Sentences with phrase «women volunteering their time»

The 2013 Mustang GT made national headlines during the summer when more than 40 women volunteered their time and expertise to customize the vehicle in less than two months.

The team relies on everyday men and women volunteering their time and energy to ensure the shelter's animals have everything they need.

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With Veterans Day upon us, there is no better time to laud the men and women who selflessly volunteer their time, energy and personal well - being to protect our country, allowing us the freedoms we enjoy.

As a teen, she spent time working with children born to women in prison and volunteered at a relief camp in the wake of a devastating earthquake in 2005.

Numerous other luminaries and inspiring women and men joined us onstage, including U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Lisa Murkowski, best - selling author and principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre Misty Copeland, award - winning actress and star of Dietland Julianna Margulies, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and Dr. Fozia Alvi, a volunteer in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh.

I realize that there are also men and women who work full - time and still give enormous amounts of time to volunteer organizations.

Each week, Caren invests hours of volunteer time working as the Director of Business Development for Hill Country Hill Tribers, a non-profit that empowers Burmese refugee women to become women of valor.

I volunteer at a women's shelter and every year on Valentine's Day I take helium balloons and some sharpie markers and we write a prayer request on our balloons and take them out side, have a prayer time and then on the count of three....

He doesn't put this down to a fault in his team's evangelistic ability, but rather the way the women view themselves: «We put on events for them to try and get them down... we've even had our volunteers try and pay for their time... [But] they won't even do that.»

Amid the clamor and negotiations, it would be easy to overlook one new movement, working to heal eastern Congo: Small groups of Congolese church leaders, including influential local women, are volunteering to solve and prevent conflicts one at a time, without fanfare.

A Salinas local, Jill is a graduate of Leadership Salinas Valley Class 42 and has spent time volunteering for a variety of organizations including Women's Education and Leadership Hartnell College and the California Rodeo Salinas.

The volunteers at Congressional include a sugar - beet farmer (Jim House of Brawley, Calif.), a journalist (Gary Galyean, editor of iGolf), a two - time U.S. Women's Amateur champion (Carol Semple Thompson) and the secretary of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews (Michael Bonallack).

And I don't doubt that some women have been inspired by the «Eat, Pray, Love» life or, what AskMen calls the Second - Act Syndrome: After raising a family and tending to the home and baking brownies for the Boy Scout fundraiser and volunteering to drive on who - knows - how - many field trips while doing paid or non-paid work (and, yes, being a stay - at - home parent is work), it's finally «me» time.

Community engagement by both men and women who volunteer their time to learn about healthy pregnancy and health babies and to share their knowledge in the community is allowing these communities to take charge of their own health.

Women donate their cherished wedding gowns to the project and volunteers give of their time, talents and love by making the baby burial gowns and blankets.

But mostly we were incredibly lucky to recruit, through our groups, amazing women who agreed to offer their time to volunteer in the local hospital.

She also has volunteered her time through GALS (Give Austin Labor Support), supporting women and their families during their pregnancy, labor and postpartum time.

«I am incredibly grateful to all of the hardworking me and women from across the district who volunteered their time to walk door to door and collect thousands of signatures in support of my re-election,» Katko said in a statement.

«We know the invaluable job the City of Utica Police Department does protecting and serving our community daily and we're honored that these outstanding men and women will continue their commitment outside of their normal working hours to volunteer their time in making a positive difference in the lives of our youth,» Picente said.

These men and women are the backbone of effective community response, and I encourage anyone who's thinking of joining their ranks to take some time on Open House Weekend, visit their neighborhood firehouse, and see what volunteer activities might be a good fit for them.»

Some of you, if not all of you, know that I volunteer and serve a few times a month at the North Carolina Correctional Institute for Women in Raleigh, North Carolina with my church newhope Church.

They saw firsthand how invaluable it was to be supported in their time of need, so became volunteers to help other women deal with their own similar situation.

While the volunteer work I do can be time consuming, I get to serve alongside a group of dedicated alumnae women that also encourage me to be the best version of myself.

• Get Involved in a Charity Charity fundraising events are also good places to meet single rich women.Many lonely women are at these places waiting for a handsome man to strike up a conversation.If you can't afford the ticket prices, volunteer your time with an appropriate charity.

(Most of my time I successfully help single Russian women and western men to find each other; this Black List is just my volunteer input to the community.

When she met the woman who ran a full - time research library at the Samuel Goldwyn studio she volunteered to help and ultimately acquired the library, which migrated several times.

Long a leader in the southeastern Pennsylvania writing scene, Kathryn served for more than a decade in a variety of positions on the boards of the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group and the Philadelphia Writers» Conference, and volunteers as time allows with the Women's Fiction Writers Association.

Here at the Sanctuary, volunteers come from all over the country on a daily basis and, not infrequently, from around the world, like a young woman from Malaysia who visits several times a year to help out at Cat World.

Prior to volunteering her time with Pet Allies RJ served as Treasurer and Foster Chair for the Silver Creek Regional Humane Society, as a foster for Arizona Humane Society, on the Board of Directors as Secretary for Westridge Lutheran Church, President of Women of Westridge, a volunteer for Maricopa County Legal Secretaries Association, and Treasurer of the East King County Legal Secretaries Association.

Riders on the Storm Code 3 Associates animal rescue team is made up of dedicated, highly trained men and women from across the United States and Canada that volunteer their time to assist communities with animal rescue during disasters.

She's passionate about working with men and women — at every life stage — who dream of taking time off to travel, life, work, study or volunteer abroad.

Timeraiser purchases the works from artists and the audience bids volunteer time to dozens of local charities including Habitat for Humanity, Native Women's Resource Centre, Horizons for Youth and Open Studio.

Leslie joined Bailey & Galyen in 2017, in our Fort Worth office on Summit Ave.. In Leslie's spare time, she volunteers for several local non-profit organizations, such as a local women's flat track roller derby league.

Claire is a former university athlete and now volunteers her time as the Chair of the University of Victoria Vikes Women's Rowing Alumni Chapter to support the next generations of student athletes.

During that time I also volunteered in the women's jail in town and did art and writing workshops.

Besides running her business, Barbara is also involved in her local community and volunteers her time with several local nonprofit organizations, active PTO board participant at Raleigh Hills Elementary, past board member for WEO - Women Entrepreneurs of Oregon, and an accredited member of the Better Business Bureau.

Women make up more than 60 percent of the 8,000 - plus Peace Corps Volunteers who devote their time and energy in service to people around the world.

The bill includes an important provision that will ensure for the first time that Peace Corps volunteers have access to abortion in cases of rape, incest, or to protect the life of the woman.

Mrs. Inslee is a long - time advocate, supporter and volunteer for non-profits and social service programs that provide services for women and children.

Celebrating women: Woman of courage makes time to help others Greeley Tribune - Greeley, CO, USA... Sandoval volunteers in policing, with the Greeley Mended Hearts Chapter, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and at Our Lady of Peace.

She was awarded a scholarship to complete a Graduate Certificate in Not for Profit Management, and has volunteered her time as a member of various committees, including the Law Society's Human Rights Committee, the Salvation Army's Women in Leadership Committee, and on the Management Committee of an NGO.

Lauren's other involvements in the legal and non-legal community include: serving on several committees for the New York State Bar Association and the Capital District Women's Bar Association, sitting on the Board of the Collaborative Divorce Association of the Capital District and the Board of the Shaker Heritage Society, and volunteering her time as a foster parent for a local dog rescue.

Recently, Mayor Gillum called to recruit a cadre of 1,000 men and women who are willing to serve the local community by volunteering at least one hour of their time, at least once a week, to meet with a mentee.

She has volunteered her time in support of many charitable events including the Breast Cancer Walk, Heart and Stroke Hike, Halton Women's Shelter, Shoebox Drive, Parkinson's Superwalk and Juvenile Diabetes Ride.

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In her spare time, she volunteers at a local shelter for battered women.

Barry has performed volunteer work for many local causes, including the Waypoints Women's Shelter, the Festival of Trees that allows children to purchase affordable gifts for their parents at Christmas time, the Wood Buffalo Food Bank and others.

Despite the chilly start to the day and during a most busy spring season, members took a day off work and gave back to the community by volunteering their time, skills and elbow grease, for Habitat for Humanity's Women's Build Week.

Maryam involves in volunteering, charity fundraising and networking with the business women community in her spare time.