Youth Camp Founder Among Those Selected as Recent ‘Points of Light’

Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Bush’s Daily Points of Light Award.

The Points of Light Foundation, a Washington charity, assists the president in making the choices and carrying out the award program. More information about the award winners and the program is available at the foundation’s Web site, http://www.pointsoflight.org, or by contacting the foundation at 1400 I Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20005; (202) 729-8184.

The recipients:

2169. Literacy Volunteers of America-Newark and Essex County, Newark, N.J., which provides free instruction in basic literacy and English-conversation skills to people age 15 and older; the organization has also developed a literacy model for families in which both children and parents exhibit low reading levels.

2170. Lane Ballard, Seattle, a manufacturing engineer who volunteers weekly at the Children’s Hospital in Seattle, visiting and playing with young patients and their siblings and training other adult volunteers; Mr. Ballard also spends his vacation time coordinating sports and other programs at a special camp for former patients.

2171. Doreen Scott, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a registered nurse whose volunteer work includes helping raise money for Kids in Distress, monitoring troubled families and representing children in court through the Guardian Ad Litem program, and serving as president of the Children’s Home Society.

2172. The Rev. Charles Flowers, San Antonio, a former U.S. Air Force training instructor who, in 1995, created the Christian Boot Camp for troubled youths, a 32-day program that includes physical activities, community service, classroom instruction, and spiritual training.

2173. Richard Scherrer, Sacramento, a retired lawyer who volunteers at least 55 hours each month, including at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center, where he leads nature tours for children, and at the Casa Garden Restaurant, where he serves as a wine steward and bartender for this dining establishment whose proceeds go to the Sacramento Children’s Home.

2174. Devony Duhe, Plano, Tex., a retiree who volunteers with Humanity United in Giving (HUG) International, a group based in Richardson, Tex., that assists children affected by poverty and war; since first traveling to an orphanage in Slatina, Romania, in 1997, she has worked more than 3,000 hours to benefit the orphans and has donated fuel, food, and other items.

2175. Howard Watkin, Richfield, Utah, an 81-year-old whose volunteer activities to benefit children in Sevier County, Utah, include conducting field trips, educating children and parents about Halloween safety, and advising students on reading and communications skills.

2176. California State U. at Fullerton Volunteer and Service Center, which comprises a dozen community-service programs initiated and run by students, including partnerships with local schools, homeless shelters, and domestic-violence and environmental groups.

2177. AARP (American Association of Retired Persons), Washington, which, in December 2001, issued a “Call to Service” to its more than 34 million members, joining with local affiliates and other groups to provide an array of volunteer opportunities and creating kits designed to help members determine how best to use their time and energy.

2178. Pamela J. Atkinson, Salt Lake City, who serves on the boards of several local health clinics and organizations that serve homeless people and who established two school-based health centers and a low-cost clinic in a low-income Salt Lake City neighborhood that previously had no medical services.

2179. Urban Peak, Denver, a nonprofit organization started by residents of Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood in 1988 in response to the large number of homeless youths congregating there; its comprehensive services for runaway and homeless young people include educational classes, emergency shelter, medical care, and job training and placement.

2180. Intermountain Therapy Animals, Salt Lake City, which trains and certifies volunteers and their dogs, cats, and other pets to provide animal-assisted therapy at hospitals, nursing homes, schools, youth-detention facilities, and other sites.

2181. Waycross Kiwanis Club, Waycross, Ga., whose 80 active members carry out various community-service projects, including donating books and reading aloud to children and delivering flowers and ice cream to nursing-home residents.

2182. Lisa Young, Pleasant Grove, Utah, who volunteers an average of 25 hours per week for the Pleasant Grove Youth City Council and Youth Court, organizing various community-service and leadership-development activities for local adolescents.

2183. Randy Povey, Redmond, Ore., whose volunteer activities have included serving on the city council, founding the Redmond Flag Committee, and organizing local residents to build skateboarding facilities and two sports complexes for young people.

2184. Mark and Linda Staley, Omaha, volunteer caregivers with Compassion In Action, a program that serves incarcerated women and their children; through the program, the Staleys provided round-the-clock care for a chronically ill infant with fetal alcohol syndrome whose mother was incarcerated.