Several Tutors Are Winners of Recent Volunteer Awards

Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’s Daily Points of Light Award.

The awards, which are given to those who have done exemplary volunteer work, take their name from President Bush’s description of people who do community service as “points of light.” Some 1,020 people received the honor when Mr. Bush was in office.

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:

1323. Eugene Doubek, Englewood, Colo., who, for the past 45 years, has organized programs to assist local veterans and their families, including delivering holiday food baskets and organizing dinners and Easter egg hunts.

1324. Sibanye Mentor Program, Silver Spring, Md., through which adult and student volunteers serve as role models and tutors for local students, organizing reading and mathematics exercises and cultural activities each Saturday of the school year.

1325. David Bresnick, New York, a volunteer for the American Cancer Society who works to educate young people about surviving cancer and the dangers of tobacco.

1326. Val R. Christensen Service Center, Logan, Utah, Utah State University’s official service organization, which organizes blood drives, tutoring activities, and various other programs for children, elderly people, and low-income families.

1327. Partners in Education, Lynchburg, Va., a partnership between the Lynchburg City Schools and the Greater Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce that links community and volunteer resources with schools; activities have included after-school tutoring programs, field trips, and internships.

1328. Virginia Kress, Kettering, Ohio, who has volunteered locally for more than 40 years; her contributions include organizing trips for senior citizens and summer camps for junior-high students, and founding the Kettering Christmas Day Open House to bring together people who are alone on that holiday.

1329. Bessie Hunter, Bryan, Tex., who devotes several hours each week to one-on-one tutorials for elementary-school students and recruits others for the Retired Seniors Volunteer Program/Kemp Elementary Help One Student to Succeed Program.

1330. Geneva Hayden, Syracuse, N.Y., a retired kindergarten teacher who tutors local children, operates a library for them in her living room, and organizes various neighborhood-revitalization and parent-education activities.

1331. Mel Carter, Spokane, Wash., a small-business owner who volunteers at several youth organizations that work to prevent crime and gang activity and to promote improved race relations.

1332. Karli Schrider, Damascus, Md., a 26-year-old woman with fetal alcohol syndrome who educates people about the importance of not drinking alcohol during pregnancy and who serves as a spokesperson for the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.