Sentences with phrase «through the volunteer work of»

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«Other kinds of work — be it exercise, a creative hobby, hands - on parenting, or volunteering — will do more to preserve your zest for Monday's challenges than complete vegetation or working through the weekend,» she writes.

I was thinking about this just the other day, when I was in London watching my daughter Holly co-host Britain's first We Day, celebrating the achievements of the 12,000 school kids in attendance, who all earned their tickets through their volunteer work.

We want to raise our kids to see the importance of giving your time through volunteer work as well as giving financially.

Through Jeff's work on the Fund, his volunteer efforts and his role on the Michigan Venture Capital Association's board of directors, his passion for fostering a productive environment for venture capital investment in the State of Michigan is clearly evident.

Phil Soper, president and CEO of Royal LePage, says, «I am extremely proud of the women and men of Royal LePage, for their ongoing financial commitment to our foundation and for the compassion they show through countless hours of volunteer work for the cause.

Working to expand the scope of this movement through direct volunteer recruitment and engagement organizing.

When Hurricane Harvey came through Aransas Pass, he left behind a lot of destruction of homes, businesses, and lives, but in the aftermath, a group of volunteers came in to work hands - on in the community and help it rebuild.

By the way, I would include you descriptions of «two believers go [ing to] volunteer at the homeless shelter, or work [ing] together to raise support and awareness for human trafficking» as mutual edification, since they are helping one another grow at the same time (through their example to one another if nothing else).

Life will never be put on hold for the sake of your timeline, but if you're volunteering, going through personal challenges and working 70 hours a week, you may be setting yourself up for failure by taking on something new.

The strongest evidence on that point appears on the first page of her book, where «Bill,» a member of Grace, talks about his identity as a Christian and an American and about his volunteer work, through the church, at a local shelter for disadvantaged teens.

The work is also freely available in MP3 format as an audiobook through Librivox, a volunteer online project to make out - of - copyright works available in audio format, at Librivox.org.

The work is also freely available in MP3 format as an audiobook through Librivox, a volunteer project to make out - of - copyright works available in audio format, at Librivox.org.

But God ordered his world in such a way that his own work within that world takes place not least through one of his creatures in particular, namely, the human beings who reflect his image... He has enlisted us to act as his stewards in the project of creation... So the objection about us trying to build God's kingdom by our own efforts, though it seems humble and pious, can actually be a way of hiding from responsibility, of keeping one's head well down when the boss is looking for volunteers...» (207).

«Our Boosters logged over 550 volunteer hours preparing for this event,» said Langner,» I am very proud of our club, from the award winning athletes, to the coaches who work tirelessly training the girls, to the parents who always come through in a big way!

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 18 -2-25a (2013) requires the governing authority of each public and nonpublic elementary school, middle school, junior high school and high school, working through guidance approved by the department of health and communicated through the department of education, to do the following: (A) Adopt guidelines and other pertinent information and forms as approved by the department of health to inform and educate coaches, school administrators, youth athletes and their parents or guardians of the nature, risk and symptoms of concussion and head injury, including continuing to play after concussion or head injury; (B) Require annual completion by all coaches, whether the coach is employed or a volunteer, and by school athletic directors of a concussion recognition and head injury safety education course program approved by the department.

But I thought that some of the readers of this blog might interact with those women, professionally or through volunteer work.

The small operating costs are covered by the government (e.g. salaried health workers) and a lot of the work is done by volunteers (who are trained and provided with the materials through the MaMoni project).

Values: • Promoting self - empowerment of individuals, families and communities to achieve self - reliance • Building a foundation of hope, integrity and community pride within staff and volunteers • Working with families through relationships based on shared power and mutual respect • Believing that healthy families nurture successful children and promote thriving communities

Through the work of volunteers, BIC collects donations of new, used and in - need - of repair cloth diapers and cloth diapering accessories, that are then mended, when necessary, and bleach sanitized to package up in bundles of twenty to twenty - four cloth diapers (depending on availability and baby's age) for families that apply.

While we may hail from different towns, counties, states, and even countries, we enjoy frequent opportunities to grow together through attending festivals and celebrations, participating in adult enrichment opportunities, and working in volunteer roles to improve the Waldorf School of Princeton now and for generations to come.

I knew that I had acquired a lot of the experience and knowledge needed through my volunteer work.

I could look back and see all that time, money and volunteer work through the lens of a value exchange.

The planning process, which involved both staff and volunteers, allowed us to reflect on the accomplishments of the past several years, and to generate goals to guide our work through the next five years.

She has been working in the field of adoption for the 20 years professionally and through various volunteer organizations.

In the last month I volunteered, as I try to regularly, at the kitchen of a local homeless shelter; I made a donation to Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger; I brought canned food to a food drive; I continued to work toward improving school food in my district by attending SHAC and Food Services PAC meetings; and I hope I increased awareness of various food policy issues through my writing on The Lunch Tray and The Huffington Post.

An active advocate of human rights, Mandy works to provide community programs through volunteer work.

Volunteers across the country (but particularly in battleground areas) trained in person and online to work in their own communities, downloading «walk lists» of houses to visit in their neighborhoods and placing calls assigned through online «virtual phone - bank» applications.

Ampofo Ankrah, Founder and Navigator of Books and Boots, also works with youth group and organisations through Beach Soccer and the Ghana Volunteers Brigade.

Through Election Day, the labor movement will have hundreds of volunteers working on the Congressman's behalf, and will send out thousands of flyers and mailings.

Emma Travers, 48, and Cindy Vaupel, 42, both of Rockville Centre, established Raising Voices LI after meeting through PTA volunteer work.

Personal Info Birthplace: Staten Island, NY High School: Brooklyn Tech High School (public - requires entrance exam) Higher Education: SUNY New Paltz, University of Buffalo Law School NY19 Connection: Attended SUNY New Paltz, 1970 - 1974; Returned to live in Kingston in 1981 and thereafter moved to Woodstock where he has resided through today Length of Residency in NY19: Kingston, NY and Woodstock, NY since 1983; greater than 34 years Prior Job History: Served as a Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Volunteer working with Native American tribes in Nebraska, Western Nebraska Legal Services attorney between 1977 - 1980; Ulster County Public Defender's Office in the 1980s and early 1990s, Law Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until present.

The non-partisan group which does its research primarily through the work of volunteers, studied meeting minutes of 16 municipal governments — eight from Erie County and eight from Niagara County — for six months starting at the beginning of this year.

Phil Haberstro of the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo, a key volunteer leader of the policy writing team, noted that the work of policy implementation is the next phase of work that is currently being accomplished through the newly formed District Health Council, the Board and the community at large - The public may view the District wellness policy on the Board of Education Web Site or by contacting Sue Ventresca, the Buffalo School District's Director of Health Related Services.

I am speaking of the restaurant owners who supplied us with the wonderful food, the musicians who entertained us all day, and the volunteers who, with their hard work, enabled us to see the day through smoothly.

Then a locust swarm swept through the village she was working in as a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa, and in a few hours it stripped the bark and leaves from hundreds of seedlings she was growing for her forestry project and gobbled almost everything else green in the area.

So I began volunteering: First I met with women's health organizations, and then I eventually started a chapter of WomenHeart - Nashville Music City in Nashville, Tenn., where women who've had heart attacks can help each other work through their diagnoses.

So when I started Bastyr, I coined the term «science - based natural medicine» and year by year we built the school through basically a lot of volunteer work and a lot of hard work with very low salaries.

Year by year we built the school through basically a lot of volunteer work and a lot of hard work with very low salaries.

The programme was established in 2011 as an open platform for business sponsors to work closely with schools through financial commitment and volunteering support for the benefit of their students who lack support and resources.

The best part of meeting people through volunteer work?

SVDCer's are an amazing group of dedicated, energetic and caring single professionals from the Metro DC area who are interested in devoting their time and energy to improving the quality of life in their communities through volunteer work.

Good Deed Dating is an award winning social enterprise working to get more single people volunteering through dating and has beeline of my favourite dating company for a while now!

Young people are able to contribute to the life and work of the school, exercise responsibility as members of communities and offer support to others through the Volunteering section and DofE leadership.

«As a former Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines, New York City teacher, licensed sea captain, and head educator of an ocean classroom prior to coming to HGSE, Timothy O'Brien is a «stealthy leader» who truly embodies the values, energy, and breadth of the Learning and Teaching (L&T) Program through his focus on student work and professional development of teachers,» says Lecturer Sally Schwager, Learning and Teaching program director.

Working in partnership with your school's administration and parent organization, reach out to local entities that can connect your students with college graduates of color through volunteer activities, pen pal programs and college awareness programs.

Those aspects include choosing great books with real characters working their way through real lives; reading the books with support from partners, volunteers, or tutors, a recording of the book, or a resource teacher; talking about books with other readers — confirming what you understand and adding your own insights; writing about books; and extending understanding through artistic response.»

Sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Harvard Alumni Association, the Global Day of Service will work through regional Harvard clubs to match volunteers with local service organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Teen Empowerment, Goodwill, and Hands on Tokyo.

And for this reason, in December after finishing our work as a volunteer in Peru, we will travel through Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Brazil, carrying our spirit of pedagogical love as volunteer and revolutionary wind as liberty, defending human rights: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

VSO, a charity which aims to fight poverty through volunteers, has been working across Asia and Africa to monitor the positive impact that information technology, such as mobile phone apps and text messages, can have on improving the quality of education.

Noha is also the founder of The Mawada Project, an educational social enterprise in the UAE aimed at developing character, compassion, empathy and social responsibility in children and adults through community - service and volunteer work.