are open to new ideas, any local shelter can be rebranded as an Animal Community Centeas there are advocates who can help and shelter managers who are open to new ideas, any local shelter can be rebranded as an Animal Community Centeas an Animal Community Center.

The Bluecross centre opened in the 1940's and has the capability to care for 30 dogs as with all Bluecross shelters they also participate in the Home Direct adoption scheme.

If we are not open the following day, West Georgia reserves the right to turn the animal over to a local shelter as abandoned after hour assigned pick up time.

In 2003, LifeLine Animal Project opened its first shelter in Avondale Estates designed for dogs and cats with special needs, such as those with heartworms or those having been abused, often the first to be put down in many shelters.