Mentors for Mothers in Oregon Are Among ‘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 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:

1593. Volunteer Talent Center, Louisville, Ky., which seeks to improve the academic performance and social skills of disadvantaged students in kindergarten through 12th grade in the Jefferson County Public School District by recruiting and training adults and children to serve as volunteers.

1594. Donald Middleton, Bay City, Mich., who, along with his wife, has served as a foster parent to 80 children, three of whom they have adopted; he is also a Boy Scoutmaster, a wrestling coach, and a job-skills instructor.

1595. Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon’s Parent Mentor Program, Portland, Ore., a program that uses volunteer mentors to provide emotional support and to teach child-rearing skills to mothers who are recovering from substance abuse or domestic violence.

1596. Henry Murkins, Keyport, Wash., a civil-service employee who established a computer center in a low-income-housing complex, created a program that provides college scholarships to children of workers on Keyport’s military base, and founded a two-week summer camp for youths and a year-round mentoring program.

1597. Teen Action Program, Santa Fe, N.M., a community-service program at the Santa Fe Preparatory School in which students volunteer at local schools and non-profit organizations and organize two community-service projects each year.

1598. Assistive Technology Program, Lowell, Mass., a decade-old program at the U. of Massachusetts in which undergraduates have developed equipment, such as voice-activated devices for quadriplegics, to improve the lives of more than 200 disabled people.

1599. Steve Duvall, Lincoln, Neb., who served as president of the Lincoln Action Program, a group that helps low-income citizens gain self-sufficiency, where he helped to increase its yearly budget from $370,000 to $7,200,000.

1600. Janet Wilson, Dublin, Va., a Head Start teacher who has worked since 1990 as a volunteer at the Women’s Resource Center of the New River Valley, which provides emergency shelter to people who have suffered domestic violence and sexual assault.

1601. 22nd Supply Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., a group of service men and women who participate as math and reading tutors for students at the Leicle Bostic Traditional Elementary Magnet School.

1602. Faith Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich., an organization that provides poor people with jobs, work skills, and training opportunities that lead to economic self-sufficiency; it also offers a job-training program for people with emotional and substance-abuse problems.