Volunteer Food-Collection Program Among ‘Points of Light’ Recipients

Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Bush’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://www.pointsoflight.org, or by contacting the foundation at 1400 I Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20005; (202) 729-8184.

The recipients:

2340. Dan Winchester, Tallahassee, Fla., who has been a mentor to children and youths since 1991, and who founded a mentor program at a local elementary school.

2341. Gloria and the Rev. C. Edward Shipman, Granbury, Tex., who founded Happy Hill Farm Academy, a residential school for youths who have experienced severe abuse, neglect, or other traumas.

2342. Youth in Action Council, Broadus, Mont., which founded an after-school literacy program for residents of Powder River County.

2343. Daily Bread Christian Service Center, Orlando, Fla., which serves 500 meals each day to mentally ill, poor, and homeless people.

2344. Philadelphia Young Playwrights, a yearlong program that pairs professional artists with classroom teachers in order to design and implement playwriting curriculums for Philadelphia schools.

2345. Jackie Santos, Kearney, N.J., a bank manager who volunteers at a local center as a mentor to a teenage mother whose parents are deceased.

2346. Manuel L. Valente, Plymouth, Mass., who helped found Mayflower RSVP, which initiates and facilitates volunteer programs in Plymouth County.

2347. Carol Moore, Brandon, Fla., who helps a hearing-impaired youth take part in social activities organized by a local Big Brothers Big Sisters program.

2348. Jo Ann and Brian Barrett, Marble Hill, Mo., who are troop leaders and committee members for the Girl Scouts of Othaki Council, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., and who also volunteer for a local group that provides disabled people with therapeutic horseback-riding services.

2349. Armella Barnes, South Jordan, Utah, a community emergency-response team coordinator who also volunteers with the town’s public-safety committee.

2350. Alan Donn and Dorothy Holle-Donn, Tampa, Fla., who, along with Mr. Donn’s parents, Ruth and Ray Donn, have organized groups of volunteers from the AT&T Corporation and I.B.M. for the last 10 years to participate in the annual Florida Coastal Cleanup.

2351. Traci Hafen, Santa Clara, Utah, a former co-president of the Youth Volunteer Corps who helped organize a group of youths to build bus shelters in her community as part of a town project to construct a public-transportation system.

2352. Haggeo Gautier, Orlando, Fla., who works for the Christian Service Center for Central Florida, whose services include a residential program for homeless men, a clothing-donation center, and a soup kitchen.

2353. Community Caregivers of Greater Derry, Derry, N.H., a nonprofit group that matches elderly, disabled, and chronically ill residents of six local communities with volunteers who provide services such as transportation and grocery shopping.

2354. Geraldine Palmer, Dunnellon, Fla., a former teacher who volunteers at Take Stock in Children, in Jacksonville, Fla., a program that provides college and vocational-school scholarships, tutoring, mentors, advocates, and case managers to disadvantaged children in Marion County.

2355. Oliver Brooks, New Bern, N.C., who helped found a Youth in Action Group for the local chapter of the American Red Cross and has served on the Youth Content Committee of the national American Red Cross.

2356. John Altadonna, Knox, Pa., who helped run Foodstock, a food-collection project through which 37,540 food items were collected over a 24-hour period.

2357. James W. Johnson, Cluster City, Pa., who has developed several conservation and environmental-education programs for youths in Pennsylvania.

2358. Marcie Burns, Pasadena, Tex., who volunteers at Kruse Elementary School, tutoring youths in reading and language arts.

2359. 4-H Junior Garden Gleaners, Newcastle, Calif., a group started by two high-school students that collects surplus fruits and vegetables from local farms and distributes them to centers that serve disadvantaged people.

2360. Joan-Marie Burns, Albany, Ga., who has helped build more than 30 homes for needy people in the United States and elsewhere as a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity International.

2361. Alfred Witherow, Inverness, Fla., who provides local elderly residents with transportation and other services as a volunteer for the Senior Companion Program, a national program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, in Washington.