Its goal was to encourage young adults around the world to embrace selfimprovement. Over the years, millions of young adults from more than 140 countries have participated in the program. And that brings us back to prince edward. He travels the world, personally attending the award ceremonies. Thats why hes here at the governors residence in nashville, tennessee. It is an hor have you here today and to welcome his Royal Highness the prince edward, the earl of wessex. And congratulations to all the Award Winners, as well. The Award Winners included students, scouts, members from boys girls clubs, as well as teens from miss america. Six years ago, we started this program. Ive been involved for three years, and in that time, weve grown from one program in california, our pilot, to 30 states and the district of columbia over 7,000 young people taking part this year. This afternoon, we celebrate 85 recipients from tennessee nashville and the greater area who have dedicated their time, gifts
Wind. These types of debris items, these large debris items that float, are starting to show up on our coastline on the west coast. Asma is with noaa, the National Oceanic and atmospheric administration. Its a Scientific Agency that works on everything from weather to coastal and Resource Management to fisheries, really taking a look at how we have an impact on the oceans and what we can do to restore them. Noaa has been tracking debris from japan thats been reaching our shores. Some debris is hard to miss, like a giant dock that washed up in oregon. This motorcycle made it all the way to canada. It was inside a container that floated. Were encouraging people that see tsunami debris to report it to noaa at disasterdebris noaa. Gov. So if this is an unusual type of debris that may have characteristics, like possible japanese writing on it, or specific identifiers, like a license plate, those are clues as to, you know, this might be an item that is actually from the japan tsunami. But th
Sense of knowing when someone needs comfort. A little girl named jordan needed more than comfort when she was five years old. My leg was really hurting one night, and then i had to go in the ambulance to the hospital. A rare bone disease was causing unbearable pain. My daughter wouldnt let me touch her. She wouldnt let her father touch her, paramedics touch her. Even after surgery, jordan was miserable. With a device drilled into her bone, she refused to get out of bed or even eat. My daughter was dying. She was dying. And then came a miracle the pet partner team of janelle and jenna. And when we saw jenna, me and mommy, we were like, why is there a dog in the hospital . And when jenna came in my room, she did tricks for me, and then she came up on the bed and then cuddled on this horse. The bond was immediate and so was the effect on jordan. After that cuddle, she agreed to a bargain. If she would eat, she could take jenna for a walk. And so i ate some of my lunch, and i got out of be
In collaboration with St. Scholastica's College Manila, under the coordination of Sr. Agnella Capili, OSB, the SSC School of Music, and the Sr. Baptista Battig Music Foundation Inc., the Embassy of Italy organized a memorable event at St. Augustine Church in Intramuros, Manila.