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To address this concern, an unusual partnership
of business,
citizens' organizations, and the federal government, has been
formed
to protect our lands for future generations.
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Forest
Service; Dana York, Associate Chief, USDA
National Resources
Conservation Service; Debra Gangloff, Executive Director,
American
Forests; Douglas Wheeler, Chairman, American Farmland
Trust; and invited Senators Hillary Clinton
(D-NY), Larry Craig
(R-Idaho) and Conrad Burns (R-Montana); Andrew Johnson, Tribal
Executive Committee Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe; as well as
executives of Coleman Natural Foods
. According to Jadav, "Web sites are as
important to the world of non-profits as to the business
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Business Editors/Environment Writers
CORRECTION. The goals
are simple --
to plant 20 million trees on national forests and
adjacent lands damaged by insects, disease
and fire and to
restore 100 million acres for sustainable farming and ranching.volunteers exempt
By Coleman Natural
Foods
ADVISORY. "We
encourage our students to stay connected to the organization, and many
continue
to volunteer their time long after the project has ended," she says.preserved tierra
The quality
of our air
, water soil, wildlife -- our quality of life --
depends on immediately addressing this critical
issue.
To help celebrate National Volunteer Month, interactive media design
students from
Art Institutes across the U.countryside preservada
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CONFERENCE
The single largest
ecology project announcement of its kind in
U. Forest Service,
Two Non-Profit Conservation Organizations
, Private Companies and
Concerned Citizens Addressing Critical Reforesting Needs
WHEN: Arbor
Day -- Friday, April 29, 2005, at 3:00 P.
The Art Institutes system of 31 education institutions
is located
throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts,
fashion
and culinary professionals.ecology northmoor
This partnership demonstrates that working together companies,
government, nonprofits and individual citizens can make a
significant impact on addressing
this critical problem.
In addition to helping out non-profits, student volunteers have an
opportunity
to get real world work experience, including participating in
client meetings, planning budgets and
making deadlines.ecology sponsorship
WHAT: America's farm and forest lands need restoration.
For some students
, this is their first volunteer effort, and that, says
Jadav, is one of the most important objectives
in the Webraising effort.reserve countryside
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In addition to creating Web sites from scratch, several organizations
involved in this year's effort will get help to re-launch their sites, making
them more effective
marketing tools.
"Today's digital society demands that non-profits have as sophisticated
Web
sites as their corporate peers," says Jadav.reserve exclusively
Our students provide these
organizations with a launching
pad for their web presence -- something many
non-profits would be unable to achieve based on their
limited staffs and
financial resources," she says.protect exclusively
will raise Web sites for non-
profit organizations
and go live with launches on Monday, April 18, 2005.
Dr. Ameeta Jadav, department chair for Interactive
Media Design at The Art
Institute of Atlanta, originated the first Webraising event and is the
spokesperson
for the national effort. The Art Institutes system of schools has
provided career-oriented education
programs for 40 years.protect forestry
"It is just as important
that these sites be easy and pleasant to use.edu
/common ).artinstitutes.
fundacion forestry
. at the USDA's
Whitten Building located on Jefferson Drive
on the Washington
Mall.donated trusts
CORRECTING and REPLACING ADVISORY/Coleman Natural Foods Arbor Day -
- April 29 -- Press Conference
history will be made and the very first of 20 million trees will
be
planted by a distinguished VIP group
Creative Working Partnership Formed with the U. For more
information
visit The Art Institutes website
at http://www.volunteers trust
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From Sunrise to Sunset Design Students Build Web
Sites for Deserving Non-Profit Organizations
sponsorship donated
S.artinstitutes.forestry reserve
Art Institutes participating
in this year's event include schools located
in Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Brookline
, MA, Phoenix,
Portland, Dallas, Orange County, CA, San Diego and York, PA. They make it
possible
for the non-profit to fulfill its mission more effectively by
bringing the message to a broader audience
.edu/nr .northmoor exclusively
PITTSBURGH, It takes a village to raise a child,
and it takes hundreds of student
volunteers to raise Web sites for community-
based non-profits as part of The Art Institutes' Annual
National Webraising
event.S.
Last year, over 5,000 students from The Art Institutes donated
more than
250,000 hours of volunteer work.ecology preserved
The need
is great and the currently available
resources are not enough.
WHO: The announcement will be made by: Agriculture Secretary Mike
Johanns; Sally Collins, Associate Chief, USDA U.
Based on the Amish concept of a barnraising
, a Webraising demonstrates the
power of neighbor helping neighbor as students aid local, community
-based non-
profit organizations by creating Web sites, or in some cases, re-launching
existing
sites to improve appearance and function.farming sponsorship
S. Art Institutes volunteer efforts are detailed
in The
Common Thread ( http://www.exempt preserved
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A community sponsored library.
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