Sentences with phrase «underprivileged children»

The Spokes Group provides bicycles and helmets for underprivileged children for Christmas in the Charleston area.

The school is funded primarily by Asha for Education, a grant - giving organization dedicated to improving basic education for underprivileged children in India, and the Association for India's Development (AID), as well as individual charitable donations.

The purpose of this day is «to bring the community together through an easy and memorable event that allows adults to mentor, give back and share time and hope with underprivileged children living in our nearby communities (cities include South Central Los Angeles, Compton, Watts and Long Beach).»

Designed to also be a fundraiser for the education of underprivileged children in India, the project acquired millions of visitors worldwide and raised over $ 100k for the cause.

Established the charities ABC Trust and Casa Jimmy, which help underprivileged children in Brazil.

At the VOISE Academy, a Chicago Public Schools campus that opened in fall 2008 with a mission to teach underprivileged children through digital technology, here's what educators did:

Under the provisions of the education tax credit proposed by Cuomo, people and businesses can donate up to $ 1 million to a scholarship fund to send underprivileged children to private schools, or support enhanced programs at public schools.

She was also instrumental in forming the Costa Rica Kids School Sponsorship Program that supports underprivileged children in Costa Rica.

This is a feel - good story about the determination of a humble Japanese - American schoolteacher, Soichi Sakamoto, who barely knew how to swim himself but taught the sport to underprivileged children living on the sugar plantations of Hawaii during the 1930s and 1940s.

In 1911, the property became the Joseph Tilden Bowen Country Club, a fancy name for a summer camp for underprivileged children from Chicago's Hull House.

YGAP has a great use for them in improving the lives of underprivileged children around the world.

Currently, Offerdahl serves on the board for Q2 Holdings, a developer and provider of online banking software and services to community banks and credit unions, and Side by Side Kids, a non-profit that serves underprivileged children in Austin, Texas.

The X-Men star has previously criticised the lack of help for underprivileged children who want to get into the arts, and he has again reiterated his sentiments.

We can give grace by being kind to those who are cruel to us, by anonymously dropping an envelope with cash on the desk of a single mom, by tutoring underprivileged children or by lending our free time to fight injustice.

In 2013, Miller started Von's Vision, a foundation that provides underprivileged children with free eye exams and eyewear.

In Canada alone, more than 400,000 people sponsor underprivileged children through World Vision, raising hundreds of millions of dollars for relief efforts.

Ten years ago she felt prompted by God to reach out to the many local underprivileged children who she saw ending up without an education and on the streets.

An avid jazz fan, Michele became active in mentoring underprivileged children when not busy with her work.

Awarded by the Varkey Foundation, a not - for - profit organisation established to improve the standards of education for underprivileged children globally, the Global Teacher Prize is a US$ 1 million (AU$ 1.26 million) award presented to an exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to their profession.

It signified the Government's investment in the country's more underprivileged children.

A report from the Brookings Institution after the 2012 Chicago strike explained that teacher walkouts have an outsized impact on underprivileged children who can least afford it.

Last year, the day started with a big Kuta beach clean - up and free surf lessons for the Yayasan orphanage, where a group of underprivileged children get to share in the joy of the sea in partnership with odysseys surf school and celebrity instructors.

The reality is that many underprivileged children just need the appropriate medical care to ensure school readiness.»

Stories such as Hemant's, in which underprivileged children gain professional skills that expand their career options, are part of the AIF's overall mission to accelerate social and economic change in India.

Jaago Foundation reaches underprivileged children in rural areas of Bangladesh through the Online School programme that provides learners with high - quality courses through interactive video - conferencing.

He has served as an Emeritus Bencher and Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada, President of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, President of the Empire Club of Canada, chair of the Audit Committee of the CBC, counsel to two Prime Ministers and much more, serving everyone from heads of state to underprivileged children during a storied career.

Through corporate sponsorship, family bonds are strengthened by giving underprivileged children a chance to participate in organized sports that incorporates parental involvement.

The money raised is directed to a campership program allowing underprivileged children to attend resident camp.

Tanja wanted to find a way to help others through her business and she donates part of her profits to Eduki, a foundation that helps to make sure underprivileged children in Gambia are able to go to school — amazing!

Specifically to Camp Morty, a summer retreat that WPF operates for disadvantaged children in the county, he was instrumental to the program's success in providing meaningful outdoor experiences for underprivileged children residing in Westchester County.

He found that single - sex schooling helps to improve academic achievement, with benefits greater for girls than boys, and that underprivileged children derived the most benefit.

Dedicated teachers, many of whom were recruited specifically for their interest in educating underprivileged children, were replaced by rotating groups of short - term substitutes who were often not licensed for their assigned classes.

The foundation began as an effort to promote afterschool athletics in schools serving primarily underprivileged children.

I'm a former teacher in a high - poverty school, and I agree that teachers can't be expected to single - handedly overcome everything that underprivileged children bring with them to school.

KIPP schools — which include a campus on South Carrollton and two in Central City among its nine in New Orleans, as well as 100 other schools in about 20 other states — focus on preparing underprivileged children for a college education, co-founder Mike Feinberg told a Tulane audience in September.

Instead, Fitzhugh said, Trinity Christian operates out of an old strip mall in Fayetteville that houses a K - 12 educational program for largely underprivileged children — and, Fitzhugh said, it's been highly successful, despite challenging conditions, with an approximately 85 percent college attendance rate.

What better way to celebrate the holidays than by helping underprivileged children find a little joy?

Photo Credit: National Corvette Museum Underprivileged children ages 10 - 12 will soon have the opportunity to attend a summer camp, thanks in part to the good - hearted...

After graduation, she hopes to spend some time traveling to teach printmaking techniques to underprivileged children before starting a family and beginning her full - time career as a grade - school art teacher.

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A summer camp for 11 to 15 year old underprivileged children from Boston, New York City, Jersey City and Hartford who would not otherwise have an opportunity to attend summer camp.

The public and Exit agents donated cash or gifts to the worthy cause that gives thousands of underprivileged children across the world a chance to truly enjoy Christmas.

He spoke of his work with The Rotary Club of Boca Raton, mentoring underprivileged children at a charter school and helping them attain a high school diploma.

«Upon receiving my Masters, I want to teach underprivileged children in public schools about the wonders of innovative technology,» writes Zaida Mejia.

Under the provisions of the education tax credit proposed by Cuomo, people and businesses can donate up to $ 1 million to a scholarship fund to send underprivileged children to private schools, or the publicly funded, but privately run, charter schools.

He will replace Johnathon Simons who will now join the Varkey Foundation - a not - for - profit organisation which aims to improve the standards of education for underprivileged children around the world.

He has to «cluster his assets» by joining a regional wind ensemble or a rock band that opens for Bruce Springsteen or tutoring underprivileged children in music or writing a music column for

This study calls into question the notion that providing underprivileged children with computers will automatically raise their academic achievement.