Crime Fighter, Tree Planter Among 18 ‘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:

1360. Mary Lynn Morin, West Warwick, R.I., who coordinates community-service programs at Winman Junior High School and educates students about world hunger through such projects as the Hunger Banquet, where most participants receive insufficient meals while a few individuals eat lavishly.

1361. Give Kids the World, Kissimmee, Fla., which gives terminally ill children and their families a week’s vacation at the organization’s resort, which is run primarily by volunteers.

1362. John Johansen, Alexandria, Va., who created the Crime Prevention Bulletin, a quarterly newsletter detailing local crimes, suspects, and missing children, which has led to the capture of more than 100 fugitives from the law.

1363. Sarah Genschaw, Alpena, Mich., who, as a volunteer for the Kenai Fishery Resource Office, helped start the Adopt-a-Stream program at local elementary schools to give students hands-on environment-education opportunities and developed a curriculum on wetlands for other wildlife organizations.

1364. The Chippewa Valley Health Clinic, Eau Claire, Wis., which offers volunteer-run health-care services to people who are not covered by for-profit health plans and don’t qualify for government programs.

1365. Junior League of San Francisco, which trains and coordinates volunteers who serve at local agencies emphasizing family preservation, the prevention of domestic violence, and other family-support services.

1366. Beverly Liberman, San Francisco, who founded the One at a Time Foundation with her husband in order to provide small numbers of homeless people with intensive emotional, financial, and educational support.

1367. Charles Van De Wiele, Tulsa, Okla., who, after losing a friend in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, began planting redbuds, the state tree, along the Turner Turnpike to honor the bombing victims; he has raised financial support from corporate, government, and non-profit institutions.

1368. Jane White, Lynchburg, Va., who has donated much time to many volunteer projects in her city, including leading an effort to rehabilitate the Old City Cemetery and beautify its surrounding inner-city neighborhood.

1369. Family Helping Families, Hickham Air Force Base, Hawaii, which involves military volunteers and others in renovating old houses and playgrounds more quickly and less expensively than professional contractors.

1370. Naval Security Group Activity, Sugar Grove, W.Va., which has begun several programs for recycling and conserving natural resources in its region of the state.

1371. Health Intervention Services, Grand Rapids, Mich., a Christian medical center that integrates health care with faith-based ideas and offers services on a sliding cost scale to residents of a predominantly black and Hispanic neighborhood.

1372. Herbert M. (Hobby) Beich, Denver, who founded the Friends of the Island Foundation to preserve the natural environment and historic buildings of Grand Island National Recreation Area in Michigan.

1373. Project MENTOR, Carpentersville, Ill., a school-based program that uses volunteers to mentor elementary, middle-school, and high-school students in order to lift their self-esteem and to prevent drug and alcohol use.

1374. Joe H. Sweatt, Pine Bluff, Ark., who has volunteered his time and leadership skills to many non-profit projects in Jefferson County, Ark., including writing the proposals that established and financed the Jenkins Memorial Center, the Southeast Arkansas Behavioral Healthcare System, and the Jefferson Comprehensive Center.

1375. Lois Garner, Siler City, N.C., who organizes weekly dances that provide recreational and social opportunities for developmentally disabled young adults and nursing-home residents.

1376. The Suncook Happy Singers, Hooksett, N.H., who sing and dance monthly for the patients and residents of the New Hampshire Hospital and the Psychiatric Nursing Home and Acute Psychiatric Services Building, and who act as advocates for mentally ill people.

1377. Richard Raup, Guy Mills, Pa., who has volunteered hundreds of hours annually since 1991 at the Erie National Wildlife Refuge, maintaining nature trails, cleaning up litter, and collecting data for the center’s saw-whet owl-banding project.