Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree, Jordan Grabelle. Read her story and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family member as a Daily Point of Light. When she was seven years old, Jordan Grabelle helped her older sister run book distributions in lower-income . . .
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Alexa Grabelle. Read her story and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. When Alexa was just ten years old, she was inspired to found her own organization, . . .
From a young age, Andrea Liao says she was raised between the pages of her favorite books, experiencing vast literary worlds alongside protagonists from “Harry Potter” and “Wuthering Heights”, the voracious reader satiating her appetite at her second home, the . . .
They are the children who get left behind. Unable to read at grade level and many lacking support at school or home, these children believe they aren’t smart enough to read, says 71-year-old Michael McAdams. A Colorado Springs, Colorado based . . .
Erica Jones says volunteerism is in her blood. Growing up, she watched her father do a lot of fundraising through the theater and drag community. She says her dad’s example, along with watching family members go through their own difficulties . . .
An avid reader, Isabella Tejeda says the library was her second home as a child, and now, the 17-year-old Yorba Linda, California resident is sharing her love for reading with children in her greater community. Launching “Read a Story, Change . . .
As a toddler, Beckham Oldenettel would watch from the hallway as donations poured into the Oldenettel household in Jacksonville, Illinois. Beckham’s older brother collects socks for people in need, and boxes and boxes of socks carried by people who wanted . . .
The Points of Light Civic Accelerator announced today that it will invest $50,000 each in Cell-Ed (Palo Alto, California), a for-profit enterprise, and STEM NOLA (New Orleans), a nonprofit enterprise. Both ventures are focused on bridging the digital divide and filling the . . .
For more than 25 years, Liz Mockler worked as an executive in the banking industry as a change manager and certified financial planner. Now, she is leveraging her professional background to help teen moms, the homeless and trafficking survivors learn . . .
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Deborah Jiang-Stein, who was a Top 10 finalist for the L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth Award in 2017. Each year L’Oréal Paris and Points of Light recognize and celebrate Women of Worth who make a beautiful difference in their communities. . . .