Sentences with phrase «several adoption efforts»

Sister and George have also started the Barnes Family Foundation with the mission of helping people in need, including several adoption efforts here in Alabama.

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During the past year Louisville's news has been dominated by several seemingly disparate issues — the troubled relationship between the police department and the African - American community; efforts to build more mixed - income housing in the city; adoption of a regional plan intended to moderate suburban sprawl; disagreement about the number and location of proposed new Ohio River bridges linking Louisville and southern Indiana; a campaign to attract high - tech business to the downtown area; and a lively election campaign around the issue of a city - county merger.

In one instance, a third - grade student, who has been enrolled in the school's gifted program for several years, has studied the subject of dogs, including how to assist in adoption efforts at shelters.

He concluded, «Despite all the money and effort devoted to developing the Common Core State Standards — not to mention the simmering controversy over their adoption in several states — the study foresees little to no impact on student learning.»

Several states leading the adoption and deployment of SWZ Project Coordination efforts have been identified and information on their practices and points of contact are available.

Intel has revised and revisited its mobile strategy several times in the last decade, but regardless of their efforts they have yet to see any real adoption from major handset and tablet vendors.

All of Ellen's photos, which she spends several hours editing each week, are used on our website, social media outlets, and printed materials like our yearly fundraiser calendar in efforts to promote adoptions — something that she says is near and dear to her heart.

He volunteers his time to several worthwhile animal causes and works tirelessly toward a goal of seeing Clay County as a no - kill county through spay / neuter and adoption efforts.

In an effort to reduce the number of unwanted cats and dogs in Seminole County, the animal control board has proposed several changes to the county's pet sterilization and adoption policies.Commissioners are expected to approve today the first of the changes, a uniform $ 35 adoption fee for cats and dogs adopted from the animal control shelter at Five Points on U.S. Highway 17 - 92 in Sanford.

Thanks to the efforts of local advocates, several Fairfield County, Connecticut pet stores have signed The Humane Society of the United States» puppy friendly pet store pledge — committing not to sell puppies, but instead support local animal adoption programs and provide literature that helps customers learn how to locate a reputable breeder.

For the California market, we continued our efforts to develop and test new, innovative carbon offset methodologies, several of which are being considered for adoption by the California Air Resources Board (ARB).