Childhood Vaccinations and Prison Literacy Are Among Goals of ‘Points of Light’ Honorees

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:

1493. Jane Clinard, Kalamazoo, Mich., a retired hospital employee who coordinates programs to insure that children receive vaccinations by sending reminders by phone and mail and by providing transportation to immunization sites.

1494. Tara Church, El Segundo, Cal., a college senior who founded Tree Musketeers, an environmental organization for young people, when she was 8 years old because of pollution in her hometown.

1495. Mease Auxiliary CareLift Service, Dunedin, Fla., a volunteer-financed program that transports patients who are too ill to drive to and from health-care centers.

1496. Box Elder High School Key Club, Brigham City, Utah, an academic mentor program designed to help young people stay in school and learn how to meet goals; the majority of parents and guardians of students in the program feel that their child’s confidence and school performance has improved since joining the program.

1497. Gina Schroeder, Austin, Tex., a volunteer with the local “Court Appointed Special Advocate” program; she raised $20,000 to allow two siblings’ grandparents to buy a home so that the children could stay with them after the parents lost custody.

1498. Lucille Mullen, Watertown, N.Y., a retiree who manages the office for the Northern Regional Center for Independent Living and teaches reading to inmates at the Watertown Correctional Facility.

1499. Jerome Clemons, Jr., Charleston, S.C., a student at Towson University who, after attending the Presidents’ Summit for America’s Future, in 1997, started a summer reading tutorial for children with low standardized-test scores.

1500. Genevieve Carey, Point Lookout, N.Y., a teen-ager who has spent the past four summers in Honduras with the House of Friendship’s Medical Brigade and its Orphanage Volunteer Program, which provide health care and other services for poor people; she also has organized clothing and food drives for victims of recent floods in Honduras.

1501. Baxter Brem, Portland, Me., a 15-year-old volunteer at Fallbrook Woods, a nursing home where he plays music and helps organize social activities for the elderly residents.

1502. Volunteer Probation Officers and Learning Partners of Grand Traverse County, Traverse City, Mich., programs of the Grand Traverse County Probate Court that use volunteers to help first-time juvenile offenders successfully complete their probations and to serve as mentors for at-risk elementary-school students.