Sentences with phrase «volunteer groups in»

United Way of Saginaw County (City, ST) 10/2009 — Present Volunteer Site Leader • Led community building outreach projects throughout Saginaw County • Managed volunteer groups in the construction and repair of local homes • Responsible for team safety, training, resource management, and timely project completion • Provided administrative support to office personnel ensuring effective operations

To promote Greyhound adoption, racetracks developed their own in - house adoption programs or supported volunteer groups in their local areas.

A leader of security volunteer groups in the town said that the community had notified Kaduna State government since last week of strange movements of bandits in the Birnin Gwari through Funtua - Dansadau axis but no action was taken.

We've set up volunteer groups in all 62 counties which is very nice and they're very excited really.

This all - volunteer group in the San Francisco Bay Area believes technology can connect people to the natural world.

Some reflected a student's experience with a specific organization, such as My Brother's Keeper, an organization providing food and clothing for the homeless; Magic Me, a volunteer group in which the teenagers worked with elderly neighbors; and the Canton Police Athletic League, a system of youth recreation centers.

Not exact matches

Not every group is a fit, so I find it works best for me to find a few I really like and get involved in those as a volunteer, board member, etc. - Michelle Garrett, MichelleGarrett.com

The United Health Group did a survey in 2013 and found that 78 % of people who volunteered reported lower levels of stress levels in their lives.

Based on a comparison of the change in subjective well - being of these people and of people from the control group who had no change in their volunteer status, the hypothesis is supported that volunteering is rewarding in terms of higher life satisfaction.

For the study, the researchers split socially anxious volunteers into three groups — one was asked to perform random acts of kindness, one was told to follow the usual course of exposure therapy and force themselves to participate in more social situations, and another was a control group who did nothing special.

Celis became involved with the work of Engineers without Borders Canada, a group of engineers, students and volunteers who use their creativity and problem - solving skills to help communities in Africa, and soon left her job at OPG for a year - long position in Ghana, working with the development systems of local governments.

At around the time maternity leave was expanded, I was volunteering as a leader for a new mothers» discussion group in Kingston, Ont.

When someone wonders whether Mozilla should offer an organized program to help train volunteer developers, this voice quickly chimes in: «Maybe we can find a way to have smaller groups that self - organize and then get together.»

Then, the volunteers were randomly divided into two groups — the ones who would work from home four days a week, and the ones who would remain behind, working in the company's offices.

From volunteer groups to the rooftop garden club, these emerged from the grass roots and play a very important role in creating a higher level of social inclusion, engagement and communication in the office.

As I sat down to record some of the day's happenings there was a small group of students who came outside to watch what was happening in their parking lot as almost 200 volunteers worked together to build a new playground for them.

The Assistance League of St. Louis (ALSL), a nonprofit organization that is entirely volunteer - run, was looking for a strategic technology advisor that could support the group in achieving its mission of making a difference for families in the community.

In May, I was able to attend a Pick Pack Play Day, where over 3,600 pieces of sports equipment were sorted by volunteers from Dr Pepper Snapple Group and Good Sports, and then donated to three...

A group of volunteers helping South Texas rebuild after Hurricane Harvey is in need of a place to stay.

The volunteer group All Hands and Hearts has been in the area since September 2017 helping victims of Hurricane Harvey.

Under bright sunny skies, 225 volunteers from Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Burger King and the community gathered in front of an empty field that would soon be transformed.

While the volunteers worked, a small group of children participated in activities inside, including designing their own playground stickers, which they shared with volunteers at the end of the day.

Having worked with volunteers and parents through running a Public Access Television Station and various parent groups, in addition to being a Certified Trainer with The Success...

So in an effort to be present and follow the stirring of our team members» hearts, BLVR contributed to their cause — enabling a group of inspiring volunteers to get to Texas or bust!

It attended staff meetings and created the concept of the «Agile Safari,» in which you could volunteer to work for a time in groups that were using Agile, to see how it ticks.

With extensive business experience, as well as Board and volunteer management expertise, Jess became the Executive Director of York Angels in 2014, after years as an active angel with the group.

The hypothetical case was prepared by volunteers of the Alumni Organizing Committee in partnership with global real estate investor, developer and manager Oxford Properties Group.

Homes for Sonoma, a group of volunteers from architecture, education and marketing, drafts a plan to build homes for victims of the October wildfires in Northern California.

Team Rubicon: A veterans group sending volunteers to help with rescue operations in areas affected by Harvey.

The students should go to local, try to ramp up security, get more video coverage at these schools, maybe would with some veterans groups to see if we can get a volunteer program like Neighborhood Watch in areas 20 years ago that had high crime.

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.

He repeats his description of the ways bad charity (the Great Society) drove out good charity (religiously based groups): It reinterpreted the causes of poverty as exclusively material and environmental; its bureaucracy tried to reach ever - larger numbers of poor people with a decreasingly personal strategy for fighting poverty; it dismissed the role of volunteers in favor of professional social workers; and it removed the incentives for work, saving, and marriage.

A «small army» of social workers and charitable groups managed their arrivals» from Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society workers in their white enamel badges to the volunteers from the National Council of Jewish Women (light blue silk armbands).

I volunteer for my youth group and number 8 is exactly what is needed the most often times in churches.

On June 9, an international group of scholars produced a petition, which was subsequently translated by volunteers into twelve languages and in less than two days received the support of more than one thousand Orthodox scholars from all over the world.

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.

Interestingly, the bullying behavior was by two women were limited to a group that participated in a single church service, and when I left that service, stopped volunteering in the ministry I enjoyed the most, and stopped attending on anything other than Sunday morning, the bullying stopped.

I'm not going to be a volunteer in the youth group anymore.

I stopped making excuses and signed up for a volunteer group that works with shut - ins of my community.

Getting involved as volunteers in an established community group (rather than inventing a new charity) would be a great way any Christian — or group of Christians — could take the presence of Christ into their city.

With the exception of a few wackos in the Idaho panhandle, home - schooling parents are not bent on isolating their children, and most home - schooled kids make friends through the Scouts or church groups or volunteering.

Amelia's wish inspired groups of volunteers around the world to clean up parks in their towns, which they documented with the hashtag #AmeliasWish.

Furthermore, the smaller, more ad hoc groups not affiliated with established institutions had to indulge in grandstand plays in order to attract volunteers and money.

usually run by some inept volunteer leader... I like to call them «lack of Care Group» — out in the «world» people receive a lot of training to care for others — but in Church it's something of a free for all.

Parents in the local football and cheerleading league sent out a Facebook message, asking for volunteers to fix the damage before the family — particularly the 10 - year - old girl and 9 - year - old boy, who are members of the local sports and Girl Scout group — returned home.

Major Adrian Allman from, Birmingham Citadel Salvation Army told Premier when the group started in 1892 volunteers «did the practical things because no one else was doing them».

One way to get involved and help those living in poverty is to seek out a campus group that feeds the homeless or volunteers on a regular basis at a local shelter.

I am part of a group of volunteers that is starting up a new scheme in our neighbourhood in Portland.

Just like I wouldn't volunteer myself to participate in an activity I am not interested in or surround myself with a group of people who are completely different than myself or my family, I don't want to make worship uncomfortable and unfamiliar.

«Religious groups should realize once and for all that dangerous missionary and volunteer activities in Islamic countries including Afghanistan not only...