President Honors Volunteers With Points of Light Awards

Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’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 World-Wide Web site, http://pointsoflight.org, or by contacting the foundation at 1400 I Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington 20005; (202) 729-8184.

The recipients:

1442. Judith Lajoie, Woonsocket, R.I., a former victim of spousal abuse who created the Haven of Grace Ministries as a transitional home and counseling center for women overcoming substance addictions or abusive relationships; the center, which houses both the women and their children, is financed entirely by private donations.

1443. Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New York, which created the “Outreach to the Homebound” program to train volunteers to help elderly or ill people with meals, household chores, and transportation.

1444. Brooklyn Union Meals-On-Heels Volunteers, N.Y., a program of the Heights and Hill Community Council that uses volunteers from many businesses to deliver meals to homebound elderly people in Brooklyn Heights.

1445. Christ Child Society, Allison Park, Pa., a group of women who decorate a residential facility for abused and neglected boys in order to give it a more homelike atmosphere and who donate clothing and other personal items.

1446. Andover H.E.R.O. (Helping Everyone Read Outstandingly), Andover, N.J., an organization whose volunteers tutor elementary-school students at Long Pond School who do not score low enough on standardized reading tests to qualify for remedial assistance, but who are still struggling in class.