Sentences with phrase «volunteers centered in»

Before working in higher education, she worked for the volunteer centers in Calhoun County, Michigan, and other nonprofits.

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And when I picked up the lid, looked in, and saw the assets there, I was amazed: $ 90 billion, now $ 100 billion, in loan guarantees, 900 small business development centers, 12,000 SCORE volunteers and 100 district offices.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I - VT) speaks to campaign volunteers during an event at Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center January 31, 2016 in Waterloo, Iowa.

He sits on the board of trustees for the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture and volunteers for the Preble Street Resource Center in Portland.

He recruited 500 volunteers from his company's call center in Shanghai for the study, half of whom were accepted.

Duysak is a former volunteer security guard at a Muslim community center in California, BuzzFeed reported.

They thought about canceling it after the hurricane, but decided to do it anyhow, fitting it in between work and volunteering at the relief center.

Renee is the Vice Chairperson for the Forty Carrots Family Center Board of Trustees in Sarasota, and she is also a member of the Board of Advisors for the University of South Florida's Center of Entrepreneurship and a volunteer with Gulf Coast Community Foundations B.I.G. Initiative.

In the Orlando area alone, teams volunteered at: Orlando Union Rescue Mission, The Mustard Seed of Central Florida, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies, Grandma's House at Orlando Health and Rehabilitation Center, Give Kids the World, Westminster Care of Orlando Nursing Home, Ronald McDonald House, Girl Scouts of Citrus and The American Cancer Society, among others.

Bodner, CEO of the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center (OFJCC) in Palo Alto, last week traveled to Houston with seven other Bay Area Jewish volunteers to participate in the Hanukkah for Hurricane Relief project.

All Hands is in the process of establishing and leading a volunteer reception center, intended to recruit, activate and manage thousands of volunteers in a highly organized relief effort.

Why are there so few volunteers in the really needy centers of human misery — why are there so few whose love extends any further than their own circle?

The Roman Catholic Church in Germany has 80 counseling centers; it has a plan to recruit a great number of volunteers to serve in this field.

• Dr. Denise Chen of the Monell Chemical Science Center in Philadelphia persuaded volunteers to strap gauze pads to their armpits for ten hours.

I've been a volunteer for Volunteers in Medicine for 12 years, I've also volunteered at a warming center and have done Homeless Connect for three years.

Lisa, a volunteer from Life Center Church in Spokane, Washington, had never heard of World Relief before she started attending the church.

«Children will have different needs and different ways of expressing their grief at different ages,» observed Susan Giambalvo, the director of programs and operation for The Center for Grieving Children — a nonprofit, volunteer - led program that provides free, peer - led support groups in Portland, Maine, not far from where I live.

In fact, often the survivors (who generally stay in a recovery center for 18 - 24 months) go through the program and return to the shelters as staff and volunteers themselveIn fact, often the survivors (who generally stay in a recovery center for 18 - 24 months) go through the program and return to the shelters as staff and volunteers themselvein a recovery center for 18 - 24 months) go through the program and return to the shelters as staff and volunteers themselves.

But most of all it would have affirmed the conviction of CLAY members that the cause they served, whether by marching in DC or volunteering at a crisis pregnancy center, was a legitimate component of social justice.

Start locally - helping out an elderly neighbor with some chores, volunteering at a rescue shelter, helping out the neighborhood school, being involved in a kids program at the local park, helping out at a local hospital, visiting a juvenile detention center on a regular basis.

Viewing centers have been set up by over a thousand volunteers at 40 sites across five continents, according to Tarek El - Messidi, founder and director of Celebrate Mercy, with the biggest centers expected in Cairo and Istanbul.

If you find yourself praying that there would be fewer abortions in this country, when you are done praying, go get involved with a ministry which seeks to love and serve single mothers, or go volunteer at a crisis pregnancy center.

We walked along the beach, where he chased the waves a little too closely and ended up with soaking wet jeans; visited the Page Museum, where we watched volunteers meticulously dust off newly discovered fossils; stopped for dinner at one of my favorite restaurants, where I nearly single - handedly polished off an entire Hula Pie ice cream dessert by myself; meandered out along a pier, where a practically blind seagull almost flew straight into my guy's head; and drove through the rain to the Pacific Marine Mammal Center, where we chuckled at the seals in the synchronized swimming routine.

She currently works for RGC Americas in Colombia as Sustainability Manager and serves as a volunteer of the Farmworker Committee of the SCA Sustainability Center.

Several QAI staff members volunteer at Wild Willow Farm and Education Center, a six - acre working farm in San Diego that grows vegetables, greens, medicinal and culinary herbs, and cover crops...

Santa Clara Aquamaids is a non-profit organization funded primarily through a parent - volunteer bingo organization in Santa Clara, which is one of the biggest bingo centers in South Bay Area.

Keller Williams Realty, in partnership with the N.C. State and Wake County Smart Start, deployed 80 volunteers to eight child care centers across the county as part of its RED Day of Service May 14.

Keller Williams Realty, in partnership with the N.C. State University College of Design's Natural Learning Initiative and Wake County Smart Start, deployed 80 volunteers to eight child care centers across the county as part of its RED Day of Service May 14.

The childbirth center, founded by a group of doctors and volunteers in 1979, was a pioneer in the Bay Area.

The Volunteer Center and the Retired Senior and Volunteer Program, both based in Arlington Heights, assist those who want to volunteer.

The 110 - by -80-foot expanse will include a path, herb beds with perennial borders, raised beds for use by disabled volunteers, two benches and a large, curb - enclosed grassy bowl in the center where residents can hold weddings and other special events, said Park District Director Richard Grodsky.

I put together his resume because I volunteered in the unemployment center.

The district partners with the Fernbank Science Center to provide in - depth training for educators and volunteers to become Master School Gardeners.

Gause is one of 25 «Grandma, Please» volunteers, who will be honored Monday in a 10 a.m. awards ceremony at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. Started 10 years ago as a service for senior citizens by the Uptown Center Hull House Association and supported by the Chicago Community Trust, the program handles at least 800 calls a month from youngsters who come home after school to an empty house and want to talk to a grownup.

Volunteers interested in serving on the committee can attend an organizational meeting at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9 at Johnson Recreation Center, 172 S. Circle St.

We want to thank the staff and volunteers of the Nan Tolbert Nurturing Center for all their efforts in supporting the families in our community and specifically for everything they have done for us.

Activate Good is a nonprofit Volunteer Center activating volunteers to help charitable causes in our local community by connecting individuals, groups, and companies to volunteer needs with nonprofits around the Triangle.

Durham - based Veterans Helping Veterans of America President Theodore Stephens is confident he can tap the talents of any volunteer willing to help in his «one - stop resource center for veterans» needs.»

North Raleigh's Mary Andrews, whose husband, father, uncle and son all have served in the U.S. Army, volunteers four hours a week at the United Services Organization center in the Raleigh - Durham International Airport.

Then Final Round programs are judged on several criteria, including what the organization does to educate their administrators, volunteer coaches, game officials and parents, in addition to how well they demonstrate that they embrace a child - centered recreational sports philosophy that is aimed at providing a positive and safe experience for all youth.

Park District officials had hoped that a door - to - door sales campaign by more than 100 volunteers would turn the tide in favor of their ambitious plan to build a state - of - the - art recreation center on district - owned property.

While in Law School, Ms. Rodriguez - Nanney was a member of the Maryland Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues, a member of the Latino Law Student's Association and volunteered with the Public Justice Center, Inc..

MATTAPAN, MA — A volunteer leader in the food forest project at Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center Wildlife Sanctuary (BNC) has been named one of only three finalists in the Boston - region Cox Conserves Heroes program, organized through WFXT - TV Fox 25.

She practiced as a doula in New York City during her midwifery training, and she spent two years in Benin, West Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer working at a small village maternity center.

As a member of Postpartum Support, International, a non-profit organization with volunteer coordinators in each state in the U.S. and 26 countries around the world, Karen and her associates at The Postpartum Stress Center are continuously in touch with the needs of the postpartum community as well as with current research and state - of - the - art interventions.

Family members of all ages can participate in two volunteer opportunities through The Volunteer Center of Northwest Suburban Chicago.

One of the great things about volunteering in a child - centered arena is that it allowed me to include my children in my volunteering.

I volunteer in our state placement center and after hours office for children that are removed from their homes.

During the period of 2002 - 2006 I volunteered as a Childbirth Educator at Alternatives Women ' s Center in Escondido http://www.awc-ca.com/.

One of my favorite things I'm involved in this semester is volunteering at the Patient Resource Center at the University of Minnesota Medical Center.