Sentence examples for pledge program from inspiring English sources

At our house, intellectual stimulation was subordinate to the pledge program.

And for further insurance, they instituted a pledge program offering ice cream to classes that got 100percentt participation.

Thousands of people attended a counter-rally, and some devised a pledge program for human rights that raised more than $1,000 a minute for every one of the 32 minutes the extremists marched.

No extra faculty or staff were hired for Cal State San Bernardino's Four-Year Graduation Pledge Program in 2007, according to William Vanderburgh, the school's associate vice president and dean of undergraduate studies.

KLRU-TV in Austin, Tex., which dropped its June pledge drive completely, has created local events around pledge programs like an antiques appraisal fair and has a rule that no public affairs programs are to be interrupted, said Shane Guiter, director of development.

She replaces John Wilson, who is moving to a new job as senior vice president, pledge strategy and special projects, where, according to the memo, his role will be to "reinvigorate pledge programming," those shows that PBS stations use to solicit viewer donations.

Since corporate sponsors were allowed to extend their "credit" announcements to 30 seconds, commercials in all but name have been a regular feature on public television, and that's not to mention pledge programs, the fund-raising equivalent of water-boarding.

Many of her sponsors and fans also contribute donations for every birdie and eagle through pledge programs on Cristie's website.

However, it does not subsidize the price the farmer receives for their rice which is what the pledging program essentially does.

The absence of a program similar to the pledging program in Vietnam may explain why Vietnamese rice export prices are more related to other export rice markets than Thai prices according to the study's results.

In the case of Thailand, John (2013) reported that while the rice pledging program affects price transmission between Thailand's domestic and export rice markets, price transmission takes place bidirectionally.