Public Health Is Key Issue for Recent ‘Points of Light’

Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’s Daily Points of Light Award.

The Points of Light Foundation, a Washington charity, assists the president in making the choices and carrying out the award program. More information about the award winners and the program is available at the foundation’s Web site, http://pointsoflight.org, or by contacting the foundation at 1400 I Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington 20005; (202) 729-8184.

The recipients:

1677. Janice Jackson, Prospect, Ky., a parent who contributes to the health of the students at her children’s school and in the surrounding area by serving with several programs that educate young people about public-health issues such as drugs, alcohol, and H.I.V./AIDS; she is the current president of the Kentucky Association for School Health.

1678. Patrick Keena, Lexington, Ky., a volunteer with the American Red Cross for more than 20 years who has, among other activities, led the Bluegrass Area Chapter’s disaster-action team and taught courses on disaster-preparedness and first aid.

1679. Patricia Zirkle, Pleasant Prairie, Wis., who, at age 13, has volunteered more than 130 hours to help victims of domestic abuse at the Women and Children’s Horizons shelter by participating in outreach efforts.

1680. St. Joseph Health System Volunteers Telecare Program, Tawas City, Mich., which has existed for more than 21 years and whose volunteers call homebound individuals daily to monitor their well-being.

1681. Jackie Wrin, West Terre Haute, Ind., a student at West Vigo High School who helped organize cultural-diversity lessons and an overnight event for teenage girls to receive sexuality education and experience what it is like to be a parent.

1682. Barbara Ann Larkin, Goffstown, N.H., who is a regular volunteer in the schools and organizes a fund-raising event for her town’s non-profit groups; she also raised money to assist the families and to help pay the medical bills of a man and a boy who had cancer.

1683. The Inmate Volunteer Program, Bryan, Tex., which allows female minimum-security prisoners of the Federal Prison Camp to gain vocational skills while volunteering at the Mental Health Mental Retardation Authority of Brazos Valley.

1684. David Moorhead, Boothwyn, Pa., who was disabled by an accident in 1968 and now volunteers at a church and a physical-rehabilitation center and leads a support group for disabled individuals; he also served as a caseworker for a disabled Amish farmer, helping the farmer to receive treatment and equipment consistent with his beliefs.

1685. Shared Dreams, Missouri City, Tex., a project begun by parents to provide clothing and toiletries to needy children in the Fort Bend Independent School District; in the past 13 years, the program has helped more than 3,200 children.

1686. Dora Belton, Powhatan, La., who helped found Assisted and Safe Homes, an organization that constructs affordable rental housing for the elderly and disabled residents of her town.