Sentences with phrase «support of a small family»

This means there is a lot more selection for the end customer within a store that still gives the specialized customer support of a small family owned store.

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In other words, over the next five years, this government is planning to spend more money on income splitting for a small number of well off families, a promise made during the 2011 election, than on supporting economic growth and job creation through new spending on research and infrastructure and lowering taxes on investment.

Not long ago, male clergy with a traditional family who were serving a small - to medium - sized congregation might have expected the conservative wing of their denomination to support them.

It is a small book, and the supporting sociological evidence is mainly referenced in the footnotes, but Greeley does propose evidence that, among other things, Catholics have, compared to non-Catholics, a significantly higher appreciation of the arts and high culture; they have more satisfaction and fun in sex; they better understand the uses of leisure; they have a deeper and more stable relationship to family and community; they have a greater respect for the life of the mind, with educational achievements reflecting that respect; and they understand the nuanced connections between freedom and authority.

In the same way that the energy industry today is mistakenly identified with «Big Oil» (Exxon, Chevron, et al.), when it is in fact conducted predominantly by smaller independent companies most readers will have never heard of, modern capitalism is not largely the purview of Apple and Walmart, but rather of small, privately owned businesses with less than one hundred employees providing services or products the public wants or needs in order to support the families of the owners and provide jobs for their workers.

So, as I read from your posts, I imagine for your family, a very natural setting were two people together with their child, tell each other what they believe in, in front of a small group of best friends, to celebrate life, love, trust, support and care with their friends and especially the 3 of you.

Our chips come from Colombia where they provide income for some of the smaller growers and employment for local people - including a number of widowed women who have to support their families.

Coffee farmers, particularly small producers, are ultimately in the business of growing coffee to support their families.

The following principles guide and define our approach to learning and teaching: • Every child is capable and competent • Children learn through play, investigation, inquiry and exploration • Children and adults learn and play in reciprocal relationships with peers, family members, and teachers • Adults recognize the many ways in which children approach learning and relationships, express themselves, and represent what they are coming to know • Process is valued, acknowledged, supported, nurtured and studied • Documentation of learning processes acts as memory, assessment, and advocacy • The indoor and outdoor environments, and natural spaces, transform, inform, and provoke thinking and learning • School is a place grounded in the pursuit of social justice, social responsibility, human dignity and respect for all THE CREFELD SCHOOL 8836 Crefeld Street Philadelphia, PA 19118 215-242-5545 www.crefeld.org 7th - 12th grade The Crefeld School is a small, independent, coeducational school, serving approximately 100 students in grades 7 - 12.

It wasn't until we finally became free that I started seeing success in my own personal life — a solid position as a freelance writer to help support my family was only a small part of the positive changes we've been through.

I primarily support small businesses, most of whom are mom - run and / or very small family run businesses.

His current practice focuses on the resolution of prenatal, birth and other early trauma and stressand developing teachable methods of supporting families and small groups of adults.

He has developed approaches that support families and small groups of adults to efficiently and safely evolve into harmonic resonance and co-regulated states while supporting individuation and differentiation at the same time.

But only a small percentage of students at the school qualify for free or reduced - price meals based on family income and apparently fewer still choose to pay for the federally supported food.

There are lots of national and smaller, locally run organisations and charities that do equal work in not only the prevention of stillbirth, miscarriage and neonatal death, but also in supporting the families affected (MAMA academy, Tommys, Kicks Count to name a few) but it was SANDS that supported us and our local hospital.

We offer the following packages that allow you take advantage of all that postpartum doula support can offer your family with a small savings off the per - hour cost.

By conducting regular face - to - face Circle meetings, Rachel has educated and supporting hundreds of North County San Diego Families, turning a small group into a thriving community.

Researchers supporting co-parenting identified a number of fundamental methodological flaws of recent studies that challenge co-parenting of infants and young children: the failure to interview both parents, small and non-representative samples and use of unreliable and invalid measures, and the fact that even these studies have actually found no significant differences in child outcomes in single versus co-parenting families.

One of my hopes for the future is to live off grid and be able to have our small business grow enough to be able to support our family as the sole income source.

«I will prioritize passing meaningful ethics reform, supporting our middle class families and small business owners, fighting tirelessly for better public education, and providing the residents of our district with the resources and services that they deserve.»

«I am proud to have the support from Working Families Party because our values of fighting for the hardworking families of Western New York are very much aligned,» Small said in a stFamilies Party because our values of fighting for the hardworking families of Western New York are very much aligned,» Small said in a stfamilies of Western New York are very much aligned,» Small said in a statement.

Always proud of her ties to Queens, Ferraro introduced the borough to the rest of the country in her 1984 convention speech, telling how schoolchildren pass by subway stops on their way to school, residents hang flags on Grand Avenue on the Fourth of July and small businesses «take pride in supporting their families through hard work and initiative.»

The employment minister, Nick Boles, said: «People have the right to expect that services on which they and their families rely are not going to be disrupted at short notice by strikes that have the support of only a small proportion of union members.

«The choice for Republicans is clear: they can keep Richard Hanna, who votes to raise taxes, to extend U.S. debt to economically dangerous levels by voting with Obama, Reid and Pelosi to raise the debt ceiling while bankrupting our nation, or they can choose a commonsense Republican like me who has a proven record of voting to reduce taxes, voting against the implementation of Obamacare in New York, votes against funding an illegal database (including ammunition database) against legal gun owners, voting against increasing our debt ceiling in New York and supports countless initiatives to reduce the burdens of government red tape on individuals and small businesses, including family farms,» Tenney said.

According to GRM Daily, the GoFundMe page was created «to give close friends, family and colleagues an opportunity to also support with messages or small donation to support our dear brother, friend, father, son, uncle as he endures the biggest challenge of his life after suffering a Stroke at home.»

«I'm grateful for the continued outpouring of support for our re-election campaign across the district, and across our state for our campaign to make Washington work for North Country small business owners, our veterans, our farmers and for our families,» said Rep. Stefanik in a statement.

«We are proud to have the support of Lower Manhattan families and small business owners who know that the only way to truly save the South Street Seaport is to invest in its future,» he said.

«From standing against Common Core to supporting responsible, bipartisan gun safety reforms while protecting our Second Amendment rights, I will continue to work hard on behalf of North Country families and small businesses.»

He added that the community should not only support local small businesses, but also the «thousands of working class — the vendors in the streets — that make a living and support their families.»

While the specific details of the tax framework are still being worked out, the Congressman will support any plan that is good for Western New York families and for small businesses.»

With the support of her rodent - tolerant family, she studied the effects of varying thyroid hormone levels on the physical characteristics of a small rat colony she housed in her living room.

New Ph.D. researchers with «stronger academic ability,» as indicated by having received university support in the form of a fellowship or assistantship or by having at least one parent with a college degree (which, especially in poor or middle - income countries, places the family among an educated class that is much smaller than in a rich country) are likelier to stay than those who lack these presumed correlates of academic strength.

«We teach and support our small family farmers with regenerative, USDA organic and ethical farming practices, paying them whether their crops flourish or fail,» explains Amy Keller, Director of Education and Training.

From our research the coconut nectar produced by these brands also supports the work of small family owned farms who employ sustainable farming practices.

The Weston A. Price foundation and many small family farms are promoting a return to this way of farming and living that supports the health of the animals, the people who eat them, the land, and our future.

«Mental illness is best handled with the support of family, friends, and professionals, but there are also small steps individuals can take to encourage a happy, healthy mind, and one of those is eating mood - boosting foods and enjoying them in good company,» says Judy.

FaithBridge partners with local churches to create independent foster care ministries around a small group model, called the Community of CareSM, which provides foster families with unparalleled support.

Through AFI's Narrative Labs project, with support from the Sundance Institute and New York's Cinereach organization (which has also helped produce small, memorable films from Citizenfour to Beasts Of The Southern Wild), Howe was able to complete Gabriel, which stars Rory Culkin as a young man navigating a mental illness that distances him from his caring and frustrated family, and leads him on an increasingly desperate quest throughout the film.

Due mostly to the busy schedules of the actors during its production, the fourth season followed one character of the Bluth family for one episode with other members playing supporting or small -LSB-...]

A solid supporting cast lends credibility and enough distinction to give their relatively small roles some memorability, which is especially important given the amount of Vanger family that viewers will have to keep track of (the novel had a genealogical table to supply readers a ready reference), as well as their interests and loyalties.

A supporting role in Dolly Dearest certainly isn't among Rip Torn's career high points, but this is a fun low - brow popcorn flick that merges Child's Play and The Exorcist and gains momentum as it builds to a rousing climax in which a family must battle a small army of little girl dolls possessed by an evil Mayan spirit.

It's one small but effective example, Weiss says, of how a school can build relationships with families and support learning at home.

That I am standing here today is due, in no small measure, to the wonderful teachers - formal and informal - I have had in my own life, and to the support I have been given by family, most especially my beloved wife of 54 years, Phoebe.

Building community also means connecting with kids, so United for Success starts and ends each school day with an advisory period, during which a small group of students meet with a particular teacher, creating an in - school family of sorts to support students academically and personally as they navigate the rough waters of adolescence.

Draw upon visual data and field experiences at local museums in order to write a story or draw a picture that explains the changes in family life that occurred when the family no longer had to hunt for food, could be supported on smaller amounts of land, and could acquire surplus food for storage and trading.

Small - group instruction, offering a chance for deeper discussion and usage of vocabulary, is where educators can also provude support with basic vocabulary words, such as household items and terms for family members — words whose meanings EL students already know in their home language, but which they need to label in English.

Recognizing that our students and families have many needs to be met in order to effectively access our educational program, OUMS will provide social / emotional and mental health support, both individually and in small group settings, a nutritional program that couples access to healthy food with a curriculum to support students» awareness of all aspects of health and nutrition.

In 2014, parents of students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income families.6

«If the Trump Administration is seriously committed to a full range of choice, the fact is that most choice programs usually stratify students by race and that this small program to help school districts create voluntary programs to support integrated schools, which have very well documented benefits and many families desire, and should be part of true choice.»

Nearly 20 years ago, Oakland embarked on a deliberate strategy to improve the quality of schools by making them smaller, based on the belief that smaller schools could become more tight - knit communities in which students and families were known well and supported.