Alabama Line-Dancing Group 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:

1876. Decatur General Boot Scooters, Ala., a senior-citizen line-dancing group that performs at health fairs to encourage exercise and healthy living among elderly, ill, and disabled people.

1877. Alfred Ciffo III, Hallandale Beach, Fla., who, as a high-school sophomore in 1998, founded Teen Connect, a program through which high-school students befriend elderly people. Mr. Ciffo also wrote a manual to help youths in other areas start Teen Connect chapters.

1878. Rita Marinello, Scottsdale, Ariz., a retired elementary-school teacher who serves as a tutor for the OASIS Intergenerational Tutoring Program.

1879. San Diego Police Office of Volunteer Services, whose Volunteers in Policing program involves 1,100 citizens in a community policing effort.

1880. Ask Project, Norman, Okla., a program that collects computers and donates the equipment to disabled children and groups that serve them.

1881. David Peterson, Tacoma, Wash., who volunteers for the Pierce County AIDS Foundation, which delivers groceries and provides other services to people with H.I.V./AIDS.

1882. James Present, Rochester, N.Y., a retired elementary-school teacher who started a mentoring and tutoring program for inner-city youths at the University of Rochester.

1883. Shell Houston Open, a golf tournament that raises money for youth programs, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of Houston, Junior Achievement, the Salvation Army, and United Way.

1884. School Board of Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., which founded the Student Volunteer Service Program in 1989.

1885. Haskell Conkle, Griffin, Ga., a charter member of and organizer and recruiter for the Griffin chapter of AMBUCS, a national organization that serves disabled people, for more than 50 years.

1886. Betty Hall, Mesquite, Tex., an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer who serves and trained others as ombudsmen for nursing-home residents.

1887. Mary Resch, Columbia, S.C., who since 1988 has served and led numerous community groups such as the local sexual-trauma service’s board of directors, the Alliance for South Carolina’s Children, and the American Legion.