Sentences with phrase «said shelter director»
The work of thieves has delayed construction of an expansion of the Anthony House for about a week.Much of the muscle and materials behind the partially completed addition had been donated, but someone else decided to take rather than give - at a cost of $ 4,000 to the homeless shelter.Someone cut through a fence around the shelter property in the early hours of Oct. 21 and stole two air compressors and a power generator from the work site, said shelter director Herb Aguirresaenz.The thief must have had help.
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«Chris is an amazing woman, who has dedicated over 30 years of her life to the Animal League,» said Shelter Director, Christina Travalja.
«Rabies vaccinations are part of our intake protocol,» said shelter director Paris.
«Our community really responds to the low - cost rabies vaccine program, and dogs that come into our shelter are immediately vaccinated against this disease and others in order to prepare them for adoption,» said shelter director Kate Paris.
Yes, say these shelter directors who are in the trenches doing it!
Not exact matches
«It was a great pleasure to attend this year's Ski & Snowshoe Day,» says Royal LePage Shelter Foundation executive director Shanan Spencer - Brown.
«When the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation first introduced this unique fundraising initiative, the response was immediate and overwhelming,» says Shanan Spencer - Brown, executive director of the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation.
«Our priority is to give those in shelters immediate relief with perishable and non-perishable food items and water,» said Heidi Clarke, executive director of the Sandals Foundation, who flew into Turks & Caicos with a team to assess the damage this week.
«The ASPCA is pleased to be in a position where we can assist animal shelters in Florida by helping move homeless cats and dogs out of impacted communities to free up much - needed space for owned pets displaced by the storm,» said Dick Green, senior director of Disaster Response for ASPCA Field Investigations and Response.
Warrenville Park District received $ 68,100 to develop a 1 - acre neighborhood park, including a basketball court, play areas, pathways and shelters, Park District Director Matt Ellman said.
«All of this felt like a punch to the stomach, but the jab that hurt the most were the numbers around children,» said Kate Maehr, executive director of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, which supplies about 600 food pantries, soup kitchens and shelters.
Diane Doherty, executive director of the Illinois Hunger Coalition, called the decline perplexing and said it wasn't consistent with the number of families who show up at shelters and pantries for emergency food.
Since Nov. 1, volunteers have helped package food at the Greater Chicago Food Depository, 4501 S. Tripp Ave., which distributes food to pantries and shelters in the city and suburbs, said executive director Mike Mulqueen.
Theresa Jennings, director of parks and recreation, said the space could still be used for a playground, picnic shelter or bicycle paths.
The Greater Chicago Food Depository last week issued 806,590 pounds of food to 473 pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and combined feeding and pantry sites that feed the homeless and needy, said Executive Director Steve Whitehead.
«There's a little bit of a perfect storm going on,» said Kate Maehr, executive director of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, which supplies 600 shelters, pantries and soup kitchens in Cook County to feed about 500,000 people a year.
Kate Maehr, executive director of the cavernous South Side food depository, said more than 32,000 one - pound packages of ground pork and an accompanying 12,000 pounds of bacon and sausage — donated by Farmland Foods — would be swiftly shipped out to 652 food pantries, shelters and after - school programs in Cook County, and more than 1,000 other pantries statewide.
«One of the most gruesome things we hear at the Ali Forney Center is our young people who have been recently diagnosed in their desperation to get shelter and housing will forsake taking the medication because they want to be eligible for the current HASA guidelines,» said Carl Siciliano, executive director of the group, which helps homeless LGBT youth.
Greg Beales, Shelter's campaign director, said: «The withdrawal of housing benefit for 18 - 21s put young people at real risk of homelessness.
At a technical briefing after the mayor's speech, at which de Blasio took no questions, Office of Management and Budget Director Dean Fuleihan said the shelter plan wouldn't add any new costs to the city's operating budget, because cluster sites and hotels are being phased out at the same time new shelters are being opened.
Oneida County Workforce Development Director David Mathis said, «This project will help our Working Solutions System reach out into the community's areas of need, and work with the community agencies and faith - based organizations that are already feeding and sheltering homeless people.
The task force, chaired by city Human Resources Administration commissioner Steve Banks, Housing Preservation and Development commissioner Vicki Been and Laura Mascuch, executive director of the Supportive Housing Network of New York, will help the city expedite the creation of the new housing units, de Blasio said, as it faces high numbers of homeless people living in city shelters and on the streets.
We believe that the solution is always closest to the issue.We remain an important resource for youth now, when RTA passes and an effective model of how to treat young people in the midst of RTA,» said Christian M. Philemon, Executive Director, Youth Shelter Program of Westchester.
«With shelters at the breaking point and emergency homeless services on the chopping block, this is not the time to be giving millionaires another tax break,» said Mary Brosnahan, the executive director of the Coalition for the Homeless.
«School kids living in homeless shelters must contend with unimaginable levels of stress and hardship, and are at a tremendous disadvantage when trying to keep up with their housed peers in class,» said DAVE GIFFEN, Executive Director of the Coalition for the Homeless, the nation's oldest advocacy and direct service organization helping homeless men, women and children.
Alex Zablocki, director of community relations for DHS, said there had only been two arrests in the area of the shelter since it opened six months ago and that the apartment has 24 - hour security and a strict 10 p.m. curfew.
«You're giving $ 10 million to one of the most mismanaged board of directors,» Zelda Penzel of S.O.S. Save Our Shelter Animals said.
She said the presence of young directors like Green and Jeff Nichols («Take Shelter,» «Mud») in the city brings a whole new generation of recognition.
I don't think it's an exaggeration to say this is shaping up to be a very important partnership between director and actor, already having produced one film — the fiery, apocalyptic «Take Shelter» — nearly as impressive as any collaboration between, for example, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro.
The nominees could very well end up being the same as Director (Beginners, The Descendants, Drive, Shame, and Take Shelter), though I'd say at least one gets upended by the likes of Like Crazy, Rampart, or The Tree of Life.
Director: Patty Jenkins Cast: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Danny Huston, Elena Anaya, David Thewlis, Said Taghmaoui, Ewen Bremmer, Lucy Davis with Robin Wright and Connie Nielsen Plot: Diana (Gadot) is a mythical Amazonian, a female warrior race designed to fight war, only Diana discovers that their island shelters them from the biggest war there is.
Barbara Duffield, policy director for the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, said that while many school districts across the country are collaborating with shelters to arrange housing and services for homeless students, Maplewood Richmond Heights has gone one step further and committed resources to provide housing.
«We were delighted to have had a Garage Sale for Shelter in nearly 100 locations stretching from British Columbia to Nova Scotia,» says Shanan Spencer - Brown, Royal LePage Shelter Foundation executive director.
«When the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation first introduced this unique fundraising initiative, the response was immediate and overwhelming,» says Shanan Spencer - Brown, executive director of the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation.
«I'm inspired by the generosity of our agents and brokers who donate items to our auctions, creating an exciting and competitive atmosphere, all for a good cause,» says Shanan Spencer - Brown, executive director of the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation.
«We were pleased to welcome the director of our local shelter to this year's event,» says Mitchell, a sales representative with Royal LePage Meadowtowne Realty.
«This category is very important because one of the No. 1 reasons pets are surrendered to shelters is due to behavioral issues, namely excessive chewing and potty accidents,» says Tara Whitehead, director of marketing and communications for MidWest Homes for Pets.
«PetSafe is proud to support the lifesaving work happening in animal shelters across the country,» Jim Tedford, PetSafe director of animal welfare initiatives, said.
«Pet Food Express has entrenched themselves into the community, bringing a second - to - none approach in support of local area animal rescues, shelters and pet adoptions that truly showcases their love of pets and commitment to the well being of all pets,» said Brad Bushong, sales director of WellPet, when asked what has made Pet Food Express so successful.
«As we took crisis calls and spoke with survivors we noticed that fear for the lives of pets was a common barrier that prevented families from seeking safety at our shelter,» said Carissa Bratschun, director of communication and marketing for DVIS.
«Until more people spay and neuter their pets and we reduce the number of animals entering shelters, the Rescue Waggin» program will continue to be a resource for shelters working to change the fate of homeless dogs in their communities,» says Susanna Della Maddalena, executive director of PetSmart Charities, Inc..
«Once the Red Cross sets up an evacuation location, we're asked to assist with pets by setting up a temporary, onsite shelter, since animals often aren't allowed in the evacuation site,» says Sarah Thompson, director of corporate adoption partnerships with SDHS, who led operations at the evacuation site for the Potrero Border Fire in June.
«First and foremost, it is the responsibility of a pet or animal owner to evacuate and shelter their own animals,» says Daniel E. DeSousa, DAS deputy director.
«With three to four million pets still euthanized across the nation each year, we created the Rescue Waggin» program to help shelters achieve their goals of getting more adoptable pets placed into good homes — wherever those homes may be,» says Susana Della Maddalena, Executive Director of PetSmart Charities.
«We want people to understand what they want in a dog and what will work in their lifestyle rather than going into a shelter and saying, «I want a black Lab,»» said Stephen Bardy, Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando's executive director to ABC News.
Nancy Atwater, executive director and founding board member of Tulsa - based Spay Oklahoma, says that the problem of intact release of shelter pets can not be overstated.
«Our goals — and the laws — are that people provide their animals with food, water, shelter, and veterinary care,» says Daniel DeSousa, DAS deputy director.
«At first we were overwhelmed at the prospect of accepting over 1,000 items into our cramped animal shelter,» said Tiffiny Koback, shelter director at the Saskatoon SPCA, «but it's given us amazing momentum.
So, whether you are a shelter director, city official, organizational board member, rescuer, advocate or volunteer, as they say: «Watch this space.»
«Its a matter of priorities,» said Lonnie Strickland, director of the county's health and general services, who oversees the animal shelter.