The Daily Points of Light
In April 1995, the Upper Arlington City School District (UA) announced its commitment to build a home for a low-income family in partnership with Greater Columbus Habitat for Humanity.
In the northeast Georgia foothills, there is an abundance of creeks, streams and rivers. One community problem concerns the quality of the water found in the local creek, Eastanolle Creek.
The Springfield School Volunteers (SSV) is a network of more than 3000 volunteers who provide numerous services to the Springfield Public Schools.
Family Pathfinders recruits and trains teams of volunteers from religious and civic organizations to help welfare families overcome hurdles as they struggle to become self-sufficient.
In 1981, Marilyn Morris started Youth Crime Watch in Broward County, Florida to challenge students to get involved and reverse peer pressure and instill a spirit of pride in their school.
The Serve Houston Youth Corps is a classic mentoring program for children of 19 elementary schools in Houston's inner city. Martin Cominsky, a concerned citizen, started the program in 1993.
Lila Bjorklund helped start the Utah Girls' Village in 1969 to provide a home for abused and troubled girls. The program was one of a kind as similar homes were directed only at boys.
Fort Bliss Partnerships in Education Program provides an on-going supplemental resource program for 27 schools in El Paso to promote educational excellence and to support programs in preparation fo
YouthFriends is a Greater Kansas City metropolitan area initiative which connects young people, ages five to 18, with caring, adult volunteers in schools.
Don and Marilyn's goal was to not only serve the community, but to help their children create a solid life-style foundation upon which to build caring, useful and successful lives.