Sentences with phrase «trained volunteer members»

The program will place trained volunteer members of the public (Public Navigators) in the courthouse in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia (site of the first pilot) to help self - represented litigants navigate and understand options available to them inside and outside the court system for resolving their legal issue.

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A support person may be a paid professional, a volunteer, a family member or a friend of the person with a disability and does not necessarily need to have special training or qualifications.

They are members of a nationwide group known as The Initiative Collective — a volunteer crime prevention outfit that encourages people to fight back against violence using self - defense, armor and theatrics — in addition to doing general good deeds like fundraising, feeding the homeless and offering free martial arts training to anyone who wants it.

One organization that has helped network area churches to prepare for and respond to disasters is the Austin Disaster Relief Network (ADRN), which trains volunteers from member churches in and around Austin, Texas.

Board members are required to complete these trainings, too, plus the training provided by the National Youth Sports Administrators Association (NYSAA), a program created to address the unique needs of volunteer youth sports administrators.

Two trainings will be offered especially for municipal staff and volunteer board and commission members focused on reducing phosphorus pollution in the Charles River and achieving compliance with new stormwater permits.

To achieve that ambitious goal — and attack poverty, of which hunger is a symptom — the food bank also houses Chicago's Community Kitchen, whose unemployed and underemployed students learn the ropes of working in an industrial kitchen, and Pantry University, where member agencies» workers and volunteers will be trained.

Jacqueline trained through Doula Trainings International (DTI), is a volunteer in the newborn nursery at St. David's Medical Center, and is a member of the Central Texas Doula Association.

Training was absolutely vital, both for team members and for the individual neighborhood volunteers they organized.

Four local state lawmakers are drafting legislation that would see the state create less rigorous programs for would - be members of volunteer firefighters who don't join because they don't have the time for the extensive training the state requires of full - fledged firefighters.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders» campaign is hoping for an upset victory over Hillary Clinton in the upcoming Iowa caucuses, and to that end has quietly assembled an extensive ground game with 100 paid staff members and trained volunteer leaders for each of the state's 1,681 caucus precincts.

It will mean the 23,500 magistrates in England and Wales - who receive training but are volunteer members of the community - get substantial new powers.

Thomas Brown, also a member of Indivisible Western Ulster, led the Ellenville canvass training and shares, «In 12 years of organizing I have never seen a day of action, with such terribly cold weather — the wind chill never rose above 10F — but volunteers eagerly walked their turfs — and came back full of enthusiasm.»

The facility, at the intersection of Neighborhood Road and Diana Drive, will include training rooms and help volunteer members serve Mastic Beach residents more efficiently, officials said.

As the days draw closer to the public opening of the hospital, 2,400 of those staff members, including 350 physicians and 400 volunteers, are going through extensive training on the protocol and operations that will go into effect at Oishei.

But by gathering images from over 1,000 trained volunteers and from members of the public snapping pics with smartphones across the country, the MegaMovie project will capture the full 90 - minute duration of the solar eclipse as it crosses the continental United States.

We simplify the problem by only using the marker positions to assess whether the volunteer correctly assigned the classification «LENS» or «NOT» after viewing (blindly) a member of the training set of subjects.

The NASA Nationwide Consortium invited NASA Speakers Bureau members and other agency affiliates to join the volunteer networks in the professional development trainings to give them access to the most recent science results, presentation materials, and resources.

She is certified in both basic and advanced yoga teaching through the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers, where she was a volunteer staff member for 6 years, assisting in Yoga Teacher Training programs and various other duties.

Initially, run and staffed by mums and dads, school committees, volunteers and members of parent - teacher associations, before and after school care programs are now required by law to be staffed with childcare trained and qualified professionals with current first aid certificates and anaphylaxis training.

Maker VISTA members serve year - long in high - need communities across the nation to build capacity and impact through partnership development, volunteer facilitation, resource creation, educator training, and much more.

Bolstered by a federal grant, the tutoring project put AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers in district schools starting in 1998 to coordinate the work of hundreds of trained community members.

The purpose of this funding is to focus on underrepresented and under - resourced communities to educate students about civic engagement, public speaking, and communication skills through teacher and community member training and volunteer student mentoring of other students.

One of our staff members volunteered to train and assist the team as well as individual teachers with using all electronic RtI components.

Training will be provided in a way that best suits the duties of employees, volunteers and other staff members.

In addition to our full time team members, our team has at least 75 professional responders around the country with highly trained response team leaders and dedicated volunteers working to further Code 3's mission.

After we review your candidacy for the Foster Program, a member of our staff will contact you regarding next steps, the first is to prepare for training by reading the Foster Manual and watching our virtual volunteer orientation.

Inside ride members of the HSUS Animal Rescue Team, South Carolina director Kimberly Kelly, trained volunteers from 14 states, and staff from the Humane Society of Charlotte (North Carolina).

They offer training for community members to be in - home wildlife rehabilitators, and offer teens a volunteer opportunity to feed baby birds.

These dogs are quickly identified and either trained by the 5 members of the behavior staff or by a highly trained volunteer to help ready them for a home.

Oxbow Rescue Program members have special access to literature, training materials, and nutritional guidance to help train staff, volunteers and adopting families.

Jory is also a founding member of Cocky's Canine PAALS, a student organization in which University of South Carolina students volunteer at the PAALS training school to help walk and groom pups and keep dog housing areas and classrooms in sparkling condition.

Our staff and Board members are volunteers whose time, training, talents, and resources make it possible for us to exist.

Echo Dogs White Shepherd Rescue is an organization of volunteer professionals dedicated to saving white German shepherd dogs from mistreatment and unnecessary death simply because they are unwanted and unloved, providing them with a safe, secure foster home, where they receive necessary veterinary care and behavioral training and matching them with families that are committed to providing a safe, loving home environment for their canine family member.

Sarah Rogers (right) gives Cat Town staff member, Marie (left) and volunteer, Mae (center) a training on our Forgotten Kitten Project.

Members of the group attended the volunteer training for the shelter, and have quickly become treasured members of the shelter's volunteeMembers of the group attended the volunteer training for the shelter, and have quickly become treasured members of the shelter's volunteemembers of the shelter's volunteer team.

«Guide dog» shall mean a dog which has been or is being raised or trained to provide assistance to a blind or deaf person, including but not limited to a dog that has been or is being raised or trained by a volunteer puppy raiser or staff member of an organization generally recognized as being involved in the rehabilitation of the blind or deaf and reputable and competent to provide dogs with specialized training.

Training staff, interns, and volunteers is a key part of THL's strategy of helping to grow the animal advocacy movement by increasing the number of committed, trained, animal advocates.189 THL has large and structured volunteer, intern, and campus outreach programs designed in part to help participants become better advocates ready for positions of greater responsibility.190, 191 THL also tries to promote professional development among staff through structured training for managers and opportunities to attend relevant conferences and trainings.192 THL tells us that they try to promote from within as much as possible, and we have observed this in several cases.193 In our conversations with staff, we heard that while staff, interns, and volunteers all have opportunities for training and skill development, such opportunities tend to be much less structured for staff and more reliant on the staff member to take the initiative, which may lead to less overall grTraining staff, interns, and volunteers is a key part of THL's strategy of helping to grow the animal advocacy movement by increasing the number of committed, trained, animal advocates.189 THL has large and structured volunteer, intern, and campus outreach programs designed in part to help participants become better advocates ready for positions of greater responsibility.190, 191 THL also tries to promote professional development among staff through structured training for managers and opportunities to attend relevant conferences and trainings.192 THL tells us that they try to promote from within as much as possible, and we have observed this in several cases.193 In our conversations with staff, we heard that while staff, interns, and volunteers all have opportunities for training and skill development, such opportunities tend to be much less structured for staff and more reliant on the staff member to take the initiative, which may lead to less overall grtraining for managers and opportunities to attend relevant conferences and trainings.192 THL tells us that they try to promote from within as much as possible, and we have observed this in several cases.193 In our conversations with staff, we heard that while staff, interns, and volunteers all have opportunities for training and skill development, such opportunities tend to be much less structured for staff and more reliant on the staff member to take the initiative, which may lead to less overall grtraining and skill development, such opportunities tend to be much less structured for staff and more reliant on the staff member to take the initiative, which may lead to less overall growth.194

A staff member or trained volunteer interacts with the dog in a number of highly positive ways, including:

Sam also provides behavior consults for two local shelters and numerous rescue groups, provides seminars to the shelter and rescue staffs and volunteers on topics ranging from Canine Communication and Behavior, Establishing Playgroups for Shelter Dogs, Pre and Post Adoption Support, Owner Surrender Prevention and others, has been asked to become a member of the fledgling company MyPetzLife, has been asked to conduct webinars for Petfinder, is the first resource for the Best Friends Animal Society NYC Programs group, provides volunteer training prior to each annual Best Friends Super Adoption event and is a Best Friends Animal Society Recommended Trainer.

Familiarizing all staff, volunteers, and board members with the humane education department's role in the agency, and involving experienced education staff in agency trainings about handling teachable moments with the public, can go a long way in unifying an agency and projecting a consistent message to the community.

Club members volunteered their time to scrub and re-scrub, repair and paint the walls, and install the necessary fixtures for a dog training club.

We will contact you to clarify any questions we may have and assist in setting up an appointment at a volunteer's home or be invited to an adoption event where a knowledgeable member of our volunteer staff will be available to answer questions about behavior, training, veterinary care, how to deal with introductions to current pets, and anything else you can think of.

She spent more than 10 years volunteering with her local greyhound rescue group, fostering over 60 dogs and helping to develop and implement the group's foster and training & behavior programs, and ultimately sat on the board as a member for several years.

The CGC program is run primarily by behavior staff member Carrie Morris who trains volunteers to get dogs through THEIR training, as well as training 5 dogs herself.

Train staff to be alert to signs of respiratory infection, and provide written and oral instructions for all staff members and volunteers letting them know what to do if they notice a dog with signs of respiratory disease (e.g. don't take that dog for a walk, notify medical staff, post a sign on the dog's run)

When she isn't hard at work turning other people's dogs into well - mannered canine family members, Ann volunteers her time and expertise at the Gulf South Golden Retriever Rescue and Italian Greyhound Rescue Gulf Coast where she counsels adopters on training and behavior.

Given the amount of time dedicated to individual volunteer training, all Ark - Valley paid staff members must be committed.

All volunteers working with animals will experience substantial on - the - job training by knowledgeable staff members and experienced volunteers.

All volunteers must attend an orientation and complete the training program before becoming official members of the volunteer team.