Posts for October, 2010
Oct
12
Posted by Points of Light Institute to Daily Point of Light
Sometimes heading out of town provides prospective. In January 2007 a team of volunteers from the small community of Ligonier, Indiana went to the Gulf Coast to assist with the rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Katrina.
The problem was Ligonier needed some help too. For the past 30 years Ligonier had been in decline. Like many small towns Ligonier’s population was dwindling, historic buildings in downtown were crumbling and cultural rifts were dividing the community of 5,000.
Oct
11
Posted by Points of Light Institute to Daily Point of Light
For nearly twenty years Lou Mass has been a constant presence at the Boys & Girls Clubs’ Craig Street Clubhouse. Forgoing a retirement of rest and leisure Lou instead gives his time to the children who frequent the Clubhouse.
Located in Hamilton Hill, the Clubhouse serves at-risk youth in one of the most impoverished areas of Schenectady County.
As a new retiree, Lou Maas relocated to Schenectady, New York in 1991. He quickly made the Boys & Girls Clubs the focus of his new found free time working directly with the children. He was a regular volunteer in the homework help program.