The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas.
Corporate giving. The United States Chamber of Commerce (Washington) has presented its 2002 Corporate Citizenship awards. The American Chamber of Commerce of São Paolo (Brazil) was honored for its work in providing computers for underprivileged students; ConAgra Foods (Omaha), for establishing Kid Cafes to give snacks to children after school; the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, for working with the Albuquerque school board to raise student achievement; and Pfizer (New York), for training doctors to treat patients with HIV/AIDS.
Volunteers. The annual President's Community Volunteer Awards have been presented to 20 individuals and organizations for their achievement, ability to meet public needs, innovation, mobilization of other volunteers, and long-term involvement. The awards are co-sponsored by the Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network and the Corporation for National and Community Service, both in Washington. The winners:
-- Agilent Technologies (Palo Alto, Calif.), which began a worldwide community-relations program with a $1-million donation of medical and other products to the Flying Hospital (Newport News, Va.).
-- Arlington Free Clinic Volunteers (Va.), who provide free or low-cost health-care services to low-income, uninsured families.
-- Peggy Lawrence Burns (Grand Rapids, Mich.), who created a program through which senior citizens promote positive child-rearing techniques, encourage good nutrition and education, and work with pregnant teenage girls and at-risk children to deter substance abuse, crime, and additional pregnancies.
-- Chet Cooper (Costa Mesa, Calif.), who founded Ability Awareness, an organization that helps people with disabilities by providing opportunities for education, housing, and employment.
-- Tinker Cooper (Orlando, Fla.), who founded Families Against Drugs, an organization that supports families who have lost a child due to drug use.
-- Crisis Center for South Suburbia-Volunteer Program (Tinley Park, Ill.), which provides shelter, counseling, and health screenings to families experiencing domestic violence.
-- Food Project (Lincoln, Mass.), which produces nutritious food for local residents and provides youth-leadership opportunities.
-- Adam J. and Blair L. Hornstine (Moorestown, N.J.), siblings who co-founded a public-service club in Moorestown public schools that promotes volunteering to help elderly, disabled, and underprivileged people.
-- Kinder Hunt (Hollywood), who created a project to help individuals with low literacy skills.
-- Ernst Katz (Beverly Hills, Calif.), who uses classical music to help youths develop discipline, confidence, and the ability to express themselves.
-- Amye L. Leong (Palo Alto, Calif.), president and founder of a support-group network for young adults with arthritis.
-- Les Reflections du Bayou (Cut Off, La.), which reduces litter, establishes roadside parks, and coordinates volunteers assigned to community service by local judges.
-- Andrew F. Ortiz (Tempe, Ariz.), who has established and participates in various youth-mentoring programs.
-- St. John Fisher College Service Scholars Program (Rochester, N.Y.), which encourages and rewards high-school students who volunteer.
-- Kristen Stryker (Canton, Ohio), who grows fruits and vegetables to donate to the Allegheny Indian Center, in Canton.
-- United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 1765 (Orlando, Fla.), whose members participate in a continuous clothing and food drive to benefit the Christian Service Center.
-- William Chandler Vatavuk (Durham, N.C.), who has volunteered at numerous organizations to help disadvantaged youths.
-- Melanie Washington (Long Beach, Calif.), who created a mentoring program to serve young ex-offenders at the California Youth Authority during the year following their release from the juvenile-justice system.
-- Marjorie Marugg Wolfe (Rogers, Ark.), who established a scholarship fund for low-income, single parents who are heads of household.