The Daily Points of Light
Diana French created Brother to Brother International in 1982 to address the needs of charities and businesses.
The Saint Bernard School Student-To-Student Buddy Program matches middle school students with younger homeless children.
The Volunteer Program of Rush Hospice Partners (RHP) was started in April of 1995, when several community-based programs combined to provide awareness and access to compassionate hospice care.
In 1990, students at Ingleside Middle School began a 3-year volunteer program to develop civic responsibility among its students.
The Franklin County Volunteer Guardian Program was created in January 1994 to match volunteers with mentally disabled adults.
In 1989, Ms. Wetterling's son Jacob was abducted near their home in St. Joseph. This prompted her and her husband to start the Jacob Wetterling Foundation.
In 1981, to fight domestic abuse in rural West Virginia, Stop Abusive Family Environment Inc. (SAFE) was created.
The Gabriel Project was started in 1990 by Mr. Mark J. Melamed and his sixth grade class after watching an episode of 60 Minutes on the deplorable conditions of hospitals in third world countries.
In response to the Governor's challenge for churches to assume more responsibility in their communities, Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Alliance for Social Ministry (CCHASM) was born.
In 1991, Hugh Liang and his family moved to Braintree, Massachusetts from China. In 1994, he graduated from high school and enrolled in Boston University.