Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Aliyah Majeed-Hall. Read her story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. Aliyah Majeed-Hall has always loved to read. Growing up, she maintained a home library and . . .
Altrusa International of Greater Kansas City is an international volunteer service organization made up of leaders dedicated to improving local communities through personal service, achieving as a group what individuals cannot do alone. With a long history, their first meeting . . .
“These women have worked for many years to improve the lives of numerous residents in the Tampa Bay community through various service projects,” said Governor Bush. “Their devotion and hard work have impacted many in their community in a positive . . .
It is the purpose of the Community Action Agencies (CAA) to provide a range of services and opportunities having a measurable and potentially major impact on the causes of poverty in the community. CAA assist low income people to secure . . .
YOUTHanasia Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit community service organization for high school students in the Greater New Orleans area. Kimberly Byas-Dilosa established the YOUTHanasia Foundation, as a movement rather than an organization, on September 1, 1997. She was prompted to . . .
Saddlebrooke Community Outreach, Inc. (SBCO) was founded in the fall of 1996 as a nonprofit organization run solely by 435 volunteer members living in the Saddlebrooke retirement community. The mission of SBCO is to make a positive and lasing impact . . .
In 1990, when the Imani House was established as a nonprofit organization, Bisi Iderabdullah came back to Brooklyn, NY from Liberia to solicit support for victims of the Liberian Civil War. The plight of the adolescent males in her Brooklyn . . .
In 1981, to fight domestic abuse in rural West Virginia, Stop Abusive Family Environment Inc. (SAFE) was created. The organization was created to provide intervention assistance, agency referrals and court advocacy to abuse victims, while trying to create public awareness . . .
After fifteen years of service to the students of New York, Mimi Levin Lieber decided not to seek re-election as a member of the New York State Board of Regents. Instead of enjoying her retirement, Lieber developed a vision of . . .
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Viraja Shivhare. Read her story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. The fire of compassion often burns brightest when fueled by personal experience. For Viraja Shivhare, . . .