The Daily Points of Light
Swim with Mike is an annual swim-a-thon that raises funds for the University of Southern California Physically Challenged Athlete's Scholarship Fund.
Sixteen-year-old Lisa-Anne Marie Furgal is president and founder of the non-profit organization, YOUTH (Youth Out To Help) located in Pinellas County, Florida, which she began in 1995 at age 13.
In 1958, Helen Webber began an informal reading group for the children of her neighborhood in her apartment in East Harlem.
For the past 15 years, Helen Minarik has spent her time volunteering at her local community medical center, Memorial Medical Center at South Amboy, NJ.
The Senior Companion Program (SCP), located in Pittsburgh, PA, offers homebound senior citizens companionship and services, linking senior volunteers with seniors in need.
The 10 members of the Magnusen family began volunteering as a family more than 13 years ago.
Merle Hatleberg, a former nutritionist, started the Some One Cares Soup Kitchen in 1986. She began by feeding 30 people and today her kitchen serves 250-300 men, women and children.
Eagle Pass, TX is the only incorporated community in Maverick County. Spanish is the primary language for 90% of its residents.
Adam Hornstine is a 17-year-old student at Moorestown (NJ) High School.
In 1990, when the Imani House was established as a nonprofit organization, Bisi Iderabdullah came back to Brooklyn, New York from Liberia to solicit support for victims of the Liberian Civil War.