New York, NY (PRWEB) July 01, 2013
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Acadian Ambulance Honored at State Awards Luncheon
(PRWEB) July 03, 2013
Acadian Ambulance and some of their team members had been honored at an awards luncheon at Paragon Casino in Marksville, LA.

The luncheon was held in the middle of The Louisiana Association of Nationally Registered Emergency Healthcare Technicians and the Louisiana Ambulance Alliance s three-day educational conference. The conference was titled to correlate with this years National EMS Week theme: A single Mission. A single Team.

Acadian submitted candidacy to three categories and took home awards for all 3. Acadian Ambulance was awarded Service Provider of the Year, even though Tina Jewison and Steven Cope took house Paramedic of the Year and Administrator of the Year, respectively. Jewison is a paramedic in Baton Rouge and has been with Acadian for 13 years. Cope has also been with Acadian for 13 years, and recently relocated from Acadians Baton Rouge operations to South Central Texas, exactly where he is operations manager.

In addition to the accolades, a special presentation was held in honor of EMT Mark McBride, who passed away in Might. McBride joined Acadian in 2005, and served on the board of the Louisiana Association of Nationally Registered EMTs. He was also a member of the Capital Area EMT Association.

Acadian Ambulance is committed to their sufferers and their communities. They are an emergency and non-emergency health-related transportation provider to Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi.

Given that 1971, Acadian has supplied the highest level of emergency medical care and transportation attainable. In the past decade, the organization has expanded to incorporate a diverse suite of services in overall health, security, and transportation. Acadians six divisions are Acadian Ambulance Service, Acadian Monitoring Solutions, Air Med, Executive Aircraft Charter Service, National EMS Academy and Security Management Systems.





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Community Foundation Awards Far more Than $281,000 in Grants To Benefit Older Adults Females and their Kids
Waterbury, CT (PRWEB) July 05, 2013
Connecticut Neighborhood Foundation (CCF) awarded a unique round of grants to benefit older adults. These integrated grants for Waterbury BRASS (Bringing Resources to Action to Serve Seniors), the Wheels Plan of Higher New Milford, and a regional project for Positive aspects Outreach and Neighborhood Choices Counseling. In addition, a grant was offered to Pennsylvania State University School of Hospitality Management for the Continuing Care Retirement Community Project. Funding, which totaled $ 234,226, came from the East Hill Woods Fund which was established to aid older adults age effectively in their communities.

In addition, Connecticut Community Foundation awarded $ 18,000 in grants from the Womens Fund, (which contains the Fannie B. Wheeler Fund, and the Whittemore Females & Youngsters Fund) and an extra $ 29,318 in grants from the Lois Livingston McMillen Memorial Fund throughout its 2013 grant round.

The Womens Fund offers grants to organizations that supply programs to improve the top quality of life for girls and youngsters in the greater Waterbury location. The Lois Livingston McMillen Memorial Fund is focused on providing grants to organizations that serve girls and youngsters who are victims of physical, emotional or psychological abuse, sexual assault and domestic violence. For a detailed listing of grant recipients, go to http://www.conncf.org/2013-unique-grants-june. For a lot more details, check out http://www.conncf.org, or make contact with 203-753-1315, grants(at)conncf.org.

Existing Grant Recipients

Waterbury BRASS (East Hills Woods Fund) 

Above the Bar Awards Recognizes Anthony J. Enea as Westchesters Leading Elder Care Lawyer
Westchester County, N.Y. (PRWEB) June 12, 2013
Elder law lawyer Anthony J. Enea, managing companion at Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP in White Plains, N.Y., was not too long ago named Westchester Countys Major Elder Care Attorney. The Above the Bar Awards, held on June six, 2013 at Pace Law School, is regarded as the regions premier showcase of top legal talent.

Approximately 200 lawyers, judges, elected officials and friends turned out for the seventh annual Above the Bar Awards, recognizing outstanding legal function in the Westchester organization community. Mr. Enea was honored for his legal accomplishments, leadership qualities and outstanding good results in the field of elder law.

It is usually an honor to be recognized by my peers and colleagues specifically for perform that I locate so personally rewarding, mentioned Mr. Enea, who has spent the previous three decades protecting the rights of seniors and the disabled. His practice locations incorporate Elder law Medicaid Organizing and Applications Wills, Trusts and Estates Guardianships and Estate Litigation.

A powerful leader in the Westchester legal neighborhood, Mr. Enea is the quick previous chair of the New York State Bar Associations Elder Law Section. He is a member of the Council of Sophisticated Practitioners of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and is a previous president of the organizations New York Chapter. Mr. Enea is on the Guardianship Advisory Committee of the Workplace of Court Administration for the State of New York and is the former Editor-in-Chief of the Elder Law Lawyer for the New York State Bar Associations Elder Law Section.

In addition to getting named Westchesters Leading Elder Care Attorney, Mr. Enea has been recognized with several other peer-evaluation designations including Westchesters Leading 25 Super Lawyers and Very best Lawyer (Greatest Lawyers in America, 2011-2013). He is an AV Rated Preeminent Attorney (Martindale-Hubbell, 2002-2013). Mr. Eneas commitment to community service has led him to grow to be Vice President of the Westchester County Bar Foundation, Treasurer for New York States Association of Mentally Ill Children, as properly as a member of both Somers Board of Ethics and the Enterprise Improvement Board of the Hudson Valley Bank.

Above the Bar Award sponsors incorporate Citrin Cooperman, Pace Law College, the Westchester County Enterprise Journal, The Westchester Bank, Consumers Bank, The Bristal Assisted Living Neighborhood, the Westchester County Bar Association and the Westchester Womens Bar Association.

Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP is situated at 245 Principal Street in White Plains, N.Y. with further offices in Somers, N.Y. Elder law lawyer Anthony J. Enea can be reached at 914-595-4081 or aenea@aol.com. For the newest news, pay a visit to Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano on-line at http://www.esslawfirm.com.

About Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP
Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP is an AV preeminent rated elder law firm with offices in White Plains and Somers, N.Y. The practice concentrates on Elder law Medicaid Organizing, Applications and Law Medicare Law Wills, Trusts and Estates Guardianships Estate Litigation Supplemental Requirements Trusts and Particular Needs Organizing. Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP serves Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, the Bronx, Manhattan, Lengthy Island and Queens and is committed to offering the highest top quality legal solutions to seniors and the disabled. Check out the firm on the internet at http://www.esslawfirm.com and http://www.westchesterseniors.com.





National Guardianship Network Names State Courts for Guardianship Improvement Awards
Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) June 11, 2013
The National Guardianship Network (NGN) is pleased to announce 4 awards of incentive grants and technical help to states to develop innovative, consensus-driven Working Interdisciplinary Networks of Guardianship Stakeholders (WINGS). By combining the efforts of all stakeholders into WINGS, states can much better enhance judicial processes, defend individual rights and meet requirements, address insufficient funding, and make sure guardian accountability and fiduciary requirements.

The encounter of these initial WINGS groups will support NGN to develop a replication template for states interested in producing comparable networks to consider how adult guardianship is functioning in the state and what modifications could be made to increase the procedure, benefiting vulnerable adults affected as effectively as the state.

Funding for the grants was generously provided by the State Justice Institute and the Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging.

Following getting proposals from the highest court in a quantity of states, NGN chosen four applicants: 

New York: The New York Court System, operating with the Vera Institute of Justice, will design and implement a broad-based New York WINGS group to assess demands and establish priority regions for action.
Oregon: With leadership from the Oregon Judicial Department and the Oregon State Unit on Aging, Oregon WINGS will undertake a requirements assessment, develop quick- and extended-variety targets and objectives, and commence to initiate priority outreach, training, pilot applications and reform.
Texas: The Texas Workplace of Court Administration will establish Texas WINGS and engage the group in strategic organizing to determine troubles, prioritize issues, and set targets, which will be presented to the Texas Judicial Council. 
Utah: The Utah WINGS will organize a statewide summit to discover, propose, and implement options to three endemic guardianship troubles. Primarily based on the encounter from this initial project, WINGS will draft a charge for ongoing operate as a standing committee of the Utah Judicial Council.
Two further states already have such consensus and problem-solving groups in spot. In Ohio, an interdisciplinary Subcommittee on Adult Guardianship has been established under the state Supreme Courts Advisory Committee on Kids, Families & the Courts. In Missouri, MO-WINGS grew out of a broadly inclusive job force convened by the Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council.

The creation and sustainability of state WINGS groups was a important recommendation of the 2011 Third National Guardianship Summit convened by NGN at the S.J. Quinney College of Law of the University of Utah. For Summit Standards and Recommendations, as nicely as 10 background papers, see the Utah Law Review, Vol. 2012, No. 3.

For further information on state WINGS, speak to NGN Chair Mary Joy Quinn [maryjoyquinn(at)gmail(dot)com], or ABA Commission on Law and Aging Assistant Director Erica Wood [Erica.wood(at)americanbar(dot)org].

About NGN
The National Guardianship Network, established in 2002, consists of 10 national organizations dedicated to effective adult guardianship law and practice, which includes AARP, the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging, the ABA Section of Genuine Home, Trust and Estate Law, the Alzheimers Association, the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, the Center for Guardianship Certification, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the National Center for State Courts, the National College of Probate Judges, and the National Guardianship Association.

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Common Method Inc. Awards $ten,000 Student Scholarship
PALMYRA, Wis. (PRWEB) June 11, 2013
Standard Method Inc. presented its 2013 Dr. Michael Dobbins Excellence in Nutritional Education Scholarship to James Evans, a Life Chiropractic College West student. The scholarship supplies $ ten,000 to Evans to pursue his chiropractic and wellness education.

“I am so thankful for the scholarship and to Common Procedure, says Evans. Being capable of incorporating nutrition into my future chiropractic wellness paradigm will make a huge difference in my capacity to serve society in making healthier lives. Evans was chosen for his essay on how he will educate and enhance the wellness of individuals who face weight-associated wellness challenges in his future practice. He is the fourth recipient of the scholarship.

“It really is crucial to have students learn the value of nutrition and the advantages of entire meals supplements while they are in school, says John Nab, D.C., director of professional improvement at Common Method. Common Process is proud to offer you scholarship opportunities for chiropractic students interested in integrating complete food supplements into their future practice.

Regular Procedure Northern California Distributor Justin Toal presented Evans with his scholarship throughout Life Wests Spring for Life occasion held Could 9 on the schools campus. The scholarship encourages Life West students to study whole meals nutrition while pursuing their degrees.

The Normal Approach Dr. Michael Dobbins Excellence in Nutritional Education Scholarship is open to Life West students with at least three quarters remaining ahead of graduation. Evans has 6 quarters left before earning his degree. In addition to the essay, scholarship applicants need to:

Have a cumulative grade point average of 2.9 or higher
Give a list of their contributions to the profession, the college, and the community
Give a letter of recommendation from a professor at the school
Regular Process established its Excellence in Nutritional Education Award for practitioners in 2009 and announced a $ 100,000 scholarship program would be supplied more than a ten-year period to every award recipients alma mater. Chiropractor and Life West alum, Michael Dobbins, of Alameda, Calif., was the initial recipient of the Excellence in Nutritional Education Award. He was chosen since of his passion for educating other folks. As a chiropractor and nutritional educator for more than two decades, Dobbins is 1 of the most revered speakers on complementary health care and an internationally renowned lecturer in the field of nutrition and herbal therapy. Alongside his wife and son, chiropractors PJ and Patrick Dobbins, he maintains Dobbins Inexpensive Chiropractic in Alameda, Calif.

About Normal Process Inc.

For more than 80 years, Common Procedure, headquartered in Palmyra, Wis., has supplied higher-top quality, nutritional whole food supplements by way of overall health care experts. Common Method gives far more than 300 products by means of 3 solution lines: Normal Process whole meals supplements, Standard Approach Veterinary Formulas and MediHerb herbal supplements. The merchandise are obtainable only by means of wellness care professionals.

Normal Procedure is involved in every step of production. The business grows crops on business-owned, organically certified farmland, utilizes state-of-the-art manufacturing processes, and employs the highest high quality control requirements. Normal Procedure strictly adheres to the Meals and Drug Administrations excellent manufacturing practice specifications. By means of these measures, Regular Method can guarantee that its items are of the utmost top quality and potency. Common Method was named a Best one hundred Workplace in Southeastern Wisconsin a quantity of times and is a member of the Inc. 5000 Honor Roll.

For additional details about Regular Procedure, check out standardprocess.com.





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2013 S.P.I.R.E. Awards, Honoring Students for Great Gains in Reading, Announced by EPS Literacy and Intervention
Greenville, WI (PRWEB) June 11, 2013
EPS Literacy and Intervention, a division of College Specialty, today announced the winners of its 2013 S.P.I.R.E.
Winners Announced for the 2013 AEP Awards in Education Excellence
Washington, DC (PRWEB) June 09, 2013
The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) is pleased to announce the 34 winners of the 2013 AEP Awards. The AEP Awards program, which has been in existence for over 4 decades, is the most prestigious and comprehensive recognition program in the finding out resource community. The Awards were distributed to the winners during the AEP Awards Gala which took place June 4 in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Hilton. The event was hosted by Deb Devries from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Michael Ross from Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Goods were judged in a 3-tier procedure (educator assessment, skilled overview, and certification) with only the greatest components advancing to the greater rounds. Each year, the evaluation process begins with a panel of teachers who judge the entries based on how well they will succeed in the classroom. This step ensures that the winning merchandise are genuinely successful in the field of educational publishing. All entrants acquire judges’ feedback at the conclusion of the method to help them increase their components.

AEP believes that specialist requirements of good quality and consistency need to be the baseline for all instructional resources and these standards serve as the foundation for judging entries. The AEP’s ten benchmarks for top quality incorporate: 1) clearly articulated learning targets and objectives two) appropriate grade and reading levels three) clearly stated trustworthy sources 4) engaging, relevant, and up-to-date content material 5) extremely vetted content material that is correct, objective, and trustworthy 6) differentiated understanding opportunities 7) standards- and proof-based lessons/learning aligned with higher-quality assessments 8) effectively-made and appealing materials for students, teachers, and other education specialists 9) adaptable components for individual studying types and requirements and 10) comprehensive educator guide or instructional support components.

AEP Awards finalists and winners earn the correct to display the AEP Award Seal, nationally recognized by educators, administrators, and parents as a mark of outstanding high quality and achievement. “Finding out supplies are a important portion of education. But the overwhelming quantity of alternatives can make it difficult to locate the most effective sources,” stated Eric Hamilton, Assistant Director at the American Museum of Organic History and chair of the AEP Awards Committee. “The AEP Awards have been regularly focused on high quality content, regardless of the medium. The AEP award seals, which are provided to all finalists and winners, make it simpler for educators and choice-makers to locate the quality items they are searching for to use in the classroom and other finding out environments.”

The AEP Awards system not only showcases the best studying sources, but also emphasizes the essential function of teachers in education. For that reason, many award categories concentrate exclusively on expert improvement components.

AEP Awards Winners:

The Golden Lamp Awards, one of the most prestigious honors in the education industry, highlight the “very best of the very best” merchandise for teaching and studying every single year. The 2013 winners are:

Scholastic Action – Scholastic Inc. (Periodicals) Teachscape Teaching Effectiveness Platform – Teachscape (Expert Development) Britannica School – Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. (Supplemental Resources) and McGraw-Hill Networks: A Social Research Understanding Program – McGraw-Hill School Education (Entire Curriculum Programs).

The Innovation Awards recognize forward-considering goods that are pioneering changes in the education landscape. This years Innovation Awards had been provided to Capstone (Networked Finding out Tools), ChineseCUBES (Digital Games and Simulation Tools), eInstruction (Student Response/Assessment), Focus Education (Pedagogy/Methodology), National Wildlife Federation (Mobile/Wireless Studying Tools), and StudySync (Emerging Technologies).

The Distinguished Achievement Awards (DAAs) honor the very best in a variety of product varieties and resources employed by teachers, parents, and students. DAA categories contain Periodicals, Skilled Improvement, Supplemental Resources, and Whole Curriculum Programs.

The Distinguished Achievement Award winners in Adult Periodicals: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), Common Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), Penn State Alumni Association, Scholastic Inc., and Teaching Tolerance.

The Distinguished Achievement Award winners in PreK-12 Periodicals: National Wildlife Federation, Scholastic Inc., and Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition.

The Distinguished Achievement Award winners in Skilled Development: Corwin, Developmental Studies Center (USA), Math Options, and Responsive Classroom.

The Distinguished Achievement Award winners in Supplemental Resources: Benchmark Education Co., Developmental Research Center (USA), Girl Scouts of the USA, ORIGO Education, Okapi Educational Publishing, Inc., Rubicon Publishing, Inc., Scholastic Inc., Shmoop, Teacher Designed Materials, and Queensland Art Gallery.

The Distinguished Achievement Award winners in Whole Curriculum Programs include: K12 Inc., McGraw-Hill College Education, ORIGO Education, and College Specialty.

AEP also recognizes advertising and marketing excellence by way of its Beacon Awards system. At a luncheon on June 4, Beacon Awards were offered to six major firms and organizations for their exceptional advertising campaigns and advertisements that promote a variety of educational goods. The 2013 Gold Beacon winner was the Huge Apple Multimedia Campaign from Math Options. The 2013 Beacon Award winners consist of CDW-G, Girl Scouts of the USA, Studying A-Z, Math Options, WestEd, and Winter Group.

About the AEP Awards

Because 1967, the AEP Awards have honored outstanding sources for teaching and studying in all media and for any educational setting. The most prestigious and complete recognition plan of its kind, the AEP Awards recognize exceptional resources for students as properly as expert improvement supplies for teachers. A rigorous evaluation procedure with instructors and other education specialists serving as judges ensures that the winners meet all of AEP’s established benchmarks for high quality content material. The AEP Awards are extensively recognized for their good results in identifying exemplars of excellence that broaden horizons, foster curiosity and vital pondering, and lay the foundation for lifelong studying.

See the video ‘Honoring Excellence’ which shows the full variety of eligible entries.

About the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP)

The only skilled organization that serves the diverse wants of the whole educational resource neighborhood, the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) encourages and advocates for skilled, quality content material for teaching and studying. The membership of AEP represents the wide variety of men and women, institutions, and companies dedicated to delivering progressive finding out sources in all media and for any educational setting. Founded in 1895, AEP now helps its members navigate the worldwide realities of educational publishing in the 21st century.

AEP is at the forefront of the educational publishing business, top initiatives that aid drive the future of content material improvement and delivery. It has taken a major part in many efforts supporting the market, such as the Finding out Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI), which is altering the way educational materials are located on the World wide web Innovation Through Inclusion, promoting market-wide diversity and representation of educational publishers on matters such as new legislation and funding. By way of its events, publications, and recognition programs, AEP works to inform and advance the market and to define and applaud excellence in the field.



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Orinda Academy Junior, YingYu Ren, Wins Several Awards for Academic Excellence, Public Service and Leadership
Orinda, California (PRWEB) June 03, 2013
Orinda Academy announced these days that YingYu Ren, 17, a member of the schools junior class, is a recipient of 3 awards recognizing her academic achievement, service and leadership.

Ren is a single of only ten students in the nation to win A Greater Likelihood Award for Excellence for academic distinction, contributions to the college community and demonstrated capacity to attain. The award is from the organization, A Better Opportunity, which performs to improve the number of effectively-educated young people of color who are capable of assuming positions of duty and leadership in American society.

The 2013 Alexander Hamilton Citizenship Achievement Award was also awarded to Ren. It recognizes youth who demonstrate leadership skills, academic excellence and a passion for public service.

Rens writing talent earned her the 2013 Pals of the Orinda Library Poul Anderson Writing Contest in the Essay/Memoir category. Her entry titled, The Inspiring Ocean, details how her expertise with the ocean impacted and parallels her life, from the time she was an infant in China to nowadays as she looks toward her future.

These awards encourage me to go additional, keep difficult myself, be a far better person, do my greatest and give back to the community, says Ren.

YingYu is a single of the most impressive, extraordinary students I have encountered in my 38 years of teaching and administration, says Ron Graydon, founder and head of Orinda Academy. She has prospered in spite of getting an English language learner and has maintained a straight-A typical in Orinda Academys rigorous college preparatory curriculum.

In addition to her academic achievements, Ren has been a driving force on the student council in organizing the most successful toy drive in Orinda Academys history. She is on the yearbook employees (her cover style was chosen in 2012 and 2013), is a math TA, a tour guide for prospective students, and has served as an interpreter for going to Chinese recruiters and households.

Ren has logged hundreds of hours of community service, like function with the East Bay Asian Regional Improvement Corporation assisting people prepare tax returns. She has also taught students study skills, time management and social media by means of A Much better Possibilities West Coast Orientation Program.

ABOUT ORINDA ACADEMY
Orinda Academy (OA) is an independent, non-profit, co-educational day college serving grades six by way of 12. It prides itself on the general achievement of its students. Students are from throughout the Bay Location and bring their person strengths and talents to enrich the diverse neighborhood. The environment at OA is conducive to student achievement by emphasizing organization, time-management, and self-advocacy. Although building self-esteem and self-reliance, students create upon their successes. Students who graduate from Orinda Academy are confident as properly as academically and personally ready for college. Graduates attend leading public and private universities and California State and University of California schools.

For more information, call Orinda Academy at (925) 254-7553, or go to http://www.orindaacademy.org.