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NAACP Volunteers to Push for Biggest Education Overhaul Since Brown v. Board of Education The NAACP is going on the offensive on education, deploying volunteers across the country in its biggest push for a public education overhaul since the nation's classrooms were ordered desegregated in 1954, the civil rights group said Thursday.

The team from Sutton Group — Lakefront Realty in Vernon, B.C. joined thousands of other volunteers across the country in April to participate in fundraisers during Daffodil Month.

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IRC relies on 3,500 volunteers in 29 cities across the U.S. and 40 countries around the world, so there may be a chapter near you at which you could volunteer.

«We are proud of the robust and diverse faith outreach program employed by the Democratic Party that begins with volunteer faith captains in precincts all across the country and ends with a Chairman who spent a year as a missionary and has made faith outreach among our highest priorities as a Party,» he said, referring to DNC chairman Tim Kaine.

«Every day across the country, our amazing volunteers are creating tasty, nutritious three - course meals, served to vulnerable people in the community at risk of food poverty and social isolation,» said FoodCycle Communications Officer Steven Hawkes.

A non-profit organization run by volunteers across the country, who through personal experience have become passionate about providing comfort to families with children in the intensive care units and to those who have experienced pregnancy and infant loss.

More than 3,000 community - based youth sport programs across the country use NAYS programs and services for everyone involved in youth sports experiences, including professional administrators, volunteer administrators, volunteer coaches, officials, parents and young athletes.

A great resource is Tiny Footprints, a non-profit organization which has a team of volunteer photographers across the country who specialize in free photography for NICU families.

With local officials from school board on up now hearing from internet - organized constituents, and with cadres of veteran Obama volunteer commandos dug in across the country post-election, we may see an explosion of email, online video, social networking outreach and all of the other tools of electronic advocacy in the coming months — but this time turned on the projects in the stimulus bill, not on electing a candidate.

«As we continue to bring the clear choice of this election into focus for the American people over the final weeks, our supporters and volunteers across the country are responding with action in their neighborhoods to make sure the president has four more years to keep moving America forward,» said Obama campaign spokesman Adam Fetcher.

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.

Ukraine's acting president called for the activation of 20,000 military reservists and volunteers across the country and for the mobilisation of 20,000 in the recently formed national guard.

By using a sampling kit and answering a few questions, volunteers help researchers create an atlas of microbial diversity in homes across the country.

Across several studies, the authors looked at the extent to which a country's overall power distance — the extent to which a society expects and accepts inequality in power or wealth — impacts prosocial behaviors like donating money, volunteering time, or helping a stranger.

The more than 500 volunteers that make up NASA's Solar System Ambassadors Program bring the excitement of NASA science and engineering to children, teachers, and adults across the country and in several international locations.

Since its kick - off in 1986, the cleanup has mobilized more than 11 million volunteers across 153 countries and six continents to prevent more than 220 million pounds of trash from entering the ocean.

Action for Healthy Kids is comprised of more than 50 education, health, fitness, and nutrition organizations forming our Partner Steering Committee that provides guidance to the 6,000 volunteers working across the country to make improvements in schools.

The American Institute of CPAs has developed a curriculum package for grades 4 - 6, and volunteers from state CPA societies are available to teach it in classrooms across the country.

The first step was to train 1,000 volunteers to present slide shows about An Inconvenient Truth across the country and do what the movie couldn't — engage people in informed discussions to learn the truth and act on it.

The massive cleanup was one of hundreds of events across the country celebrating National Youth Service Day, in which nearly one million students volunteered to work in such places as nursing homes, homeless shelters, and public parks to showcase youth involvement in community service.

Senior Corps» Foster Grandparents program provides an opportunity for volunteers age 55 and older to serve as mentors and tutors for students.39 In 2016, an estimated 24,000 Foster Grandparents volunteers served approximately 200,000 students.40 Similarly, in 2016, AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers were approved to provide capacity - building assistance to more than 2,900 education - related project sites.41 Cutting funding for the CNCS would mean eliminating a substantial amount of necessary support for traditional public and public charter schools and would hurt low - income students across the countrIn 2016, an estimated 24,000 Foster Grandparents volunteers served approximately 200,000 students.40 Similarly, in 2016, AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers were approved to provide capacity - building assistance to more than 2,900 education - related project sites.41 Cutting funding for the CNCS would mean eliminating a substantial amount of necessary support for traditional public and public charter schools and would hurt low - income students across the countrin 2016, AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers were approved to provide capacity - building assistance to more than 2,900 education - related project sites.41 Cutting funding for the CNCS would mean eliminating a substantial amount of necessary support for traditional public and public charter schools and would hurt low - income students across the country.

In those 20 years, we have grown from an idea into an incredibly hard - working staff of 130 people, with 11 state offices, hundreds of thousands of supporters, and hundreds of volunteer leaders across the country.

More than 100 volunteers from across the country, many from other shelters, are in Joplin helping out - cleaning cages, providing veterinary care and exercising the animals.

Americans love animals to the tune of 90 million dogs and 94 million cats in homes across the country, and yet many know very little about the daily work that animal control officers, veterinarians, volunteers, adoption counselors, community cat coordinators, kennel managers, behaviorists, shelter directors and humane educators do to help the people and animals in their communities.

In order to pursue her dream of working with shelter dogs, Lindsey left San Francisco to spend a year studying dog behavior and animal learning while volunteering at shelters across the country.

Osterman, a Maryland resident, became a vegetarian at 15, works with a local elephant advocacy group and volunteers at a horse sanctuary, but she found her calling last year when she attended her first Humane Lobby Day, an HSUS - sponsored event in state capitals across the country where animal advocates learn how to push for laws that protect animals.

With local and national events, memorable volunteer opportunities, and a mission that resonates with so many around the country, Best Friends Animal Society can offer your company a way to engage as a team while helping a cause that is close to the hearts of your employees and your customers — saving the lives of pets in shelters across the nation.

You might find her emceeing at Best Friends's annual Strut Your Mutt, or inspiring a national network of volunteers to do more to increase life saving in communities across the country.

«There are so many pilots across the country that are volunteering their time and services to get these dogs out of terrible situations, and get them to a city where they will be in a loving home.»

With more than 3,600 volunteers, World Vets has been able to establish projects in 42 countries spanning across 6 continents.

Which means there will be a slew of fantastic festivals, informational events, green concerts, and volunteer opportunities in cities across the country.

This network of volunteer organizations across the country is planting trees to increase air quality, particularly in densely populated urban areas.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, American Rivers has offices across the country and more than 275,000 members, supporters, and volunteers.

In early April, Michael Johnson - Chase set off on a cycling adventure that would take him from coast to coast and connect him with GRID staff, volunteers and clients across the country.

Join the tens of thousands of volunteers across the country who participate in National River Cleanup ®.

Last year was the most successful National River Cleanup yet; 300,000 volunteers across the country removed toilets, satellite dishes, power tools, bowling pins, a pick up truck, picnic tables, televisions, and a bottle with $ 500 stuffed in it from our nations» rivers.

«Through this initiative and policy, many Justice Canada lawyers here in Alberta and across the country, can now volunteer their considerable legal skills and knowledge in providing pro bono legal services to Canadians.»

Modern Woodmen members across the country participate in «Join Hands Day» and «Make a Difference Day», which are national days of service; camps and youth clubs also participate in recurring volunteer and social projects throughout the year.

Hire Heroes USA is fortunate to have devoted volunteers from across the country who are making a real difference in the lives our clients» and their families.

The AHA, in conjunction with The Children's Heart Foundation, collected more than 200,000 hats that volunteers across the country knitted... (Read More)

In the lead up to this hard fought for progress, Planned Parenthood worked with women's health and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer supporters in Congress and across the country to support the Peace Corps Equity Act, a bill that would correct this inequity and ensure fair treatment for Peace Corps VolunteerIn the lead up to this hard fought for progress, Planned Parenthood worked with women's health and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer supporters in Congress and across the country to support the Peace Corps Equity Act, a bill that would correct this inequity and ensure fair treatment for Peace Corps Volunteerin Congress and across the country to support the Peace Corps Equity Act, a bill that would correct this inequity and ensure fair treatment for Peace Corps Volunteers.

Today more than 20,000 volunteers donate their time to ensure that family planning and other vital reproductive health care and information are available in communities across the country.

Through our highly trained counsellors, mediators and other practitioners, we provide a high quality and professional support service across the country, and our work is supported by around 1,000 people in total, including around 400 volunteers.

NBCDI's volunteer - driven National Affiliate Network operates in communities across the country, partnering with children, families and organizations to implement evidence - based, strengths - based, culturally - relevant, culturally responsive and trauma - informed programs.

Board members and volunteers are located across the country, and ATN members can be found in nearly every state and several countries around the world.