Posts for March, 2010
Mar
09
Posted by Points of Light Institute to Daily Point of Light
Betsey Beckmann will literally give you the clothes off of her back. In fact, she has. With a smile, she has given a child a coat of hers to keep warm during the brutal winters in the St. Louis, Missouri area.
It is with this same wit and passion that Betsey started and organized Coat-A-Kid, an organization that provides coats to low-income families during the winter.
Mar
08
Posted by Points of Light Institute to Daily Point of Light
Carly and Molly Houlahan have learned how to overcome problems and use their tribulations to inspire change with their honey selling business Hive for Lives.
After experiencing the loss of their grandfather to esophageal cancer at young ages, Carly and Molly Houlahan, at the ages of 9 and 11, started a honey company where profits go to the research of cancer cures.
Mar
05
Posted by Points of Light Institute to Daily Point of Light
Alyssa Hersey is a perfect example that change can start with anyone, anywhere, at anytime. A young teen that excels at her school work, Alyssa has used her passion for change to inspire her peers through her organization USE IT, U can Serve Everywhere, Involve your Talent.
Alyssa has been taught the importance of giving back since the tender age of 8. As she recalls on her website, “My parents have always demonstrated giving back and have shown me and my siblings that volunteering starts at home and there are no efforts too small.”
Mar
04
Posted by Points of Light Institute to Daily Point of Light
George Saidah has used a pastime of his and has invented a program where children with special needs, specifically those with the conditions of autism and Down’s Syndrome, can learn the power of sailing the open waters.
Hearts of Sailing offers free sailing trips to those children affected by such disorders like autism and Down’s Syndrome.