Sentences with phrase «volunteers and staff take»

Volunteers and staff take time to get to know the animals and share their insights with prospective adopters.

Not exact matches

Along with other politicians such as Sen. Richard Durbin, D - Ill., and Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs, Perez took a tour of the Center for Economic Progress, the brainchild of mutual fund manager and CEO of Ariel Investments John Rogers, and then held a roundtable to get insights from the Center's staff and volunteers.

Depending on the needs of a community a HHI Disaster Response can take many forms — shipping aid and supplies, deploying staff and volunteers, mobilizing the MMU — and sometimes a combination of all.

But more and more volunteers are becoming «unpaid staff,» taking over the professional and managerial tasks in their organizations.»

He examines several models of ministry and estimates the total value of congregations» contributions, taking into account not only money but also volunteer, clergy and staff time spent on community issues, the donated use of space and facilities, and the like.

Of that amount, $ 33,500 was in direct financial support; the remaining contributions took the form of volunteer time, staff time, donated space and in - kind donations.

Last but not least, thank you to all the student and staff volunteers of Thomas Haney for taking the time out of their busy schedules to make The Happenings Arts and Craft Fair possible.

Take a look at the moms, dads, babies, volunteers and staff who are making a difference in breastfeeding awareness.

These locations are operated by volunteer staff who will take care of the packing and shipping of your milk to the Milk Bank.

Today, PTN takes great pride in not only the success of the children who began with us 16 years ago but also the many staff members and volunteers who have also celebrated over a decade of service to our vast community.

The Obama reelection campaign is providing headquarters staff, field organizers and volunteers the ability to take campaign donations with their mobile phones.

Voluntary groups are now in a very dark moral place, «imposing zero - hours contracts on staff, asking unpaid volunteers to take on additional obligations they feel morally unable to refuse, and in many cases, prioritising core services around a narrower spectrum of people in need».

This process takes time: you'll need to take the photos, prepare the «memes» and other images, write the status updates, edit the videos, etc., all of which takes staff or volunteers away from other tasks like raising money or talking with voters.

Online volunteer organizing essentially built the campaign a structure in places where it didn't exist, letting paid staff parachute in and immediately take command of a working political army.

Of course, it didn't always work smoothly, as when the professional staff took over a volunteer's MySpace page early in the campaign and encountered a sharp backlash.

Both are labor intensive, since it takes a sizable staff to crank out messages and organize canvassers, meaning that grassroots - powered campaigns by their nature generate trained staff and volunteers in droves.

Understandably, Obama's campaign staff became uncomfortable with such a valuable asset being controlled by a volunteer and decided to take it over.

Politico had a short piece yesterday (via PoliticalWire) about Obama 2012's new foray into mobile fundraising: The Obama reelection campaign is providing headquarters staff, field organizers and volunteers the ability to take campaign donations with their mobile phones.

MyBO was particularly important in areas in which the campaign did not have professional staff, since it gave volunteers the means to create their own local campaign structure — professional field staff could «parachute in» as elections approached and immediately take over a functioning organization.

«Our results show that the new population of Ridgway's Hawks in Punta Cana is taking hold, but we only know that because of the hard work of our staff and volunteers in tracking these birds,» says McClure.

With classes taking place throughout day, Bent On Learning staff and students took in the sights, finding stillness and calm among thousands of yogis, practicing with the staff and volunteers from Exhale to Inhale, our co-charity partner for the event.

The volunteers, who are often military, college, or staff members, establish a mentoring relationship with the kids and take part in many varied activities with them throughout the school year.

I then began volunteering at a local music school, and, at 16 years of age, I was asked to take on full teaching responsibilities when a member of staff took sick - leave.

Takes the lead in the absence of teacher and provides guidance to the supporting staff, substitute / volunteer who will act as assistant teacher during that period.

our work at management and staff level with the secondary schools and academies in our independent - state schools partnership, and a volunteering programme which took place in timetabled time on Friday afternoons.

Motorsports Parts Manufacturers Council (MPMC) volunteers and SEMA staff are busy readying for the 14th annual MPMC Media Trade Conference, which takes place on January 25 — 27, 2011.

Thanks to every reader who came to find me, to the wonderful authors sitting next to me who took this whole thing in good humor, and to the RT volunteers and staff who put in a tremendous day of work to make a signing of 700 authors come together.

Since 2009, San Diego Humane Society's Kitten Nursery staff and volunteers have taken in thousands of fragile kittens and put them on the path to adoption.

With a capacity of 250 to 300 kittens at a time, managing the demand is a joint effort between the paid staff of 26 caregivers, 60 (and growing) volunteers, and a host of foster homes, who take on litters of kittens to bottle - feed and care for at home for days, a week, or as long as the eight weeks it takes for a newborn kitten to be old enough to spay or neuter.

The staff and volunteers who have been taking care of the dogs you are looking at will have a pretty good idea about the personality and behavior of the dogs.

«I can pick up on the slightest changes in an animal's health, which may take a center longer because of the multiple staff members and volunteers who handle them.

During kitten season — March through November in Utah — a dedicated team of staff and volunteers at the kitten nursery take care of more than a thousand fragile orphaned kittens, as well as nursing mothers and their litters.

Those same tireless and dedicated staff members were the first to step up and say they would find the room, they would volunteer their off time, they would do whatever it took for us to pull as many of those «at risk» cats to safety.

Also, we have an all - volunteer staff and it can take some time to process your application.

Shelter staff and trained volunteers at Humane Society of Boulder Valley regularly take dogs home for canine sleepovers.

His story hit a soft spot and it wasn't long before Griff was taken to APA where his sweet personality became even more apparent to staff and volunteers.

Malik signed autographs, took pictures with fans, staff and volunteers, and talked about the importance of fostering and adopting.

Situated in glorious countryside this centre can take up to 80 dogs at any one time and has 24 members of staff along with a group of dedicated volunteers.

We are asking administrators, staff members and volunteers of U. S. animal shelters and rescue groups to take a brief survey about their organization's care of orphaned kittens.

Take time to work with your staff so they feel confident training and supervising volunteers.

More than 20 dedicated volunteers and a skilled veterinary staff from Caring Hands Animal Hospital of Virginia also enabled the project to take place.

Our dedicated staff and volunteers take the time to help ensure the animals who come to us get every chance to find a good home.

While we take every precaution to protect our staff and volunteers, the risk of contracting minor infections (i.e. Ringworm), is present in all animal shelters and facilities with a large number of animals.

The kitten nursery was a 24/7 project that took a lot of dedication from volunteers and staff members.

* The Dog Behavior Staff also uses trained volunteers to take dogs back and forth from dog playgroups twice a day.

Taking care of that many animals is a daunting, never - ending job for the County's dedicated staff and FOTAS volunteers, yet every year, they manage to save more and more dogs and cats.

This story had a happy ending, but happy endings take staff, volunteers, foster families and donations, and the Shelter receives an enormous number of unwanted puppies and kittens during the summer months.

When she was leaving to take him home, staff and volunteers lined up to say a tearful goodbye.

Because it takes so long to find them homes, Shelter staff and FOTAS volunteers have had lots of time to observe and assess these dogs, so we're confident they have the right temperament to make great pets.

Once the kittens are old enough, they are taken to be socialized by SPCA staff or volunteers and eventually adopted.