Sentences with phrase «other efforts local»

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Employees are committed to bringing confidence to others, and come together to support company giving efforts, both globally and within our local community.

Local efforts by GDB and other Puerto Rican debt issuers to reach a debt restructuring are running in parallel with plans in the U.S. Congress to draft legislation aimed at solving the island's economic crisis, possibly by allowing it to restructure debt and putting its finances under federal oversight.

Academy job fairs this summer and is encouraging other local companies to join in the effort.

«These other agencies are able to take on a variety of missions which will supplement state and local efforts to assist the community move forward,» she added.

We should remember that it was the limited effectiveness of church workers in the settlement house movement and other voluntary, local efforts in the 1880s that led to the large - scale government social programs of the 20th century.

Father Driscoll discussed the shocking cost of shipping from Florida, and expounded on coconut palms, and fishtail palms, and tiger palms, and many other species of palms, and noted that as far as he could tell from his inquiries, Our Blessed Lord rode His donkey over the fronds of date palms, which is why our parish makes a strenuous effort every year to obtain date palms, for historical accuracy, but inasmuch as this year the cost of date palm fronds was prohibitively high, he was sure that the ladies would agree with him that the correct thing to do was to use local willow wands instead, and thus save money that could be directed to the poor and unfortunate of the parish.

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.

With backing from the Ford Foundation, the Rainforest Alliance has begun a new effort with AMAN, the Samdhana Institute, Kaoem Telapak, and other local NGOs to do just that.

Other: A White Paper on Health, Nutrition, and Physical Education produced by the Department of Education entitled, Healthy Children Ready to Learn (2005), highlights the need for local wellness policies and outlines steps the Department is taking to accelerate their adoption and implementation, including collaborative efforts, promoting a coordinated school health approach, and supporting state legislation supporting wellness policies.

Suzy: As a business we reuse 99 % of all of our packaging supplies that we gather from other local businesses, we purchase wind power for our home and business, we support local green efforts, we print promotional material on recycled paper, and we donate time and money to nature organizations.

Done right, they can help shift the eating norms in a school, in a community and — in tandem with other efforts such as the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Bill — in the entire country.

Strict standards ensure the freshness of the produce and the meat and an effort is made to use cheeses and other products that are local to the region.

Fate intervened in several unlikely ways in the two ensuing decades and then last fall, Weber, now a fixture in the national Farm to School Network, found himself waxing enthusiastic about local produce to a woman who was part of an effort called Homegrown Minneapolis, which would like to see more of that farmstead goodness put before MPS kids and other locals.

The Dashboard aims to give supporters information about local efforts and let people see how their efforts compare with those of other volunteers.

This is a more state and local - level effort to combat misleading attacks and other information spread with intent on social media.

In addition to Mr. Skelos, a healthy string of ambitious Democratic citywide and local elected officials have made the soup - ladling trek, which says nothing of their efforts to pay tribute to other prominent Jewish social service organizations but also speaks volumes about the community's growing political significance.

(2) to supplement and complement the efforts of States, the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States, the private sector, public and private educational institutions, public and private nonprofit educational research institutions, community - based organizations, parents, and students to im - prove the quality of education;

With Reed not resigning until the end of January, there's a good chance that the by - election will be scheduled to coincide with the May local elections (which ought to help Labour, as it'd dilute the effort that the other parties could put in).

Amosun also commended the police and other security agencies, including para - military agencies and local security outfits that joined in the search, for their efforts.

After considering a potential move to Iowa, American Packaging decided to stay and expand in the Finger Lakes region thanks Governor Cuomo's emphasis on Upstate Revitalization through the Finger Lakes Forward strategic plan, as well as other local support efforts.

In 2017 Erie County was proud to join the Hispanic Heritage Council of WNY, the City of Buffalo and others in a local relief effort for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.

«The Environmental Facilities Corp. is pleased to assist New York City and 17 other local governments in their efforts to provide safe and reliable clean water systems, improving the environment and water quality, protecting public health, and creating jobs throughout the state,» said EFC President and CEO Matthew J. Driscoll.

Grand Island Town Supervisor Nathan McMurray and other island officials publicly launched a new effort to pressure Cuomo to eliminate local bridge tolls.

Ogbeh said while the Federal Government understood the need for domestic producers to operate and compete favourably with their counterparts from other countries, efforts were being made to improve the country's business environment for both local and foreign investors.

Dear Neighbor, In an effort to ensure the Hudson Valley is fairly represented in all legislative matters before the Senate, I and eight other local Senators representing Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester Counties have formed the Hudson Valley Delegation — a bipartisan coalition to more effectively advocate for the needs and concerns of the residents, communities, organizations, and elected officials of the Hudson Valley.

Woolwich — Senate President Steve Sweeney, Assemblyman John Burzichelli and Assemblyman Adam Taliaferro joined with local officials, educators and others today in a community forum to mark the increase in school funding for the Kingsway Regional School System as the result of the successful effort to include the school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE»

Bridgeton — Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assemblyman John Burzichelli joined with local officials, educators and others in a community forum to mark the increase in school funding for the Bridgeton School District as the result of the successful effort to include the school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE»

Many activists joined efforts to reform local government, public education, medicine, finance, insurance, industry, railroads, churches, and many other areas.

At 8 a.m., Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, New York City Councilman Barry Grodenchik and other local officials participate in a community outreach effort in recognition of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, 188th Street and Eastbound Horace Harding Expressway, Queens.

In urging the Federal Government to desist from taking the loan of $ 2 billion from China or any other country we are compelled to advise the Federal Government to intensify efforts to recover the nation's wealth which has been criminally diverted by a handful of local and foreign looters.

In an Editorial published on 29th November with the title, Commendable Efforts, and a rider — INEC, Others Deserve Praise For Ensuring Credible Election In Anambra, The Nation newspaper declared that all the reports released by local and international observers on the election affirmed that «the will of the people reflected in the result declared by INEC».

Since 2013 local police and other first responders have been equipped with the anti-overdose drug Narcan in an effort to combat spiraling rates of death by overdose.

Kasper said the city's future plans may be effected by the «rapid pace of projects» related to revitalization efforts, noting that local lawmakers are hoping to do a lot of financial planning in advance to support city departments as the larger workload — along with other unknown impacts of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI)-- are levied onto their departments.

JAMESTOWN - Two local developers are hoping their effort to fix up a blighted home on the north side of Jamestown will encourage others to make similar investments in the community.

The local law, which was created to expedite search efforts for missing Alzheimer's patients or individuals with other dementia related illnesses, was passed in November 2010.

Oneida Indian Nation Representative Ray Halbritter said: «The County Executive has outlined a bold vision to revitalize downtown Utica, and we're pleased to be able to join other local stakeholders in partnering on this effort.

Co-sponsored legislation and supported efforts to combat the Heroin and Opioid crisis, including a policy to raise additional revenue for education and prevention, creating a Family Advocate to help individuals and families navigate insurance and other issues while seeking treatment and supporting local advocacy groups.

The fair is a collaborative effort of the Utica Municipal Housing Authority; City of Utica; Norstar Development USA; Utica Public Library; Workforce Development Board; Mohawk Valley Community College Youthbuild Program; Oneida County Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES); Central New York Labor Council; and other partners to connect residents interested in construction employment with local training programs and employers.

Any cost - saving efforts he discussed are a burden on local governments, all while he proposed additional costly mandates through his other policy agenda points.

Among other items, the resolution created a Director role to be dedicated to this effort, and the party committed itself to doubling the number of Democratic women in local elected and appointed office in Santa Clara County by the year 2020, the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote.

Shared services efforts include county - town agreements for roadside grass cutting, municipal consolidation of dog control services, county - provided services for local property tax collection and billing and other efforts.

Similar efforts are taking place nationwide, such as a coalition of African - Americans and Latinos stopping a sewage treatment plant from being built in their Northern Manhattan neighborhood, and a multicultural group in Boston helping local communities fight, among other things, a diesel power plant slated to be built next to an elementary school.

«The grant will fund setting up infrastructure [for efforts to] connect groups and junior scientists around the country with our group and each other; helping local groups organize meetings and workshops by providing full - time logistical support; and beginning to look through the data that exists about the scientific enterprise [so that] we can... advocate for change,» McDowell tells Science Careers by email.

It does so through regulations spelled out in the Clean Water Act, which include providing tax incentives for selling or giving wetlands to land trusts or other conservation groups, via cooperative efforts with state and local entities, and by acquiring wetlands outright to add acreage to public lands systems.

The $ 45 million project combines forestry and mining with efforts to gather knowledge about medicinal and other plants from local Indian communities living in a 3400 - square - kilometre reserve.

In an effort to stamp out fraud, 25 local government councils in the United Kingdom are using it in conjunction with scripted questions to evaluate phone callers applying for housing and other benefits.

«These findings can be used to inform the prioritization of strategies within the new infant mortality Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) that originated in the South and through other public and private efforts to improve birth outcomes and reduce infant mortality at local and national levels.»

By munching grasses most other plant - eaters consider not worth the effort, the insect thrives in overgrazed grasslands until its populations swell so much that they move onto crops and pastures, wreaking havoc on local farmers.

This effort builds on previous investigations, such as the USGS Central Valley Regional Aquifer System and Analysis (CV - RASA) project and several other groundwater studies in the Valley completed by Federal, State and local agencies at differing scales.

The Heliophysics Educator Ambassador (HEA) program is a collaborative, multi-mission effort that provides professional development and resources to middle and high school science teachers who then train other teachers at local, regional and / or national workshops, conference and meetings.