Sentences with phrase «volunteer efforts have made»

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For example, one program awards young adults who have made an impact within their communities through volunteering and fundraising efforts with the «Youth Ambassador» award.

-- This institution will make every effort to battle such reprehensible fundamentalist violence to ensure that such horrors are not repeated anywhere (even if that means Muslims volunteering — NOT protesting — to be ethnically profiled, as terrible as that would normally be in times of peace, at airports, to help catch the murderers).

SB Nation's making an effort to make sure we are not asking volunteers to do the work of contractors, which is good, but there is room for people who just want to pop in occasionally and write something without any sort of obligation, and I'm happy to have contributions like that.

I am pleased to report that thanks to your volunteer efforts, we have begun to make progress in our national campaign to reduce premature birth.

Mass Audubon worked with the Student Conservation Association, an AmeriCorps trail crew and led a volunteer effort to make sense of the existing trail network and simplify it so the visitor has a high - quality trail experience.

Since that time, the Auxiliary has directly impacted the children and families of Five Acres through various volunteer projects and fundraising efforts, including support for the Five Acres Group Home, Solita, the Annual Benefit Gala, holiday and dinner events such as making custom Easter baskets, shopping for holiday gifts and being «Christmas Angels for the boys.

Kathleen Tanner, Executive Director of Equinox, said: «I would like to thank Governor Paterson for recognizing the truly amazing efforts of our volunteers who come back year after year to make Thanksgiving Day special for so many people throughout the Capital District.

«It is wonderful to see that Queens has so many civic - minded residents who are willing to volunteer their time and effort to help make the diverse communities that make up «The World's Borough» better places to live, work and visit,» said Borough President KATZ.

«The de Blasio campaign has made about half a million phone calls so far, and held nearly 1,000 campaign events — ranging from volunteer meetings, voter registration efforts, canvasses and phone banks,» said spokesman Dan Levitan.

Part of my argument admittedly focuses on highly personal values, such as my concern that collective online creations like Wikipedia have made the Web less expressive by absorbing the efforts of hordes of volunteer authors into an overly regularized scheme.

Initial effort of mapping volunteerism, largely supported by United Nation Volunteers (UNV), have been made in a limited number of developing countries.

Today, the program has trained thousands of student volunteers in 11 states who make up a growing effort that relies on kids from third grade up to track, input data, and reporting it.

Many of these children have been placed in stable, loving homes through the efforts of volunteers from the community who make up the Judicial Citizen Review Board.

This is volunteer work that can be done from many miles away whenever I have a spare moment at the computer, and until time allows me to get more «hands on» with volunteer efforts I'm so happy to be making a small difference for cats from the comfort of my own couch!

K9Kastle exists because of the remarkable devotion of a handful (well, a polydactyl handful) of devoted volunteers, each of whom has compelling day jobs that almost never interfere with their commitment to the rescue efforts each makes.

When Veal began volunteering there, she was impressed by the efforts staff make to adopt out the animals brought in by animal control, and she says the shelter rarely has to euthanize animals for space.

Volunteers scour websites for lost and found pets in an effort to make matches by Lisa L. Colangelo, New York Daily News A week - old program designed to reunite lost pets with their owners has already gotten results.

We owe an additional debt of gratitude to the elected officials, shelter and enforcement leadership, veterinary partners, staff and volunteers, and everybody else whose tireless efforts have made these programs successful beyond all expectations.

We will make every effort to grant every tour request, but we are all volunteers and there might be times when we do not have volunteer staff available for the day / time you request!

We make every effort to check applications and respond as quickly as possible, but please remember we are all volunteers who have full - time jobs, children, and our own pets to care for.

Since 1987, Brickbottom residents have volunteered their time, energy and effort to make the Brickbottom Artists Association what it is today - a vital community arts organization in Boston's contemporary art scene.

«We have bought search terms on search engines like Google to make it easier for people to find out more about our efforts in the Gulf and make it easier for people to find key links to information on filing claims, reporting oil on the beach and signing up to volunteer,» BP spokesman Toby Odone told ABC News.

«In response to the natural disaster that has befallen the gulf coast region, LexBlog would like to help by making our services available for free to both those law firms impacted by the hurricane and the various groups and agencies lawyers are supporting through their volunteer efforts.

The award recognizes the Realtor who has made their mark in their community and the real estate industry through volunteer efforts and leadership.

The award is given to an individual who has demonstrated commitment and dedication as an association volunteer and who has also made significant impact on their community through various volunteering efforts.

«Despite the weather, all of the volunteers were having fun and showed what a difference just 20 minutes of effort can make in the community for everyone.»

To make their efforts for Ethiopia more efficient and productive, in 2014 the Rays began a partnership with the New Covenant Foundation, a Christian mission organization based in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, that has staff and volunteers in Ethiopia.

She was the first Peace Corps intern, where she supported the organization's efforts to make a difference in the lives of people in Africa, and has tutored autistic and inner city youth as a community volunteer.