Project That Gives Handmade Blankets to the Poor Among New ‘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://pointsoflight.org, or by contacting the foundation at 1400 I Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20005; (202) 729-8184.

1945. June Perry, Milwaukee, who has served as a mentor to inner-city men and women since 1975, when she co-founded the New Concept Self Development Center.

1946. Jessica Frieder, Meadville, Pa., a college student who, in addition to her work with juvenile offenders through the AmeriCorps program, teaches science classes for a literacy program and works in soup kitchens and shelters during spring break.

1947. Jim Amos, Gobles, Mich., who provides volunteer videotaping and editing services to local nonprofit groups,.

1948. B. Alma Hyatt, San Antonio, who helped organize a community policing effort to revitalize her neighborhood.

1949. James Johnson, Dallas, who began coaching football leagues for inner-city youths in 1975.

1950. Lee County Community Development Corporation, Marianna, Ark., an organization created in 1996 to help low-income families achieve self-sufficiency through employment training, job placement, and business start-up services.

1951. Yuma Reading Council, Ariz., a literacy program started in 1981 that provides courses in English as a second language, high-schoolequivalency preparation, and literacy for native Spanish speakers.

1952. Michael Roth, Damascus, Md., chairman of the Old Timers Exhibit of the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair, who first began his efforts to preserve agricultural history at the organization in 1971. Mr. Roth also serves as charter president of the Friends of the Agricultural History Farm Park; produces Focus on the Farm, a cable-television show; and videotapes the oral histories of retired farmers.

1953. Project Linus NJ, Blanketeers, Keyport, N.J., a program started in 1999 to distribute handmade blankets to needy children and families.

1954. Blenda Wright, Claremont, Calif., who has served in the After School Tutoring Program at the Rancho Verde Village Community in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., since 1997.

1955. Donna Early, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, an American Red Cross volunteer who is working on a partnership with the International Institute, in Akron, Ohio, to provide comprehensive services to individuals in the Refugee Resettlement Program. In the past 10 years, Ms. Early also served on the board of directors and as the chapter chair of the American Red Cross.

1956. Danielle Cathcart, Dallas, who began fund raising for Wipe Out Kids Cancer in 1996 at the age of 11, when a friend died because of cancer.

1957. Project America, Richmond, Va., an organization started in 1993 to engage people in local communities and to connect volunteers with groups in need of help. Their activities include work for Radio Reaching Out.

1958. Deb Naro, Plymouth, N.H., who established Community of Caring, a program designed to teach disabled children and to foster understanding among their peers, at the local elementary and high school.

1959. Nyumburu Cultural Center, College Park, Md., an organization devoted to raising awareness of African culture and history, which formed the Joint Service Project with the University of Maryland to help community organizations address issues affecting some black people, including homelessness, youth abandonment, and the transition from welfare to work.

1960. Leap Center, Kosciusko, Miss., an organization founded in 1993 to provide tutors and mentors for at-risk youths in kindergarten through 12th grades.

1961. Anisa Ramaileh, Bountiful, Utah, who organized Helping Hands, a program that provides parents of terminally ill children with plaster casts of their children’s hands, in 1997 when her sister, Summer, died of leukemia. Ms. Ramaileh also created Summer’s Friends Organization to raise money for cancer research and the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.

1962. Positive Opportunities, Harrisburg, Pa., a program started in 1997 to provide H.I.V.-related employment training, technical assistance, program development, and client services to individuals and organizations.

1963. Terrance Muscato, Canandaigua, N.Y., who has served as a volunteer for the Canandaigua Veteran’s Administration Medical Center since 1981.