Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Grace Sun. Read her story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. At 15, during the loneliest days of the pandemic, Grace Sun sat down at her piano and began playing over Zoom for isolated older…
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Maanya Pandey. Read her story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. Growing up, Maanya Pandey would hear her mother’s stories about how inaccessible and expensive period products were in her native…
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Andrew Coram. Read his story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. Andrew Coram began volunteering with Erie Neighborhood House in 2022 because he was looking for a way to channel his time toward something meaningful. And he found…
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Claire Wang. Read her story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. Claire Wang grew up hearing that her beloved grandmother had to leave school in the second grade to join…
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Kate Casciato. Read her story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. It is often assumed that everyone knows how to swim at a certain age, but that’s not always the case. Geographic location, historical segregation laws,…
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Jiya Patel. Read her story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. Jiya Patel, a 17-year-old rising senior, is deeply invested in her high school. She plays on the school golf team and serves…
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Bill Vaughan. Read his story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. In 2022, UPS Capt. William “Bill” Vaughan was on a routine layover in Cologne, Germany, when he encountered thousands of Ukrainian families fleeing…
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Oleg Smirnov. Read his story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. Oleg Smirnov, a 27-year-old Tesla Project Manager, embraces volunteering as a way to explore potential careers while helping out his adopted country. Born in Russia, Oleg…
