Volunteers Honored as ‘Points of Light’

Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’s daily “Points of Light” award.

The awards, which are given to those who have done exemplary volunteer work, take their name from President Bush’s description of people who do community service as “points of light.” Some 1,020 people received the honor when Mr. Bush was in office.

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://www.pointsoflight.org or by getting in touch with the foundation at 1737 H Street, N.W., Washington 20006; (202) 223-9186.

The recipients:

1053. Bob Denny, Ramona, Cal., who overcame homelessness and drug and alcohol addiction and founded Open Door Ministry, a program that feeds homeless people, and the In His Steps Christian Recovery Home, a homeless shelter.

1054. Urban Ministries of Raleigh, N.C., which provides financial assistance, short-term housing, medical and dental care, and mental-health counseling to poor and uninsured residents of Wake County, N.C.

1055. Robert Keeling, Katy, Tex., a retired engineer and volunteer at Katy Elementary School, who serves as a mentor to at-risk students, composes music and plays piano for school programs, and tutors janitors who are working toward their General Educational Development certificates.

1056. Eighth Grade Book Buddies, Webb, Miss., a program that sends eighth graders from West Tallahatchie High School to read to kids at two elementary schools in the hopes of raising both the students’ self-esteem and the rate of literacy in the Mississippi Delta region.

1057. Indianola After-School Project, Westerville, Ohio, a program that pairs students at Indianola Middle School with students from Otterbein College for tutoring, dinners, athletics, and other recreational activities at the college.

1058. TeenLine Volunteers, North Charleston, S.C., a crisis hotline service through which 25 teen-agers counsel other youths on such issues as sexual abuse, depression, suicide, and family problems, and who refer callers to appropriate community agencies.