Sentences with phrase «supporting a living community»

That clay contains so little energy in the form of nutrients that it should be incapable of supporting a living community.

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Recent advances in the technology are proving that drones can deliver potentially life - saving support to communities in need.

Organizations are recognized as good community citizens when they support programs that improve the quality of life in their community, including crime prevention, employment, environmental programs, clean - up and beautification, recycling, and restoration.

Richards and Karp advise those who support Planned Parenthood's mission to be more vocal and visible than before, using the #TechStandsWithPP hashtag to share stories about how Planned Parenthood has touched their lives and communities.

It's a responsibility McCain takes seriously, investing in programs such as school breakfasts, Christmas toy drives and other supports for families who live in McCain communities.

Cold Stone also supports community projects, working closely with Best Buddies, a nonprofit that helps people with disabilities to secure jobs and live independently.

My colleague Leslie Doolittle, assistant dean and director of academic support services at Bentley, has found that many millennials consider central to their lives the following priorities: family, friends and making a difference in their community.

In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed $ 440 million to charitable and not - for - profit organizations and volunteered more than 6.8 million hours of service to local communities since 2000.

Eighteen student survivors from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting and founders of the #NeverAgain movement have sent a letter to the business community asking for support for the March for Our Lives and their efforts to put an end to gun violence in the U.S.

The communities and individuals B Strong and Delivering Good have supported come from all backgrounds and walks of life.

The North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce is a not for profit organization comprised of businesses, professionals, and other community groups working together to ensure a sustainable local economy that supports a true live, work and play community.

At Franklin Templeton Investments, we strive to be recognized as a responsible global corporate leader, working to support and enrich the social, economic and educational wellbeing of the communities where we live, work and do business.

As part of our commitment to enhancing the communities where our employees live and work, Franklin Templeton supports nonprofit organizations through a variety of programs, with an emphasis on supporting causes that our important to our employees.

The spring 2014 Impact8 cohort will also be supported by Saint Elizabeth, with a special focus on innovations that empower individuals to be in control of their health and well - being, enabling living and aging well at home and in the community.

Wright - Lacy urged corporate America to increase its use of minority - owned businesses because, by promoting supplier diversity, these corporations are helping to support the economic base of the communities in which they live, work and do business.

Passenger trains could be established to several communities around southern Wisconsin, said Wolfe, who lives near Waunakee and is president of ProRail, a nonprofit organization supporting passenger rail.

It took 12 years for sterile surgery to gain major support in the medical community and the main catalyst was Joseph Lister performing live surgeries with none of his patients developing post-surgery infections.

Conservation International and Starbucks have partnered to help improve the lives of at least 1 million people in coffee communities around the world through giving away hearty coffee trees and sharing resources through Starbucks Farmer Support Centers.

As they age, and given that folks are living longer today than any point in history, there is going to be massive demand for skilled nursing, assisted living, and independent living (Senior Community) facilities as well as all the square footage for offices to support those networks.

Thanks to a collaboration between Haskayne School of Business students and the Information Technologies team, the campus community can now use a new live chat feature to speak with IT Support Centre (ITSC) agents Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekends and stat holidays by visiting ucalgary.ca / it.

Together, we are dedicated to supporting service members and their families in their transition from military to civilian life, and to fostering a spirit of connection and understanding between the civilian and military communities.

«Southwest is committed to connecting people to what's important in their lives, and we are honored to provide All Hands and Hearts travel support which helps connect staff and volunteers to communities affected by disaster.»

Given the significant impact of the storm on Houston's Jewish community, and Taube Philanthropies» focus on sustaining Jewish life, $ 100,000 of the foundation's grant will support Jewish community needs.

Ideally, marriage enhances the life of a man and a woman by providing them with a community of caring and sharing, of stability and support, of nurture and welfare.

You'd think that I'd focus on Dianah explaining how the pain of her dislocated hip threatened to keep her out of school until the ministry of Africa New Life found her a surgeon, a new hip, a community nurse named Rebecca who oversees her recovery and physical therapy plan, all of her school fees and complete support to keep her in high school full time.

It looks upon the daily work to support one's family and to improve the life of the community as an obligation as important as prayer.

If a minister is fortunate enough to live in one of the eighty - two communities (in thirty - two states) in which there is a local Council on Alcoholism, he should support its work as well as encourage his parishioners to do so.

I setup a life in which I could manage my alcoholism and surrounded myself with a «community» of other alcoholics as a support group.

The acquisition of material wealth was certainly on the agenda too, but the primary purpose was to create a community that would support an ethical and spiritual life.

I therefore hope to encourage all Christians on the island, to support everyone who lives here, and to lead the Church in its work of caring for people in every community.»

Within that tradition, both in its political and ecclesial expression, authority is a way of ordering power within a community in such a way that, at one and the same time, it supports and augments common beliefs and ways of life and is regularly and harmoniously conjoined with a structure of offices that gives order to the exercise of authority and power within the particular society in question.

Others are prepared to surrender their individual determination of their lives if they can find community support and authoritative leadership.

When this happens, the aggressively masculine stance and the dislike of women's having their part and place in the affairs of the world — and in religious communities, the refusal to give women a full share in the communities» life and in their ordained ministry — are taken to be supported by the cosmic order and hence given a divine force in human affairs.

Gays and lesbians live in your community, paying taxes, supporting schools, falling in love and forming families - just like heteros.exuals.

Through the efforts of President George W. Bush and the support of the faith community, that number is now up to 4 million Africans are on these life saving drugs.»

Community groups such as SPUC, LIFE and the Good Counsel Network are some of the agencies who provide alternatives to abortion including social, material, psychological and spiritual support for the woman during pregnancy and afterwards.

In light of this, can it be agreed that a study of theology that takes place, as at Steubenville, alongside a firm spiritual practice (Mass, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, traditional Marian and other devotions) and a clear moral stance (students living celibate lives supported by households and communities) is a necessary part of a strategy for Catholic theology?

It was the schooling in local self - government and the institutions so developed back in the hills and valleys of ancient Palestine that gave the uprooted Jews immediately a social organism able to withstand the shock of exile and to support and adapt the community in its struggle to live in an alien environment.

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.

Responsible opinion agrees that AA and the therapeutic communities are the most effective agencies around for enabling alcoholics and drug abusers to live their lives without chemical support.

This may look like working within the community as a partner, it may look like supporting active work, it may look like participating in a big life - changing way, foster care advocacy, it may look like writing to our government, employment, opportunity, friendship, or perhaps protesting or participating, it may look like advocating for these changes and opportunities at the highest levels of government.

Not only the leadership, but the rationale and philosophies of the reinforced family, the supporting community, the corrective living experience, come through with theological as well as sociological bases in these programs.

By affirming the importance of surrounding and supporting communities to poor children and children whose home life is in disarray, the Kauai study challenges us to reflect on what might be done to shore up, or at least to avoid damaging, these structures.

But it does seem clear to me that we need to begin with a vision of a world community (1) consisting of a population within the biological carrying capacity of the planet (2) organized politically and economically in ways that provide to all human beings equal access to the means of material fulfillment and (3) organized technologically in ways that (4) neither exhaust essential natural resources of earth nor (5) upset the delicate balances of nature which make the environment capable of supporting life.

Homeboy Industries provides hope, training and support to formerly gang - involved and previously incarcerated men and women allowing them to redirect their lives and become contributing members of the community.

Holistic life connections is not about starting or tweaking any church program or ministry, but rather abandoning the whole sinking ship, and joining with community groups that already exist, not as a way to support and prop up «the church,» but for the purpose of being the church.

This latest attack will not make their lives any easier, particularly for those who live outside strong Catholic communities of support.

Bishop Philip added: «The people who participate often live in community; they're well - supported, well - supervised and cared for by congregations, and so they're able to serve and explore vocation in the context of loving community.»

The charity also supported local partners to rebuild schools, repair damaged water systems, help communities restore their means of making a living and prepare for future disasters.

The church as a living community of forgiveness, mutual support and common memory is always the context of Christian life and thought.