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Connor Reed Thomas, today’s Daily Point of Light Award winner, is a high school sophomore from Loveland, Ohio, who serves our…
Terryn Maybeck credits ability to notice holes and overlaps in community services to her background overseeing architecture. She notices most, the…
After dealing with a myriad of personal hardships stemming from birth, Antonela Kasic has used her experiences, tribulations, and successes to…
Rachel Jones, a 16 year old Ambassador Girl Scout from Gravette, Arkansas, was inspired to do her Girl Scout Gold Award…
At 16, Nick Jaeger developed an advocacy group to support victims of domestic violence, using the concept of allies—those who are…
Urban Connections is a nonprofit organization is located in an area identified ‘low performing’ due to not having 75 percent of…
Fran Knoizen has raised more than $100,000 to fight cancer over 30 years, she served more than 50 senior attendees weekly…
Wendy Moore uses her painfully modest, often challenging, beginnings to fuel a passion to help kids have access to brand new…