Volunteer Arbitrators and Naval Air Station Among ‘Points of Light’ Recipients

Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Bush’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://www.pointsoflight.org, or by contacting the foundation at 1400 I Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20005; (202) 729-8184.

The recipients:

2262. Ashley Jo Carter, Seiling, Okla., who volunteers at a veterans’ center in Clinton, Okla., and who has raised more than $7,000 for the center. She has also volunteered for the local Future Farmers of America and 4-H clubs, and as a teacher’s assistant in a preschool Bible class.

2263. Capt. Bruce Barnard, Capt. Andrew A. Torelli, and Lt. Adam Minich, United States Air Force, who volunteered at the East Anglia Children’s Hospice in the United Kingdom. To raise money for the hospice, they organized the collection and resale of used uniforms.

2264. Association for Gravestone Studies, Greenfield, Mass., a volunteer organization that preserves deteriorating grave markers, organizes cemetery clean-up projects, and educates people about the historical importance of burial sites.

2265. Learn and Serve Niagara, Lewiston, N.Y., a program based at Niagara U. that promotes students’ involvement in community-service projects and incorporates volunteerism into the academic curriculum. Students tutor children, volunteer at soup kitchens and hospitals, and help low-income people with tax preparation and financial planning.

2266. Norman Nemrow, Provo, Utah, who teaches introductory accounting at Brigham Young U. on a volunteer basis, allowing the salary allocated to him to be invested in the school’s endowment fund.

2267. Volunteers at the Pasadena Senior Center, Calif., who teach computer skills and English as a second language, take grocery orders for homebound individuals, and provide other services to the elderly. Many of the volunteers are themselves in their 90s.

2268. Rachel Shields, Knoxville, Tenn., a high-school senior who volunteers at a local youth organization where she helps children with their homework and listens while they read to her. She has also helped organize the Graffiti Busters project, which encourages people to report incidents of graffiti and facilitates the repainting of affected buildings.

2269. Lucille Gilmore, Anchorage, a senior companion in the National Senior Service Corps, who has enabled elderly people to continue to live in their own homes, by helping them arrange and get to doctor appointments, pay bills, and buy groceries.

2270. Community Juvenile Arbitration Volunteer Arbitrators, Charleston, S.C., whose volunteers conduct hearings for first-time juvenile offenders charged with nonviolent crimes, help arrange community-based alternative sentencing, and monitor the youths’ progress through the program.

2271. Kathy Moree, Edgewater, Fla., a volunteer coordinator at the W.F. Burns-Oak Hill Elementary School, in rural Florida. In this role, she staffs and stocks the Family Center, from which families can obtain basic home and school supplies and borrow toys or games.

2272. Leona Scarton, Bretz, W.Va., a board member of the Valley Ambulance Association who has helped raise funds to purchase equipment for the ambulance squad of her small coal-mining town.

2273. Martin Hadley, Ormond Beach, Fla., a volunteer at Pathways Elementary School who converted a classroom into a math lab for fourth- and fifth-grade students. He works with eight elementary teachers and more than 200 students, focusing on specific math skills tested by the state assessment program, and is present virtually every school day.

2274. Susan Morissette, Winslow, Me., a mother in central Maine who initiated the “Heart of America” quilt in her local school district as a means of helping children cope with the events of September 11th. The quilt has since grown to include entries from 36 states and three countries.

2275. Alice Robinson, Rancho Palos, Calif., a volunteer at the Los Angeles Maritime Institute, who has worked with inner-city youths through the institute’s Topsail Youth Program for the last 10 years. She teaches problem solving, self-reliance, and leadership by helping troubled youths complete multiday sailing voyages.

2276. The Schwartz family, St. Paul, who participate in local community-improvement projects; donate clothing and school supplies to students, and equipment to teachers; and teach art to children who are abused or have special needs.

2277. Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., home to a number of military volunteers who regularly assist senior citizens with lawn care, home repairs, painting, meal deliveries, and other services.

2278. The Outback Steak House, Daytona Beach, Fla., which has sponsored a fund-raising dinner to benefit the Daytona Beach Boys & Girls Club for the past four years.

2279. Gloria Desrosiers, Fall River, Mass., who works twice a week at the Fall River Community Soup Kitchen through a retired senior volunteer program.

2280. Georgia College and State U. Involved in Volunteer Efforts (Give) Center, Milledgeville, which serves as a volunteer and community-service clearinghouse linking student volunteers to local needs.

2281. Cheat Lake Animal Hospital, Morgantown, W.Va., which provides free veterinary care to the Golden Rule Assistance Service Dogs, which aid local disabled people. The veterinarians also recruit local teenagers to help train the dogs.