Program for Apple Harvesters Among Recent ‘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:

1560. Alan Ofsevit, Baltimore, owner of a computer-software consulting company. He helped the South Baltimore Learning Center install a network system for its computer laboratory and trained its employees to use it.

1561. Madison House Migrant Aid, Charlottesville, Va., a program in which University of Virginia students provide educational and recreational activities for migrant farm workers and their families who arrive in central Virginia for the autumn apple harvest, including weekly “Family Nights” where families practice speaking English together.

1562. Dennis Hughes, Essex Center, Vt., a pediatric medical resident who serves as resident coordinator at the Spectrum Health Clinic for homeless, runaway, and poor young people; he has recruited other medical personnel to volunteer, obtained medical supplies, and begun a patient database.

1563. Girl Scout Troop No. 1302, Floyds Knobs, Ind., a group of 12- and 13-year-olds who wrote a grant proposal that succeeded in obtaining funds for landscaping at Hedden House, which serves female recovering drug addicts.

1564. Barbara Mestler, Henrietta, N.Y., who, in 1973, helped found what would become the Compeer Program at the Rochester Psychiatric Center, providing one-on-one emotional support to inpatients. The program has since grown to serve inpatients and outpatients and operates in 122 locations around the world.

1565. James Kurz, Troy, Mich., a volunteer for more than 30 years with several projects; a recent example of his contributions is his work with the “River of Life” project to clean pollutants in the Clinton River that flow into Lake St. Clair.

1566. Maurine Roller, Alliance, Neb., a volunteer instructor at the “Adult Basic Education” program, which teaches job-seeking, job-retention, and life-management skills in order to help disadvantaged adults become financially independent.

1567. John Endres, Park Ridge, Ill., a nine-year volunteer at Women In Need of Growing Stronger, a temporary residence for homeless women and their children, where he helps maintain the facility and arranges for delivery trucks to pick up donated appliances and furniture so that women leaving the program can set up their own households.

1568. Shadow Buddies, Lenexa, Kan., a company created by Marty Postlethwait in response to the request of his son, who was born with congenital defects, to have a friend who is “just like [him].” The Buddies are cloth dolls whose bodies come in 17 versions with surgical scars and features similar to particular medical conditions.