The document discusses volunteering activities where carpentry and painting were done at Mr. Jackson's house. Lowernine.org has been organizing volunteer activities for years to help people.
Students are spending much more time online at home, averaging 27 hours per week, compared to only 15 minutes per week spent online at school. A growing digital disconnect exists between internet-savvy students and their schools, which do not provide as much access to technology and the internet. This highlights an imbalance between students' personal technology use and what they experience academically in the classroom.
John Rodgers worked as a librarian after high school making $7 per hour. He is involved in his community through Sunday school, mentoring, and charitable organizations that help children. His hobbies include Yu-Gi-Oh!, acting, and Super Smash Brothers.
Point Elementary School in Oakville, MO holds an annual fundraiser called Jar Wars where students bring coins to school to earn positive or negative points for their class. The class with the most points at the end of the week wins. Over the years the fundraiser has raised over $27,000 for Basket of Hope, a nonprofit that provides gift baskets for seriously ill children in local hospitals. A team of three girls participated in 2013 and helped raise over $1,500, and they plan to participate every year to support this important cause.
This document outlines a mission to improve children's health and wellbeing through programs that directly support children, strategic alliances with organizations that can implement this mission, and relationships with the medical community to provide healthcare access. The goal is to change lives at multiple levels from individual children to families, communities, and ultimately impact the whole world by enhancing children's lives.
Team Yellow 1 helped the Basket of Hope organization by packing baskets for teens for Christmas. They plan to assist Basket of Hope at future events and strengthen their relationship with the organization. If Basket of Hope wins a grant from CWAM, they will use the money to buy toys and inspirational materials for tote bags given to hospitalized children in St. Louis.
Point Elementary School in Oakville, MO holds an annual fundraiser called "Jar Wars" where students bring coins to school to earn positive or negative points for their class. The class with the most points at the end of the week wins. This fundraiser has been held since 2000 and has raised over $27,000 for Basket of Hope, a nonprofit that provides gift baskets for seriously ill children in local hospitals.
The document is about a 9th grade student named Aidan Bahre who is interested in Earth and space science, learning from animals, and taking on leadership roles. It also discusses an organization called Dots in Blue Water that the student served and donated $5 to, which plans to continue helping Haiti through partnership with another group and would use any prize money to send more aid groups.
Imagine Diving is a nonprofit organization that provides SCUBA diving experiences for people with disabilities. The organization works to inspire confidence by introducing participants to the recreational and therapeutic benefits of diving. During sessions, dive masters help participants work towards certification. For many, diving provides a freeing experience where their difficulties on land are less prevalent underwater.
Students are spending much more time online at home, averaging 27 hours per week, compared to only 15 minutes per week spent online at school. A growing digital disconnect exists between internet-savvy students and their schools, which do not provide as much access to technology and the internet. This highlights an imbalance between students' personal technology use and what they experience academically in the classroom.
John Rodgers worked as a librarian after high school making $7 per hour. He is involved in his community through Sunday school, mentoring, and charitable organizations that help children. His hobbies include Yu-Gi-Oh!, acting, and Super Smash Brothers.
Point Elementary School in Oakville, MO holds an annual fundraiser called Jar Wars where students bring coins to school to earn positive or negative points for their class. The class with the most points at the end of the week wins. Over the years the fundraiser has raised over $27,000 for Basket of Hope, a nonprofit that provides gift baskets for seriously ill children in local hospitals. A team of three girls participated in 2013 and helped raise over $1,500, and they plan to participate every year to support this important cause.
This document outlines a mission to improve children's health and wellbeing through programs that directly support children, strategic alliances with organizations that can implement this mission, and relationships with the medical community to provide healthcare access. The goal is to change lives at multiple levels from individual children to families, communities, and ultimately impact the whole world by enhancing children's lives.
Team Yellow 1 helped the Basket of Hope organization by packing baskets for teens for Christmas. They plan to assist Basket of Hope at future events and strengthen their relationship with the organization. If Basket of Hope wins a grant from CWAM, they will use the money to buy toys and inspirational materials for tote bags given to hospitalized children in St. Louis.
Point Elementary School in Oakville, MO holds an annual fundraiser called "Jar Wars" where students bring coins to school to earn positive or negative points for their class. The class with the most points at the end of the week wins. This fundraiser has been held since 2000 and has raised over $27,000 for Basket of Hope, a nonprofit that provides gift baskets for seriously ill children in local hospitals.
The document is about a 9th grade student named Aidan Bahre who is interested in Earth and space science, learning from animals, and taking on leadership roles. It also discusses an organization called Dots in Blue Water that the student served and donated $5 to, which plans to continue helping Haiti through partnership with another group and would use any prize money to send more aid groups.
Imagine Diving is a nonprofit organization that provides SCUBA diving experiences for people with disabilities. The organization works to inspire confidence by introducing participants to the recreational and therapeutic benefits of diving. During sessions, dive masters help participants work towards certification. For many, diving provides a freeing experience where their difficulties on land are less prevalent underwater.
A team from Defender Direct participated in an event on October 10th hosted by Kids Against Hunger where they packed meals. The team included members from the L&D, HVAC, Marketing, Business Development, and Marketing teams. As a result of their experience, Defender Direct plans to donate unused refrigerators to a food pantry. The team also plans to get involved in future food packing events. Winning prize money would benefit Kids Against Hunger as they serve many food insecure children and families in Indiana and food pantries have a continuous need to help those with occasional or permanent food needs.
Point Elementary School holds an annual fundraiser called Jar Wars where students bring coins to school representing positive or negative points for their class. The class with the most positive points at the end of the week wins. Over the years the fundraiser has raised over $27,000 for Basket of Hope, a nonprofit that provides gift baskets for seriously ill children in local hospitals. In 2013 alone over $1,500 was raised.
TEAM GREEN 1 helped pack baskets for teens for Christmas as part of Basket of Hope's event. They plan to assist Basket of Hope at future events and continue their partnership. If Basket of Hope wins a grant from CWAM, they will use the money to buy toys for baskets and inspirational materials for Hope Totes for hospitalized children in St. Louis.
Point Elementary School holds an annual fundraiser called Jar Wars where students bring coins to school to earn positive or negative points for their class. The class with the most positive points at the end of the week wins. This fundraiser has been held since 2000 and has raised over $27,000 total for Basket of Hope, a nonprofit that provides gift baskets for seriously ill children in local hospitals. In 2013 alone it raised over $1,500.
Covenant House New Orleans is a shelter that provides services to homeless and at-risk youth. City Church helped the youth at Covenant House make vision boards to visualize their goals and plan for the future. This activity helped the youth discuss their plans and goals in a positive way. City Church has an ongoing relationship with Covenant House where they participate in events for the youth and provide meals. Winning a grant from the Super Service Challenge would help Covenant House continue serving homeless youth by keeping their doors open to all in need of help.
The Nick Lowery Foundation and Fight Right Academy volunteers organized an Arizona Youth Sports Day where kids could participate in sports activities. Nick Lowery himself was there taking pictures and offering words of advice to the youth. Fight demonstrations were also held in the ring for attendees.
Dots in blue water is an organization that aims to clean up water sources in Haiti by installing water purifiers. The organization plans to make two trips to Haiti, one over spring break and another in the summer lasting eight days each, to install more purifiers and expand to other countries. Money raised through donations would allow Dots in blue water to manufacture additional purifiers and fund technical training in Haiti to improve water quality.
The Beginning Experience team provides grief support services to widowed, separated, and divorced adults through a weekend program. The team is led by Rose Brocato and includes 9 other members. They help participants work through their grief by teaching coping skills and giving them tools to let go of pain. Participants form new friendships and learn from others who have experienced similar losses. The team plans to offer more weekend programs each year and start a youth program, but needs funding for scholarships and future events like an international convention.
The GE Volunteers chapter made the holidays special for children at the Children's Home Society and Hacienda Girl's Ranch. They received 40 wish lists from foster kids and decorated a Christmas tree with them. Volunteers also selected a wish list and donated gifts. Additionally, volunteers visited Hacienda Girl's Ranch before Thanksgiving to hang lights and cook sides and desserts for their meal.
Holy Family Shelter is an emergency shelter for homeless families in Indianapolis, Indiana that provides food, shelter, and services to help families become self-sufficient. The shelter houses up to 30 families per night. One resident, Janet Williams, expressed relief when a team donated food, clothes, and hygiene products to the shelter, as the food pantry was running low. The team cleaned the kitchen, served lunch, and prepared Thanksgiving dinner during their visit. Going forward, they plan to establish ongoing relationships to provide monthly donations and assistance to keep the shelter running.
This document describes an organization that provides music education programs for urban youth in New Orleans. It teaches students about hip hop music production and connects them with local musicians as instructors. The program aims to serve high school-aged students interested in music but lacking opportunities. If additional funding was obtained, the organization plans to establish its own nonprofit status, build a dedicated studio, hire full-time instructors, and acquire updated music equipment.
Students at Dubuque Hempstead High School collected money and items through a Change Drive to send care packages to deployed troops. With help from the school's JAG classes, over $900 was raised. The money and donated items will be used to send care packages through a nonprofit that supports troops. The project also aims to help students develop job and life skills.
A group called Meridian Village Ladies Knit and Quilt Club made custom blankets, hats, booties, and quilts for babies in the neonatal intensive care unit. They worked for 6 months making over 100 items for Basket of Hope, an organization that delivers baskets of gifts and love to children in hospitals. Members were happy to see their handmade items go to babies in need.
The Meridian Village Ladies Knit and Quilt Club made custom blankets, hats, booties, and quilts for babies in the neonatal intensive care unit and for Basket of Hope, a charitable organization that delivers gift baskets to children in hospitals. The club donated 9 puff quilts, various blankets, quilts, and 102 handmade preemie items. Members said they felt good knowing their work was helping babies.
The Meridian Village Ladies Knit and Quilt Club made custom blankets, hats, booties, and quilts for babies in the neonatal intensive care unit. They worked for six months making over 100 items for babies, including 9 puff quilts. The handcrafted items were donated to Basket of Hope, a charitable organization that delivers baskets of gifts and love to children in hospitals. Members of the club felt good knowing their work would help babies in need.
The Meridian Village Ladies Knit and Quilt Club crafted many handmade baby items like blankets, hats, booties, and quilts over the past 6 months to donate to the Basket of Hope organization. They were able to present Angela from Basket of Hope with 9 puff quilts, various blankets and quilts, 102 preemie baby items, and other handmade goods. The members felt good knowing their work would help babies in hospitals.
Volunteers from the 2013 Super Service Challenge helped deliver over 80 Baskets of Hope to patients aged 2-22 at The Children's Hospital at Montefiere in the Bronx. The Baskets of Hope initiative, run by Basket of Hope, aims to spread joy to seriously ill children in hospitals through gift baskets and tote bags for families. Any prize money from the Super Service Challenge would be used by Basket of Hope to purchase items to fill more baskets and totes, and help distribute them to additional hospitals.
We delivered over 80 baskets to children with cancer and other illnesses at The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx. The baskets contained items like crafts, toys, and NFL hats to bring hope and encouragement to the children during their daily struggles. Our goal is to continue partnering with Basket of Hope to deliver baskets to more hospitals in the tri-state area and provide support to more children and their families.
Gospel Trick Shot Ministries uses billiard trick shot performances to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. They began in 1996 performing at churches and colleges, and now travel nationally and internationally, having visited places like Albania, Africa, and the Philippines. If they win prize money from the Super Service Challenge 2013, they plan to use it to travel to Russia in 2014 to perform and spread the message of Christ.
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My team of 5 people volunteered at The Loft Food Pantry, serving over 1600 people by unloading trucks of food donations and stocking shelves. The food pantry has been operating since 2010 and has fed over 73,000 people regardless of attributes. My team plans to continue volunteering regularly. The food pantry needs a box truck to transport large food donations more efficiently since their growing clientele currently relies on volunteers' personal vehicles. Additional commercial freezers and coolers are also needed to store more perishable donations beyond the day they are received.
The McCall family volunteered at Kids Against Hunger, helping to prepare for their monthly food packaging event where volunteers combine rice, soy, vegetables, and vitamins into packs that are shipped worldwide to malnourished children. The organization also sells merchandise to raise funds and the family plans to continue volunteering monthly as well as help organize larger packaging events involving 75-100 people working together. Kids Against Hunger's food packs each provide meals for six people, helping address the global problem of over one billion undernourished worldwide.
A team from Defender Direct participated in an event on October 10th hosted by Kids Against Hunger where they packed meals. The team included members from the L&D, HVAC, Marketing, Business Development, and Marketing teams. As a result of their experience, Defender Direct plans to donate unused refrigerators to a food pantry. The team also plans to get involved in future food packing events. Winning prize money would benefit Kids Against Hunger as they serve many food insecure children and families in Indiana and food pantries have a continuous need to help those with occasional or permanent food needs.
Point Elementary School holds an annual fundraiser called Jar Wars where students bring coins to school representing positive or negative points for their class. The class with the most positive points at the end of the week wins. Over the years the fundraiser has raised over $27,000 for Basket of Hope, a nonprofit that provides gift baskets for seriously ill children in local hospitals. In 2013 alone over $1,500 was raised.
TEAM GREEN 1 helped pack baskets for teens for Christmas as part of Basket of Hope's event. They plan to assist Basket of Hope at future events and continue their partnership. If Basket of Hope wins a grant from CWAM, they will use the money to buy toys for baskets and inspirational materials for Hope Totes for hospitalized children in St. Louis.
Point Elementary School holds an annual fundraiser called Jar Wars where students bring coins to school to earn positive or negative points for their class. The class with the most positive points at the end of the week wins. This fundraiser has been held since 2000 and has raised over $27,000 total for Basket of Hope, a nonprofit that provides gift baskets for seriously ill children in local hospitals. In 2013 alone it raised over $1,500.
Covenant House New Orleans is a shelter that provides services to homeless and at-risk youth. City Church helped the youth at Covenant House make vision boards to visualize their goals and plan for the future. This activity helped the youth discuss their plans and goals in a positive way. City Church has an ongoing relationship with Covenant House where they participate in events for the youth and provide meals. Winning a grant from the Super Service Challenge would help Covenant House continue serving homeless youth by keeping their doors open to all in need of help.
The Nick Lowery Foundation and Fight Right Academy volunteers organized an Arizona Youth Sports Day where kids could participate in sports activities. Nick Lowery himself was there taking pictures and offering words of advice to the youth. Fight demonstrations were also held in the ring for attendees.
Dots in blue water is an organization that aims to clean up water sources in Haiti by installing water purifiers. The organization plans to make two trips to Haiti, one over spring break and another in the summer lasting eight days each, to install more purifiers and expand to other countries. Money raised through donations would allow Dots in blue water to manufacture additional purifiers and fund technical training in Haiti to improve water quality.
The Beginning Experience team provides grief support services to widowed, separated, and divorced adults through a weekend program. The team is led by Rose Brocato and includes 9 other members. They help participants work through their grief by teaching coping skills and giving them tools to let go of pain. Participants form new friendships and learn from others who have experienced similar losses. The team plans to offer more weekend programs each year and start a youth program, but needs funding for scholarships and future events like an international convention.
The GE Volunteers chapter made the holidays special for children at the Children's Home Society and Hacienda Girl's Ranch. They received 40 wish lists from foster kids and decorated a Christmas tree with them. Volunteers also selected a wish list and donated gifts. Additionally, volunteers visited Hacienda Girl's Ranch before Thanksgiving to hang lights and cook sides and desserts for their meal.
Holy Family Shelter is an emergency shelter for homeless families in Indianapolis, Indiana that provides food, shelter, and services to help families become self-sufficient. The shelter houses up to 30 families per night. One resident, Janet Williams, expressed relief when a team donated food, clothes, and hygiene products to the shelter, as the food pantry was running low. The team cleaned the kitchen, served lunch, and prepared Thanksgiving dinner during their visit. Going forward, they plan to establish ongoing relationships to provide monthly donations and assistance to keep the shelter running.
This document describes an organization that provides music education programs for urban youth in New Orleans. It teaches students about hip hop music production and connects them with local musicians as instructors. The program aims to serve high school-aged students interested in music but lacking opportunities. If additional funding was obtained, the organization plans to establish its own nonprofit status, build a dedicated studio, hire full-time instructors, and acquire updated music equipment.
Students at Dubuque Hempstead High School collected money and items through a Change Drive to send care packages to deployed troops. With help from the school's JAG classes, over $900 was raised. The money and donated items will be used to send care packages through a nonprofit that supports troops. The project also aims to help students develop job and life skills.
A group called Meridian Village Ladies Knit and Quilt Club made custom blankets, hats, booties, and quilts for babies in the neonatal intensive care unit. They worked for 6 months making over 100 items for Basket of Hope, an organization that delivers baskets of gifts and love to children in hospitals. Members were happy to see their handmade items go to babies in need.
The Meridian Village Ladies Knit and Quilt Club made custom blankets, hats, booties, and quilts for babies in the neonatal intensive care unit and for Basket of Hope, a charitable organization that delivers gift baskets to children in hospitals. The club donated 9 puff quilts, various blankets, quilts, and 102 handmade preemie items. Members said they felt good knowing their work was helping babies.
The Meridian Village Ladies Knit and Quilt Club made custom blankets, hats, booties, and quilts for babies in the neonatal intensive care unit. They worked for six months making over 100 items for babies, including 9 puff quilts. The handcrafted items were donated to Basket of Hope, a charitable organization that delivers baskets of gifts and love to children in hospitals. Members of the club felt good knowing their work would help babies in need.
The Meridian Village Ladies Knit and Quilt Club crafted many handmade baby items like blankets, hats, booties, and quilts over the past 6 months to donate to the Basket of Hope organization. They were able to present Angela from Basket of Hope with 9 puff quilts, various blankets and quilts, 102 preemie baby items, and other handmade goods. The members felt good knowing their work would help babies in hospitals.
Volunteers from the 2013 Super Service Challenge helped deliver over 80 Baskets of Hope to patients aged 2-22 at The Children's Hospital at Montefiere in the Bronx. The Baskets of Hope initiative, run by Basket of Hope, aims to spread joy to seriously ill children in hospitals through gift baskets and tote bags for families. Any prize money from the Super Service Challenge would be used by Basket of Hope to purchase items to fill more baskets and totes, and help distribute them to additional hospitals.
We delivered over 80 baskets to children with cancer and other illnesses at The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx. The baskets contained items like crafts, toys, and NFL hats to bring hope and encouragement to the children during their daily struggles. Our goal is to continue partnering with Basket of Hope to deliver baskets to more hospitals in the tri-state area and provide support to more children and their families.
Gospel Trick Shot Ministries uses billiard trick shot performances to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. They began in 1996 performing at churches and colleges, and now travel nationally and internationally, having visited places like Albania, Africa, and the Philippines. If they win prize money from the Super Service Challenge 2013, they plan to use it to travel to Russia in 2014 to perform and spread the message of Christ.
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My team of 5 people volunteered at The Loft Food Pantry, serving over 1600 people by unloading trucks of food donations and stocking shelves. The food pantry has been operating since 2010 and has fed over 73,000 people regardless of attributes. My team plans to continue volunteering regularly. The food pantry needs a box truck to transport large food donations more efficiently since their growing clientele currently relies on volunteers' personal vehicles. Additional commercial freezers and coolers are also needed to store more perishable donations beyond the day they are received.
The McCall family volunteered at Kids Against Hunger, helping to prepare for their monthly food packaging event where volunteers combine rice, soy, vegetables, and vitamins into packs that are shipped worldwide to malnourished children. The organization also sells merchandise to raise funds and the family plans to continue volunteering monthly as well as help organize larger packaging events involving 75-100 people working together. Kids Against Hunger's food packs each provide meals for six people, helping address the global problem of over one billion undernourished worldwide.
The Refuge seeks to provide stable support to men, women, and children experiencing poverty by meeting their physical, emotional, academic, and spiritual needs through community outreach. Volunteers distributed grocery bags and household supplies to over 50 families in need on one night, and continued delivering supplies until all were gone. The Refuge aims to help families grow and communities strengthen by addressing needs and fostering relationships. Donations would allow them to further support families and residents of Johnson County.
Two members of the DEFENDER team and one from OfficeMax volunteered with Kids Against Hunger, packing 100,000 meals for families in need over 4 hours. They plan to check the nonprofit's website for future volunteer opportunities. If awarded prize money, Kids Against Hunger would use it to buy food supplies, meal-packing equipment, and rent space for additional meal-packing events.
Isaiah House Ministries began in 2012 by providing groceries to 12 families and has since expanded to serve over 350 families per month. Volunteers and residents have expressed gratitude for the opportunity to serve others through Isaiah House and feel blessed by the positive impact it has on people's lives. Defender's support allows Isaiah House to maintain and expand their services to more people in need across Northern Kentucky through God's grace.
On October 24, 2013, the author and their branch served Camp Adeline located in Adeline, IL by completing fall cleanup in preparation for their fall fundraiser, including clearing brush on trails for hay rack rides. Both the author and their family have a personal connection to the camp and plan to continue visiting and supporting it. Professionally, the team enjoyed serving and would like to help again as the camp is limited by funding. The camp director explained prize money could fund building a new storage facility, pond, and help expand programs to serve more children and include an after school program.
Bike Easy partnered with Dr. Eric Griggs and volunteers to hold educational bike rides at two city parks on September 28th and October 12th. Over 40 riders ages 6-63 learned bike safety and how to feel comfortable on bikes while getting exercise. The rides included stops where riders learned their rights and responsibilities on the road. Dr. Griggs plans to continue the fun rides but is seeking funding to expand the program reach more people.
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Procrastination is a common challenge that many individuals face when it comes to completing tasks and achieving goals. It can hinder productivity and lead to feelings of stress and frustration.
However, with the right strategies and mindset, it is possible to overcome procrastination and increase productivity.
In this article, we will explore the causes of procrastination, how to recognize the signs of procrastination in oneself, and effective strategies for overcoming procrastination and boosting productivity.
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You may be stressed about revealing your cancer diagnosis to your child or children.
Children love stories and these often provide parents with a means of broaching tricky subjects and so the ‘The Secret Warrior’ book was especially written for CANSA TLC, by creative writer and social worker, Sally Ann Carter.
Find out more:
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As we navigate through the ebbs and flows of life, it is natural to experience moments of low motivation and dwindling passion for our goals.
However, it is important to remember that this is a common hurdle that can be overcome with the right strategies in place.
In this guide, we will explore ways to rekindle the fire within you and stay motivated towards your aspirations.
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