Sentences with phrase «volunteers help lower»

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Well, I volunteer several days a week with dementia patients, switched careers to a lower paying field to help people and help care for my aging neighbors as well as my own aging father.

In the meantime, Dollar's trapping and tracking work, helped along by volunteers from the Earthwatch Institute, has shown that fossa density in Ampijoroa is surprisingly low.

Other research shows that volunteering and helping others can lower stress levels and boost happiness, which may have long - term effects on your blood pressure, as well.

Helping low readers in grade 2 and 3: An after - school volunteer tutoring program.

The libraries introduced and expanded such activities for low - income teens as technology training, homework help, mentoring, volunteer work and jobs.

This facility will greatly improve living conditions for our dogs, reduce stress on our dogs, workers, and volunteers, as well as help lower operating expenses.

The Captain Care volunteers work to offer assistance for veterinary care, pet food, supplies, spay / neuter, identification tags, humane euthanasia (as an alternative to sending ailing, and / or elderly pets to an animal control agency where they are held and then put down), as well as assistance for low - income families who may need help with fines / fees for impounded pets.

Volunteers get hands - on training and an opportunity to make a difference, while shelter dogs receive personalized attention, mental stimulation, and instruction in basic manners − all of which helps lower their stress while at the shelter.

Kootenai Humane Society is committed to offering lifesaving programs such as comprehensive adoption programs, low cost spay / neuter, medical and behavioral rehabilitation, foster care, feral cat Trap Neuter Return, pet retention programs to help owners to keep their pets, and volunteer programs that socialize animals, promote adoptions, and help with shelter operations.

Please browse our web site to find out what you can do to be a part of the solution from having your animal altered at our low cost clinic, to volunteering, to being a foster parent, to donating to our Animal Assistance Fund to help give animals a second chance.

Carrie also makes time to volunteer for the city of Sacramento Animal Care Services» low - income spay / neuter program, 4R Friends, and helps manage SAAC's Voucher Program.

Friends of MADACC is managed by a board of directors and with the help of volunteers provides wellness programs that focus on helping low income families keep their pets healthy; education programs that focus on educating the youth on the importance of treating their pet as a family member and resisting pressure to engage in acts of cruelty.

Our neutering volunteers help spread positive neutering messages and make it easier for owners on low incomes to get their cats neutered.

This competition introduces a practical exercise into the mix showing how to craft a program that can produce results a business is looking for — in this case, by seeking to raise awareness of the Humane Society, its low - cost spay and neuter services, as well as veterinary hospital, while also helping to increase animal adoptions, highlight the pet re-homing program and gain community buy - in, volunteer and donation support.»

People volunteer to help trap and feed cats, animal services makes low - or no - cost sterilization available and veterinarians perform the surgeries, all because they think it ultimately will reduce the cats» numbers.

Show your support by DONATING funds to help get the clinic open, and by VOLUNTEERING to help us keep our costs low.

The founder and director of the Foster Dog Alliance, a low - cost program designed to help foster families with training and behavioral issues to make their foster dogs more adoptable, Sarah also volunteers for the Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation's Restorative Justice Program.

You can help FACE Low - Cost Spay Neuter Clinic many different ways — either through volunteering, donating, giving through our Amazon Wish List or through community rewards programs like the ones below.

In addition, these minimal adoption fees cover only part of the each animal's stay at our shelter - please help us keep adoption fees low while maintaining the high quality of care for the animals in our charge by donating and / or volunteering.

CAP charges minimal adoption fees that cover only part of the each animal's stay at CAP - please help us keep adoption fees low while maintaining high quality of care for the animals in our charge by donating and / or volunteering.

We utilize volunteers in every aspect of store operations to help us keep our overhead low so more money goes to the animals.

With the help of big - hearted volunteers from our community, Napa Humane held 3 Wellness Clinics to provide 242 pets in low - income families with free health exams, vaccinations, microchipping, treatment for skin & ear infections, flea control, and lots of essential pet supplies.

Animal shelters in some areas support TNR by helping volunteers to trap feral cats and then neutering or spaying at low or no cost.

Part two of our GRID Alternatives series focuses on the people behind the mission: the organization's 4,000 or so volunteers who have gained real - life training while helping complete solar energy installations in low - income communities across California.

The Sierra Club's Atlantic Chapter in New York, led by volunteer Stephanie Low, helped organize an incredibly successful press conference on the steps of City Hall in NYC.

You can measure, reduce and offset your carbon footprint; set up petitions, volunteering and fundraising projects for your favourite causes; help create action plans for sustainable communities; buy a range of eco friendly products and services; and network with other people who share a common interest in a low carbon, responsible lifestyle.

Those lawyers will be replaced by: (1) self - help programs, including unbundling of legal services; (2) greater use of much less competent people such as law students, paralegals, and untrained volunteers; and, (3) pro & low bono, which, as all charity, is uncertain as to its volume, availability, and timing.

AUSTIN — Business and community leader and advocate Priscilla Guajardo Cortez has been selected to lead Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas, which helps low - income individuals access the civil justice system by providing volunteer attorneys who donate legal advice and representation.

Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas offers a wide array of services to support our attorney volunteers in helping our low - income clients, including:

During her time at DePaul, Josie volunteered as an attorney at the Tax Care Clinic, a non-profit organization focused on helping low - income taxpayers with disputes against taxing authorities.

[5] It presents three types of solutions: (1) various kinds of self - help, including the «unbundling» of legal services — the client does more, as a result the lawyer does less; (2) help by way of a greater use of law students, paralegals, and volunteer workers; and, (3) greater use of pro bono and low bono legal services (free and low paid legal services provided by lawyers).

As Managing Attorney, she supervised a team of 20 staff attorneys, legal advocates, and volunteers who represent clients in matters involving housing, social safety - net benefits, healthcare access, domestic violence and sexual assault prevention, and consumer protection, as well as wrap - around legal help to low - income immigrants, veterans, seniors, formerly incarcerated individuals, and youth in foster care.

Kitsap Legal Services connects low - income residents with free (pro bono) volunteer attorneys to get critical advice, assistance, and representation in many civil legal areas to help reduce homelessness, reduced domestic violence, increase peaceful divorce and parenting plans, help with consumer issues, help with disability issues, and many more areas of great importance to individuals, families, and our community.

In the five years that he has been volunteering with Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida (CLSMF) he has donated an astonishing 700 hours of pro bono time to help low income clients.

Bread for the City provides fresh produce from its farm in Maryland for low - income clients who live in Washington, D.C., with the help of volunteers who harvest the vegetables during the growing season.

It will help in keeping the auto insurance rates low due to the volunteer work they are involved in and it would also help in limiting their liabilities in the event of an accident.

«Competition is really high on the network and the barrier to entry is low,» Mallers said, pointing to the fact he's already gotten 19 volunteer developers to help him build Zap.

Not only does volunteering benefit your career prospects — it looks amazing on a resume — it helps you learn how to work in a dynamic and low - budget environment while helping others.

Within the article, I've included a ton of resources to help you find skill - based volunteer opportunities (one of my favorite strategies) and free or low - cost professional development options to improve your job skills.

Build On - 2011 - 2014 A volunteer organization allowing students to participate in weekly community service, and help end poverty and illiteracy in third world countries * Habitat for Humanity - 2013 - 2015 A volunteer program focused on improving living conditions by building and renovating more affordable homes for low income families.

Community Involvement * Build On - 2011 - 2014 A volunteer organization allowing students to participate in weekly community service, and help end poverty and illiteracy in third world countries * Habitat for Humanity - 2013 - 2015 A volunteer program focused on improving living conditions by building and renovating more affordable homes for low income families.

Many helping professionals and MFTs in affected areas are offering support or volunteering free or low cost services to those in the Las Vegas community who are struggling.

Forbes recently ranked the top cities for helping residents meet such goals, based on factors such as outdoor activity offerings, volunteer opportunities, low crime rates, and availability of doctors.

Through her volunteer efforts, Norton has helped provide more than 700 affordable rental units and helped more than 400 low - income Colorado residents become homeowners.

Some ideas: Host a food drive, volunteer at a soup kitchen, or help build low - income housing.