Conservationist, Musician Among 12 ‘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 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:

1348. Janice Katz, San Mateo, Cal., a special-education teacher who volunteers with several organizations, including the Samaritan House, where she coordinates volunteers to make medical and mental-health services available to uninsured people.

1349. Gerald Stoops, San Bernardino, Cal., a retired teacher who founded and leads the Natural Beauty Program, a reforestation effort for local woods depleted by wild fires; the program began with his science students in 1959 and now involves teen-agers from the county’s Juvenile Hall.

1350. Dorothy Masterson, Dallas, a volunteer with the Housing Crisis Center who works 60 hours per week to help find permanent housing for people who are homeless or on the verge of losing their homes.

1351. Arthenia Filer, Huntsville, Ala., who teaches schoolchildren about physical and sexual abuse through the “Stop Child Abuse and Neglect” program, which reached more than 10,000 Alabama students during the 1996-97 school year.

1352. Mickey Darcy, Wickliffe, Ohio, who founded a local Christmas in April program in Lake County, Ohio, to repair the houses of people who earn less than $5,000 per year.

1353. Grace Lutheran Church, Davenport, Iowa, which provides poor families with holiday meals, a Christmas party, and donated clothing, shoes, and baby items.

1354. The Kentucky Coalition of School Volunteer Organizations, Lebanon, which promotes volunteer participation at schools statewide through workshops and manuals for school staff members and parents.

1355. Arkansas Health Care Access Foundation, Little Rock, which comprises a network of more than 1,000 health professionals who provide services to people who do not qualify for government-subsidized programs but can’t afford medical insurance.

1356. Casas por Cristo, El Paso, which sends teams of volunteers from around the country to build emergency and permanent housing units for poor and homeless families in El Paso County and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and which helps young people learn construction and leadership skills.

1357. Elmer Frykman, Minneapolis, who founded the Honeywell Retiree Volunteer Project in 1979 to match the skills and interests of retired Honeywell employees with appropriate non-profit organizations.

1358. The Teen Coffeehouse, North Adams, Mass., a bimonthly social event created by Breanna Robinson and Allison Buck, two students who wanted an inexpensive place for local teen-agers to gather that is free of alcohol and drugs.

1359. John Hornsby, Charlottesville, Va., a musician who founded the Music Resource Center, which enables adolescents to create music at its six studios while volunteers provide instruction and act as mentors.