Teenage Girls Who Produce TV Show Among Latest ‘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.

The recipients:

1912. Academy ICU Club, Myrtle Beach, S.C., a group at the Academy for the Arts, Science, and Technology that assists local community-service organizations, including Citizens Against Spousal Abuse, Habitat for Humanity, and SOS Healthcare.

1913. William Stapp, Ann Arbor, Mich., who founded the Global Rivers Environmental Education Network to aid students worldwide who are working to protect local water resources.

1914. Community Oriented Policing Satellite of University Heights, Buffalo, N.Y., a program started in 1995 to create safer neighborhoods. This group also sponsors community events like National Night Out, in which police, local people, and businesses organize barbeques, flashlight walks, and other activities to prevent crime and to strengthen community relationships.

1915. Girl Tee Vee, Walpole, Mass., a group of teenagers who created and produced a community-access television program at the Girls Center. The program discusses various issues facing girls, the importance of higher education, and the risks involved in under-age drinking.

1916. Jack Winer, San Diego, who established a citywide essay contest for students from elementary through high school about the importance of city libraries and community service.

1917. Sarah Brabant, Lafayette, La., who founded the Grief Center of Southwest Louisiana in 1997 to serve children who have lost a sibling, parent, or friend in a traumatic manner.

1918. Marilyn Price, Mill Valley, Calif., who established Trips for Kids, a nonprofit group that provides mountain-bike trips and environmental-education activities to urban children and youths.

1919. Sister Anita Marie Stacy, Cold Spring, Ky., a mathematics teacher who created a series of workshops that promote social awareness and involve high-school students in community service.

1920. Association of Junior Leagues International, New York, a women’s volunteer organization started in 1901 that provides family-literacy services, AIDS education, pregnancy-prevention support, and other services.

1921. BSSW Student Social Work Organization, Knoxville, Tenn., a group organized by and composed of students majoring in social work at the University of Tennessee that serves Big Brothers Big Sisters, Ronald McDonald House, and other organizations in eastern Tennessee.

1922. Sherri Lee, Longwood, Fla., who helped add a youth- and parent-education component to the Families Against Drugs (FAD) program and who serves as a mentor for abused and poor children.

1923. Thomas Cash, Short Hills, N.J., who in the early 1990’s began serving as a mentor and providing financial assistance to several underprivileged youths to enable them to attend private high schools. Mr. Cash established the Student Partner Alliance in 1993 to extend these opportunities to more youths.

1924. Anna Panayiotou, Bayonne, N.J., who established and leads Bayonne 2000: Cleaner and Greener, a volunteer community-forestry and cleanup group.

1925. Center for Social Responsibility and Community, Oneonta, N.Y., a program to engage students in developing and implementing innovative solutions to meet community needs, including an information and referral service on student volunteer opportunities.

1926. Mary Ellen Stanek, Milwaukee, who led a fund-raising campaign for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee that enabled the organizations to double their membership.

1927. Gussie Hammock, Little Rock, Ark., a retired factory worker who since 1996 has helped victims of crime through the Prosecutor’s Volunteers for Victims Program.

1928. Robert Blankenship, Columbia, S.C., a retired bank official who for nine years has served as the volunteer coordinator and the manager of the “toy shop” for the local Salvation Army’s Families Helping Families Christmas program.

1929. Assets Inc., Anchorage, a training and work program originally designed for disabled adults that now offers employment opportunities to both disabled and nondisabled people at various sites, including the Anchorage Airport and the Alaska State Court House System.

1930. Carroll King, Summerfield, Fla., who for eight years has served as an instructor for the AARP’s 55 Alive Mature Driving Class, a defensive-driving class that helps elderly people maintain their driving skills and adapt to changing traffic rules and conditions.

1931. Allan Law, Edina, Minn., a retired schoolteacher who created and directs Minneapolis Recreation Development, a program that provides educational and recreational activities for at-risk urban youths. Mr. Law started the program in 1967 when he first began teaching.

1932. Eastern Massachusetts Literacy Council, Medford, which since 1970 has trained and supported volunteers for literacy programs serving both native English speakers and adults learning English as a second language.

1933. Greg Cowan, Helper, Utah, who helped establish and volunteers for the Carbon County Caring Adult Program, which helps organizations develop and maintain mentor programs for youths.

1934. Richard Rosenkranz, Roseland, Fla., who in 1997 established the Interfaith Call for Universal Freedom of Worship and for Human Rights in Tibet.

1935. Federal Medical Center Carswell Federal Women’s Program, Fort Worth, which began an annual school-supply drive for local children in 1996.

1936. Ernest Wright Sr., San Diego, who began the Pro Kids Golf Academy and Learning Center in 1994 to serve minority children and youths.

1937. Fort Meade Partners in Education Program, Md., a collaboration between Fort Meade and local schools that provides students with mentors from all branches of the military, including the Coast Guard and Department of Defense civilians.

1938. Jerry Robertson, Opelika, Ala., a disaster-relief volunteer for the Lee County American Red Cross who helps victims of windstorms and tornadoes and runs a food pantry through his church.

1939. Alton Beck, Springville, Utah, who has worked with at-risk youths in the school program at the Slate Canyon Youth Center since 1993, when his son died in an automobile accident.

1940. Joe Spencer, Payson, Utah, who, in addition to his service in the Boy Scouts of America for 30 years, volunteers as a reading tutor for elementary-school children.

1941. Pasco Angels, Port Richey, Fla., an organization created in 1997 to provide holiday baskets for homebound elderly and disabled people.

1942. Colorado Vincentian Volunteers, Denver, a community-service project that enlists youths for 11 months of full-time work with poor people at shelters for battered women and homeless people, hospitals, and other community sites.

1943. Nos Amis, Children Helping Poor and Homeless People, Venice, Calif., an education-outreach and community-service program conducted by youths with adult mentors. The program works to mitigate hunger, poverty, and homelessness in California and Oregon.

1944. Elder Services Network, Mountain Iron, Minn., a volunteer network that delivers groceries to homebound elderly citizens.