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The Daily Points of Light

July 17, 1998

Swim with Mike is an annual swim-a-thon that raises funds for the University of Southern California Physically Challenged Athlete's Scholarship Fund.

July 16, 1998

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.

July 15, 1998

In 1958, Helen Webber began an informal reading group for the children of her neighborhood in her apartment in East Harlem.

July 14, 1998

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.

July 13, 1998

The Senior Companion Program (SCP), located in Pittsburgh, PA, offers homebound senior citizens companionship and services, linking senior volunteers with seniors in need.

July 10, 1998

The 10 members of the Magnusen family began volunteering as a family more than 13 years ago.

July 9, 1998

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.

July 8, 1998

Eagle Pass, TX is the only incorporated community in Maverick County. Spanish is the primary language for 90% of its residents.

July 7, 1998

Adam Hornstine is a 17-year-old student at Moorestown (NJ) High School.

July 6, 1998

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.

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