Sentence examples for soliciting pledges from inspiring English sources

The committee is soliciting pledges of financing.

The officials, who spoke anonymously because they were discussing internal NATO deliberations, would say only that they were making "good progress" in soliciting pledges.

To that end, Dr. Bisakha Sen, who is leading the ongoing gun research effort at the school, is soliciting pledges on Microryza, which is a kind of Kickstarter for scientific research grants.

No one noticed; they worked for a public-radio station, in the fund-raising department, and were surrounded by people who spent all day on the phone, soliciting pledges.

"An 'accident,'" she says, "implies that nothing could have been done to prevent their deaths". Earlier this summer, her group and advocacy organization Transportation Alternatives launched a campaign soliciting pledges to stop using the word.

They are running to solicit pledges from friends and strangers, via crowdrise.com/familiesofflight93.com/familiesofflight93

The final installment solicited pledges from readers to fight racism; the names of 22,000 respondents were later published in a special supplement.

Pierson also noted that WNYC, a public-TV station that has used former "Dark Shadows" actors to solicit pledges, did not find a $12,500 donation from the "Dark Shadows" Festival undesirable.

Participants are also invited to solicit pledges from others to turn in the day of the event.

Along with sites like IndieGoGo and Rocket Hub Kickstarter allows you to post detailed proposals online and solicit pledges to make them happen.

Participants will take turns at the gym's six basketball hoops and can either solicit pledges for each basket they make or turn in a flat donation.