Sentences with phrase «organized volunteer base»

Support, welcome and encourage an active, organized volunteer base of greyhound lovers who share the passion and vision of finding loving, responsible, forever homes for greyhounds to live out their natural lives.

Not exact matches

Jeremy helped to build a people - powered election campaign based on strong volunteer organizing that propelled Barack Obama back to the White House.

My role was to coordinate volunteers and properties and to organize fruit picking sessions on a weekly basis.

How the Obama field operation organized their volunteer teams deserves special mention, in part because their grassroots GOTV technology depended on it and also because it provides an excellent model for community - based organizers of all flavors.

My interests were diverse: I really enjoyed the writing aspect of my job; I craved a chance to learn about a broader range of medical and biological topics; I wanted more social interaction in my job, but I also needed «quiet time»; I wanted to continue organizing workshops and conferences, which I had been doing on a volunteer basis; I liked to focus on the details; and I constantly needed to learn something new.

Given those challenges, the transition has been (a few glitches aside) largely manageable, thanks in large part to friendly volunteers keeping their cool through the procedural changes on a day - to - day basis and patiently directing patrons to the correct lines (it got pretty darn confusing at the Cineplex Odeon on the third floor of International Village, where space is so tight that lines were formed on two levels to keep crowds organized).

On top of being the only NAF vet tech at Eglin Air Force Base, working at Hurlburt Field and with the 7th Group Special Forces unit, she has volunteered thousands of hours organizing the 5K Strut Your Mutt for the Hurlburt Military Working Dog Kennels, EZ Mobile Pet Clinic, PAWS Animal Shelter, and more recently helped with the reunion of MWD Rocky and his human handler, Specialist Brown.

PwP has a very small, devoted volunteer base that willingly take on any task to contribute to the care of these animals, from organizing fundraisers, caressing a sick animal, adoption counseling and custodial duties.

He volunteered at the county animal shelter on a regular basis, organized spay - neuter wet labs for veterinary students, regularly participated in a large feral cat trap - neuter - return program and fostered animals for local rescue organizations.

The Ontario Justice Education Network (OJEN) and the Toronto Lawyers Association (TLA) regularly organize lawyer volunteers to go into Ontario Grade 5 classrooms to run Mock Trials based on the Hansel and Gretel story as part of their Elementary School Civil Mock Trial Program.

A group of volunteers, including French Bitcoin community member Pierre Lorcery, Chainsmiths managing director Kevin Loaec and Ledger CTO Nicolas Bacca, as well as California - based Lightning Labs CEO Elizabeth Stark, decided to organize the technical event.

With our new program, Project Fierce Urgency, we are training progressive activists and volunteers in effective digital skills to mount aggressive issue - based political advocacy operations to organize the resistance in key states.

It also helps you organize your current contacts, cultivate new (valuable) contacts, improve your networking base, showcase your career accomplishments and demonstrate any community or volunteering activities.

• Assess the need for recreational activities for registered groups • Identify each group's special recreational interests • Design and develop recreational activities such as camping and sports to meet each group's needs • Coordinate the details of each recreational program on a day to day basis • Plan, organize and instruct specific classes, activities and holiday programs • Arrange for premises to be secured in sync with each program's requirements • Ascertain that secures premises are cleaned and maintained before and after each activity • Meet with vendors, suppliers and agencies to secure delivery or supplies and services • Provide clients with information on available recreational avenues and their monthly fees • Evaluate the efficacy of implemented programs and ensure that amendments are made to them so that more value can be derived out of them • Schedule program activities and volunteers and handle recruitment, training and deployment activities • Prepare recreation plans and ensure that each activity is carried out according to the plan

Client: Foundation Coordinator, the DeShawn Snow Foundation, Inc. (04/2005 — 07/2005) • Developed, planned, and implemented comprehensive monthly and summer programming for girls ages 11 — 17 • Coordinated and facilitated quarterly board of directors meetings to outline foundation budgets, sponsorship needs, and fundraising activities • Ensured operational compliance for the foundation under critical state 501c3 rules and regulations • Researched and identified federal grant and corporate funding opportunities for related foundation programming needs • Established corporate - and community - based relationships for partnering opportunities through both regular donations and in - kind support • Planned and developed annual «Empower Me» Camp for 300 girls throughout Metro Atlanta, organizing and authoring all programming for self - esteem workshop topics and arranging for the presence of both professional and celebrity facilitators • Identified and selected daily guest motivational speakers to address key issues facing youth while meeting and collaborating monthly with foundation staff, partner personnel, guest speakers, workshop facilitators, and volunteers

In early 2004, ADN developed a long - term strategic plan that emphasized a three - prong mission of Support, Education and Advocacy and organized the all - volunteer board and staff into work groups based on these mission areas.

The board organizes several different fundraisers and we have a solid volunteer base that's grown exponentially.

Since then Elcock has involved more than 3,000 children volunteers in food packaging events, which are organized to assemble a unique rice - based recipe that costs only 23 cents per serving.

Elcock has involved more than 3,000 volunteers in food packaging events, which are organized to assemble the unique rice - based recipe that costs 23 cents per serving.