Sentence examples for gathering pledges from inspiring English sources

As the Foundation's chair from July 2007 to June 2009, Bill partnered with Chancellor Birgeneau on the Hewlett Challenge, reaching out to alumni and gathering pledges for 100 new endowed faculty chairs.

The activities that SADD chapters have sponsored have included organizing mock funerals, using fake tombstones to symbolize people who are killed by drunken drivers; gathering pledges from students promising not to drink and drive, staging fake car crashes to demonstrate the consequences of drunken driving, and inviting speakers to address the students.

Now gathering pledges in more than 100 countries, the campaign aims to demonstrate that people care about children and want governments to keep the promises they make to them.

And while Stanford's ability to bankroll the project was not seriously in question — the university routinely leads the nation in fund-raising — Cornell's early start in gathering alumni pledges made an impression, as did the partnership with Technion.

Anote Tong, the president of Kiribati, also at the conference, urged action: "It is time to act … Let us match the rhetoric of these international gatherings with pledges and commitments as leaders to do our best to improve conditions and lives of those who need it most".

"By gathering millions of pledges, "Say Yes For Children" will create a chorus of public opinion too loud to ignore - a clear demonstration that the world cares about children and expects governments to keep the promises they make to them", said Denise Searle, UNICEF's chief of internet and broadcasting.

Since the first summit in 1975, the gathering has annually pledged in favor of free trade and explicitly condemned protectionism.

She noted the symbolism that this year, China will host both the international Clean Energy Ministerial, in Beijing in June, and the second Mission Innovation ministerial, a gathering of countries pledged to supercharge investments in new energy technologies.

I was just at the second annual Giving Pledge gathering, which Warren and Bill and Melinda started.

It is simply not possible to cut tax gathering resources while simultaneously pledging to close the tax gap".

Punctuating this light-hearted gathering were appeals to pledge online using a computer set up in the Memorial Room; stories of local residents who benefited from community agencies supported by the United Way; and reasons for the audience to give to the campaign.