‘Points of Light’ Awards Go to Volunteers Who Help Youngsters

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:

1733. Zeta Community Center, Miami, a community-service sorority that provides tutors and mentors for disadvantaged children, offers adult courses in child rearing, awards scholarships, and organizes cultural activities for community members; the sorority has served the community since 1946.

1734. Healthreach Clinic, Waukegan, Ill., an organization that provides free medical services and medication to low-income people in Lake County.

1735. Maria Placer, Lafayette, La., who created and works for several organizations, including Big Brothers Big Sisters of Acadania and the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Task Force, which provide adoptive services and general support for neglected, homeless, and abused children. Ms. Placer also produces “Wednesday’s Child,” a television news spot on homeless and neglected children.

1736. Idaho Youth Ranch, Boise, Idaho, a program designed to foster self-respect, integrity, and social skills in at-risk youths through community-service projects that include the maintenance of Lake Walcott State Park and Cougar Bay Nature Preserve, flood-prevention services, and assistance for elderly people.

1737. West Seneca Youth Bureau, N.Y., which organizes “Youth Engaged in Service,” an after-school program in which youths aged 12 to 18 spend time with residents of nursing homes and disabled adults, serve food to the homeless, and clean local gardens and parks; the Bureau also sponsors five AmeriCorps programs that teach literacy and violence prevention and perform various community-service projects.

1738. Loyola College Prep, Shreveport, La., a preparatory high school that started food and clothing collections for the homeless, and organized the March Against Violence to support families whose members were victims of violent crimes.

1739. Otissey Denton, Muskogee, Okla., a retired teacher who tutors children and adults in literacy, and teaches storytelling as a way to preserve family tradition and history.

1740. North Broward Hospital District, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., which has worked with the Broward County Public School Districts to provide health and support services to pregnant teenagers and adolescent mothers, disabled children, and high-school athletes.

1741. Diane Gokie, Dallas, a volunteer for AIDS Service of Dallas who organized a supper club to feed low-income families and individuals living with H.I.V. or AIDS; AIDS Service of Dallas provides housing to people who are unable to afford their own homes due to the debilitating effects of H.I.V. or AIDS.

1742. Ann Heiman, Greeley, Colo., who has volunteered for numerous organizations that support homeless people, teenage mothers, and troubled youths.