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The Daily Points of Light

January 12, 1998

This school and community-based service-learning initiative provides opportunities for teens to develop their skills as they implement social action service projects to address issues in their comm

January 9, 1998

Edgar S. Cahn, an advocate for the poor, has spent more than four decades creating blueprints to solve social programs. Dr.

January 8, 1998

The Aspiring Youth Program of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division provides mentoring, educational and athletic activities to at-risk middle school students during the "latch-ke

January 7, 1998

Willie Cook, a father and role model committed to his children's education, was frustrated by the lack of males involved in schools.

January 6, 1998

In 1988, John J. George founded Motor City Blight Busters, Inc. (MCBB), a nonprofit volunteer organization aimed at revitalizing Detroit's neighborhoods.

January 5, 1998

On a 1993 ride to Los Angeles, Michael Howard, then teacher at a juvenile hall in Orange County, saw graffiti everywhere.

January 2, 1998

Seasoned parents showing new parents the ropes is what Give A Parent Support (GAPS) is all about.

January 1, 1998

As a 17-year-old high school student, Amy Achor was selected as one of ten delegates from Waco, Texas, to attend the Presidents' Summit for America's Future in April 1997.

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