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VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION \ EAST ROOM
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1992 \ 1:00 P.M.
THANK YOU, AND WELCOME TO THE EAST ROOM. BARBARA
AND I ARE PROUD TO BE HERE WITH SUCH AN IMPRESSIVE
GROUP -- AND WITH THIS TRULY REMARKABLE SPECIAL GUEST,
MICHAEL JACKSON. 11
- 2 -
TODAY, WE ALSO WANT TO EXTEND A PARTICULARLY WARM
WELCOME TO OUR DISTINGUISHED CABINET MEMBERS, SECRETARY
MARTIN AND SECRETARY SULLIVAN; 11 AND TO THE JUDGES
OF THIS YEAR'S AWARDS -- ACTION DIRECTOR JANE KENNY;
RABBI NAIMAN [NY-MAN] OF THE COUNCIL OF JEWISH
ORGANIZATIONS; OUR SURGEON GENERAL, ANTONIA NOVELLO;
JAMES RENIER [RAY-NEAR], CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF HONEYWELL;
AND THANKS TO ANITA BAKER AND FRANCES HESSELBEIN WHO
COULDN'T JOIN US TODAY.
- 3 -
MY SPECIAL THANKS TO THE POINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION
AND ACTION FOR THEIR HELP WITH THESE AWARDS. WELCOME
ALSO TO THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON NATIONAL
AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. AND THE WARMEST WELCOME TO YOU
WHO MAKE UP THE HEART OF AMERICA -- OUR VOLUNTEERS. III
AND A SPECIAL WELCOME TO OUR GUEST PRESENTER
TODAY -- OUR UNPARALLELED OLYMPIC GOLDEN GIRL --
FLORENCE GRIFFITH JOYNER. FLO Jo WAS JUST HELPING OUT
OVER AT THE GREAT AMERICAN WORKOUT -- AND SAID TO ME:
- 4 -
"You WANT TO WORK OUT DOING RUNNING, THE OBSTACLE
COURSE, AND THE HURDLES?" I SAID, "No, I DO ENOUGH OF
THAT JUST CAMPAIGNING." 11
FLO-Jo WANTS EVERYONE TO WORK OUT -- AND SHE'S
TARGETED LAZY AMERICANS -- THOUGH I GUESS WITH ALL THIS
PC TALK, WE SHOULD CALL THEM "EXERTIONALLY CHALLENGED."
SHE'S GOING TO WIPE OUT COUCH POTATOES. Now IF WE
COULD ONLY GET HER GOING ON BROCCOLI. III
- 5 -
BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S
REALLY VERY PERSONALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. You ALL KNOW I
LOVE MUSIC -- ANITA'S ALWAYS BEEN A FAVORITE -- AND I
ESPECIALLY LOVE COUNTRY MUSIC BECAUSE IT GETS To THE
HEART OF THE BASIC DECENCY AND COMPASSION OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE PROUD TO CALL THEMSELVES AMERICANS.
WELL, RANDY TRAVIS HAS A LINE IN ONE OF HIS SONGS
THAT'S LIKE A SPOTLIGHT ON AN ANSWER FOR US. HE SINGS:
- 6 -
"THERE ARE DREAMERS WHO ARE MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE
GIVING HOPE TO THOSE WITHOUT -- ISN'T THAT WHAT THIS
LAND'S ALL ABOUT."
You SEE, FOR ALL THE GOOD THAT GOVERNMENT CAN DO,
TO SOLVE OUR COUNTRY'S SOCIAL PROBLEMS, WE NEED
PEOPLE -- WE NEED EVERY INDIVIDUAL -- TO RESPOND TO THE
PROBLEMS RIGHT AROUND THEM.
- 7 -
WHEN EACH AMERICAN IS NO LONGER WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT
SOMEONE ON THEIR STREET OR IN THEIR TOWN IS HOMELESS,
JOBLESS, FRIENDLESS -- THEN THAT'S WHEN WE WILL TRULY
RENEW AMERICA.
11
WE ALREADY HAVE SHINING HEROES IN THIS QUEST -- I
CALL THEM "POINTS OF LIGHT" == AND THAT'S THE NAME OF
RANDY'S SONG. THEY'RE AMERICANS IN TOWNS AND CITIES
JUST LIKE YOURS ACROSS THIS LAND, DISCOVERING THAT
SERVICE TO OTHERS IS A RICH SOURCE OF MEANING IN LIFE.
- 8 -
I HONOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN FOR
SHOWING "THE BETTER ANGELS OF THEIR NATURE" BY
VOLUNTEERING TO HELP OTHERS. THEY SUM UP THE GENIUS OF
THIS GREAT AND GENEROUS LAND -- ORDINARY PEOPLE DOING
EXTRAORDINARY THINGS. 11
DAY IN AND DAY OUT, THESE AMERICANS WAGE OUR WAR
FOR HUMAN LIFE AND DIGNITY. THEY DON'T SAY: "THIS IS
WHY I CAN'T HELP" 11 -- THEY SAY "THIS IS WHY I CAN".
THEY SAY: "MAYBE I DON'T HAVE MONEY, BUT I HAVE TIME".
- 9 -
"MAYBE I CAN'T HELP SOMEONE BUILD A HOUSE, BUT I'M A
GOOD LISTENER."
WE CELEBRATE THAT SPIRIT. WHOEVER YOU ARE, YOU
HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE -- FOR AMERICANS ARE THE
GREATEST NATURAL RESOURCE OF THIS, THE GREATEST NATION
ON EARTH. III
- 10 -
I'M PROUD TO BE HERE FOR THIS VERY SPECIAL -- VERY
IMPORTANT -- EVENT. WE COME TOGETHER TODAY AS THE
CULMINATION OF NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK, HONORING THE
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY THROUGH VOLUNTARY SERVICE.
IN PARTICULAR, FOR THE 11TH YEAR WE RECOGNIZE WITH
THESE AWARDS THE INSPIRATIONAL EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE WHO
MEET A SIMPLE THREE-PART TEST:
- 11 -
ONE: THEY LOOKED AROUND. Two: THEY SAW A NEED.
THREE: THEY FILLED IT. III
WHAT A CROSS-SECTION OF WONDERFUL AMERICANS ARE
REPRESENTED HERE TODAY, AMONG THESE 21 WINNERS OF THE
1992 PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL POINTS OF LIGHT AWARDS. THERE
ARE INDIVIDUALS, LIKE 17-YEAR-OLD ROBERT ZAMORA, WHO
CREATED THE GETTING BUSY TEEN CLUB AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO
GANGS IN EAST Los ANGELES. THERE ARE BUSINESSES, LIKE
IBM, WHICH GIVES ITS EMPLOYEES ENCOURAGEMENT AND TIME
OFF TO VOLUNTEER -- 90,000 OF THEM DO.
- 12 -
AND OUR WINNERS REPRESENT NEIGHBORHOODS, PLACES OF
WORSHIP, EVERY KIND OF GROUP ACROSS THIS BROAD AND GOOD
LAND.
THEY AND ALL THE OTHERS LIKE THEM ARE SHAPING A
NATION WHOSE GOODNESS GROWS OUT OF THE SMALL ACTS OF
CONSEQUENCE MADE BY MANY PEOPLE. AMERICA'S PIONEER
DAYS AREN'T BEHIND US. WE STILL HAVE FRONTIERS LEFT TO
CROSS -- THE THRILL OF ADVENTURE YET TO DISCOVER -- AN
AMERICAN RENAISSANCE YET To SPARK.
- 13 -
I BELIEVE THERE ARE FIVE CORE ELEMENTS OF THE NEW
AMERICA WE ALL SEEK -- WHICH ARE REFLECTED IN THE
AWARDS CATEGORIES. TODAY I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU HOW
SOME OF OUR AWARD WINNERS ARE DRAWING US CLOSER TO EACH
GOAL.
FIRST: EVERY AMERICAN COMMUNITY MUST HAVE
EXCELLENT SCHOOLS AND A CULTURE THAT FOSTERS LIFELONG
LEARNING. 11
- 14 -
KENTUCKY'S BEREA [вин-REE-ин] COLLEGE STUDENTS SAW A
CRITICAL NEED RIGHT AROUND THEM IN APPALACHIA -- so
THEY VOLUNTEERED AS MENTORS AND TUTORS TO NEEDY PEOPLE
FROM GRADE-SCHOOL KIDS THROUGH ADULTS STRUGGLING To
OVERCOME ILLITERACY.
- 15 -
SECOND: EVERY AMERICAN COMMUNITY MUST BE A DECENT,
DRUG-FREE AND SAFE PLACE TO LIVE. 11 EIGHTEEN-HUNDRED
MEMBERS OF THE EMMANUEL REFORMED CHURCH SAW THE NEED
AROUND THEM, JOINED WITH THEIR CITY OF PARAMOUNT,
CALIFORNIA AND STARTED TACKLING THE CRISES THAT
THREATENED THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD -- LIKE GANGS,
ILLITERACY, AND CRIME.
- 16 -
THIRD: EVERY AMERICAN COMMUNITY MUST OFFER QUALITY
HEALTH CARE FOR ALL. 11 TWENTY-FOUR LABOR UNIONS IN
OMAHA SAW THE NEED OF FAMILIES WHOSE CHILDREN WERE
HOSPITALIZED FOR TRANSPLANT OPERATIONS. So THESE
UNIONS JOINED TOGETHER TO BUY A BUILDING -- AND THEN
MORE THAN 500 SKILLED UNION VOLUNTEERS RENOVATED IT TO
HOUSE THESE FAMILIES.
- 17 -
FOURTH: EVERY AMERICAN COMMUNITY MUST OFFER ITS
MEMBERS THE HOPE OF GOOD JOBS WITH A FUTURE. 11 URBAN
MIYARES [MY-AR-AZE] CAN TELL YOU FIRST-HAND ABOUT THIS
NEED. A VIETNAM VET WHO BECAME BLIND, HE FOUND THERE
WERE NO BUSINESS COUNSELING SERVICES AVAILABLE TO
PEOPLE LIKE HIM. HE RECEIVED TRAINING AND NOW
VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE JOB COUNSELING TO PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES.
- 18 -
FIFTH: EVERY AMERICAN COMMUNITY MUST BE A PLACE
WITH A COMMITMENT TO CHILDREN; YOUTH DEVELOPING GOOD
CHARACTER AND VALUES; AND STRONG FAMILIES. 11
A
PENNSYLVANIA GROUP CALLED "MAGIC MIX" SAW THE NEEDS OF
TWO GENERATIONS -- AND BROUGHT LATCHKEY KIDS AND AT-
RISK STUDENTS TOGETHER WITH RESIDENTS OF LOCAL NURSING
HOMES WHO TUTOR, TEACH, AND BEFRIEND THEM. III
- 19 -
WITH ROLE MODELS LIKE THESE, I'M CONFIDENT THAT,
TOGETHER, WE CAN SHAPE OUR FUTURE -- NOT THROUGH OUR
FEARS -- BUT THROUGH OUR DREAMS.
YÉS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR LEGISLATION TO MAKE
THIS A SAFER AMERICA -- A FAIRER AMERICA -- A BETTER-
EDUCATED AMERICA -- A MORE EFFICIENT AMERICA. BUT THE
MOST IMPORTANT LEGACY OF ALL IS ONE THAT EACH PERSON IN
THIS GREAT COUNTRY CAN HELP CREATE -- THE LEGACY OF A
MORE CARING AMERICA. III
- 20 -
Look CLOSELY AT OUR WORLD. PEOPLE SAY THE PROBLEM
IS CRACK 11 OR CRIME 11 OR BABIES HAVING BABIES. THOSE
ARE ONLY SYMPTOMS. THE PROBLEM IS MORAL EMPTINESS. 11
IF AS PRESIDENT I HAD THE POWER TO GIVE JUST ONE
THING TO THIS NATION, IT WOULD BE THE RETURN OF AN
INNER MORAL COMPASS NURTURED BY THE FAMILY AND VALUED
BY SOCIETY. THIS COMPASS WOULD GUIDE US TO VALUE EVERY
LIFE.
- 21 -
IT WOULD SHOW US THAT EACH LIFE LOST TO DESPAIR
DEVALUES US ALL. IT WOULD REMIND US THAT CARING AND
CONSCIENCE ARE WHAT MAKE US HUMAN. III
So LET'S MAKE THIS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK AN
EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT IN OUR NATION -- OUR COMMUNAL
COMMITMENT TO A TRUE AMERICAN RENEWAL. I URGE EACH OF
YOU TO STEP FORWARD, TAKE THIS COUNTRY'S FUTURE IN YOUR
OWN HANDS, AND BECOME A POINT OF LIGHT. 11
- 22 -
AND I ASK LEADERS OF BUSINESSES, PLACES OF WORSHIP,
SCHOOLS, NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS,
TO LEAD THEIR MEMBERS TOWARD THE BRIGHT GOAL OF
SERVICE. WHEREVER PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE WORK
TOGETHER AND CLAIM THEIR COMMUNITY'S PROBLEMS AS THEIR
OWN -- THEY CREATE "COMMUNITIES OF LIGHT" TO GUIDE THIS
NATION'S PATH. III
As YOU CROSS THIS LAND, I'D LIKE YOU To REMEMBER
SOME SPECIAL WORDS.
- 23 -
RECENTLY BARBARA AND I HAD THE MAGNIFICENT HONOR OF
MEETING MOTHER TERESA, WHOSE VERY LIFE SPEAKS ONLY OF
SERVICE TO OTHERS. I WAS TOUCHED BY HER WORDS. SHE
SAID: "IT IS NOT HOW MUCH WE DO -- BUT HOW MUCH LOVE
WE PUT INTO IT." III
MAY AMERICANS CONTINUE TO PUT LOVE INTO ALL OUR
WORKS.
- 24 -
BARBARA JOINS ME IN SAYING CONGRATULATIONS -- To
YOU AND THE MILLIONS MORE LIKE YOU ACROSS AMERICA --
FOR WHAT YOU DO. MAY GOD BLESS YOU, AND THIS WONDERFUL
NATION WE SHARE. 11
Now, BARBARA AND I WILL PRESENT THE AWARDS. I'LL
ASK OUR FRIEND FLO-Jo TO COME UP TO READ THE CITATIONS.
# # #
VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION \ EAST ROOM
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1992 \ 1:00 P.M.
THANK YOU, AND WELCOME TO THE EAST ROOM. BARBARA
AND I ARE PROUD TO BE HERE WITH SUCH AN IMPRESSIVE
GROUP -- AND WITH THIS TRULY REMARKABLE SPECIAL GUEST,
MICHAEL JACKSON. 11
- 2 -
TODAY, WE ALSO WANT TO EXTEND A PARTICULARLY WARM
WELCOME TO OUR DISTINGUISHED CABINET MEMBERS, SECRETARY
MARTIN AND SECRETARY SULLIVAN; 11 AND To THE JUDGES
OF THIS YEAR'S AWARDS -- ACTION DIRECTOR JANE KENNY;
RABBI NAIMAN [NY-MAN] OF THE COUNCIL OF JEWISH
ORGANIZATIONS; OUR SURGEON GENERAL, ANTONIA NOVELLO;
JAMES RENIER [RAY-NEAR], CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF HONEYWELL;
AND THANKS TO ANITA BAKER AND FRANCES HESSELBEIN WHO
COULDN'T JOIN US TODAY.
- 3 -
MY SPECIAL THANKS TO THE POINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION
AND ACTION FOR THEIR HELP WITH THESE AWARDS. WELCOME
ALSO TO THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON NATIONAL
AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. AND THE WARMEST WELCOME TO YOU
WHO MAKE UP THE HEART OF AMERICA -- OUR VOLUNTEERS. III
AND A SPECIAL WELCOME TO OUR GUEST PRESENTER
TODAY -- OUR UNPARALLELED OLYMPIC GOLDEN GIRL --
FLORENCE GRIFFITH JOYNER. FLo Jo WAS JUST HELPING OUT
OVER AT THE GREAT AMERICAN WORKOUT -- AND SAID TO ME:
- 4 -
"You WANT TO WORK OUT DOING RUNNING, THE OBSTACLE
COURSE, AND THE HURDLES?" I SAID, "No, I DO ENOUGH OF
THAT JUST CAMPAIGNING." 11
FLO-JO WANTS EVERYONE TO WORK OUT -- AND SHE'S
TARGETED LAZY AMERICANS -- THOUGH I GUESS WITH ALL THIS
PC TALK, WE SHOULD CALL THEM "EXERTIONALLY CHALLENGED."
SHE'S GOING TO WIPE OUT COUCH POTATOES. Now IF WE
COULD ONLY GET HER GOING ON BROCCOLI. III
- 5 -
BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S
REALLY VERY PERSONALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. You ALL KNOW I
LOVE MUSIC -- ANITA'S ALWAYS BEEN A FAVORITE -- AND I
ESPECIALLY LOVE COUNTRY MUSIC BECAUSE IT GETS TO THE
HEART OF THE BASIC DECENCY AND COMPASSION OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE PROUD TO CALL THEMSELVES AMERICANS.
WELL, RANDY TRAVIS HAS A LINE IN ONE OF HIS SONGS
THAT'S LIKE A SPOTLIGHT ON AN ANSWER FOR US. HE SINGS:
- 6 -
"THERE ARE DREAMERS WHO ARE MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE
GIVING HOPE TO THOSE WITHOUT -- ISN'T THAT WHAT THIS
LAND'S ALL ABOUT."
You SEE, FOR ALL THE GOOD THAT GOVERNMENT CAN DO,
TO SOLVE OUR COUNTRY'S SOCIAL PROBLEMS, WE NEED
PEOPLE -- WE NEED EVERY INDIVIDUAL -- To RESPOND TO THE
PROBLEMS RIGHT AROUND THEM.
- 7 -
WHEN EACH AMERICAN IS NO LONGER WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT
SOMEONE ON THEIR STREET OR IN THEIR TOWN IS HOMELESS,
JOBLESS, FRIENDLESS -- THEN THAT'S WHEN WE WILL TRULY
RENEW AMERICA. 11
WE ALREADY HAVE SHINING HEROES IN THIS QUEST -- I
CALL THEM "POINTS OF LIGHT" -- AND THAT'S THE NAME OF
RANDY'S SONG. THEY'RE AMERICANS IN TOWNS AND CITIES
JUST LIKE YOURS ACROSS THIS LAND, DISCOVERING THAT
SERVICE To OTHERS IS A RICH SOURCE OF MEANING IN LIFE.
- 8 -
I HONOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN FOR
SHOWING "THE BETTER ANGELS OF THEIR NATURE" BY
VOLUNTEERING TO HELP OTHERS. THEY SUM UP THE GENIUS OF
THIS GREAT AND GENEROUS LAND -- ORDINARY PEOPLE DOING
EXTRAORDINARY THINGS. 11
DAY IN AND DAY OUT, THESE AMERICANS WAGE OUR WAR
FOR HUMAN LIFE AND DIGNITY. THEY DON'T SAY: "THIS IS
WHY I CAN'T HELP" 11 -- THEY SAY "THIS IS WHY I CAN".
THEY SAY: "MAYBE I DON'T HAVE MONEY, BUT I HAVE TIME".
- 9 -
"MAYBE I CAN'T HELP SOMEONE BUILD A HOUSE, BUT I'M A
GOOD LISTENER."
WE CELEBRATE THAT SPIRIT. WHOEVER YOU ARE, YOU
HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE -- FOR AMERICANS ARE THE
GREATEST NATURAL RESOURCE OF THIS, THE GREATEST NATION
ON EARTH. III
- 10 -
I'M PROUD TO BE HERE FOR THIS VERY SPECIAL -- VERY
IMPORTANT -- EVENT. WE COME TOGETHER TODAY AS THE
CULMINATION OF NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK, HONORING THE
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY THROUGH VOLUNTARY SERVICE.
IN PARTICULAR, FOR THE 11TH YEAR WE RECOGNIZE WITH
THESE AWARDS THE INSPIRATIONAL EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE WHO
MEET A SIMPLE THREE-PART TEST:
- 11 -
ONE: THEY LOOKED AROUND. Two: THEY SAW A NEED.
THREE: THEY FILLED IT. 111
WHAT A CROSS-SECTION OF WONDERFUL AMERICANS ARE
REPRESENTED HERE TODAY, AMONG THESE 21 WINNERS OF THE
1992 PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL POINTS OF LIGHT AWARDS. THERE
ARE INDIVIDUALS, LIKE 17-YEAR-OLD ROBERT ZAMORA, WHO
CREATED THE GETTING BUSY TEEN CLUB AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO
GANGS IN EAST Los ANGELES. THERE ARE BUSINESSES, LIKE
IBM, WHICH GIVES ITS EMPLOYEES ENCOURAGEMENT AND TIME
OFF TO VOLUNTEER -- 90,000 OF THEM DO.
- 12 -
AND OUR WINNERS REPRESENT NEIGHBORHOODS, PLACES OF
WORSHIP, EVERY KIND OF GROUP ACROSS THIS BROAD AND GOOD
LAND.
THEY AND ALL THE OTHERS LIKE THEM ARE SHAPING A
NATION WHOSE GOODNESS GROWS OUT OF THE SMALL ACTS OF
CONSEQUENCE MADE BY MANY PEOPLE. AMERICA'S PIONEER
DAYS AREN'T BEHIND US. WE STILL HAVE FRONTIERS LEFT TO
CROSS -- THE THRILL OF ADVENTURE YET TO DISCOVER -- AN
AMERICAN RENAISSANCE YET TO SPARK.
- 13 -
I BELIEVE THERE ARE FIVE CORE ELEMENTS OF THE NEW
AMERICA WE ALL SEEK -- WHICH ARE REFLECTED IN THE
AWARDS CATEGORIES. TODAY I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU HOW
SOME OF OUR AWARD WINNERS ARE DRAWING US CLOSER TO EACH
GOAL.
FIRST: EVERY AMERICAN COMMUNITY MUST HAVE
EXCELLENT SCHOOLS AND A CULTURE THAT FOSTERS LIFELONG
LEARNING. 11
- 14 -
KENTUCKY'S BEREA [вин-RЕЕ-ин] COLLEGE STUDENTS SAW A
CRITICAL NEED RIGHT AROUND THEM IN APPALACHIA -- so
THEY VOLUNTEERED AS MENTORS AND TUTORS TO NEEDY PEOPLE
FROM GRADE-SCHOOL KIDS THROUGH ADULTS STRUGGLING TO
OVERCOME ILLITERACY.
- 15 -
SECOND: EVERY AMERICAN COMMUNITY MUST BE A DECENT,
DRUG-FREE AND SAFE PLACE TO LIVE. 11 EIGHTEEN-HUNDRED
MEMBERS OF THE EMMANUEL REFORMED CHURCH SAW THE NEED
AROUND THEM, JOINED WITH THEIR CITY OF PARAMOUNT,
CALIFORNIA AND STARTED TACKLING THE CRISES THAT
THREATENED THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD -- LIKE GANGS,
ILLITERACY, AND CRIME.
- 16 -
THIRD: EVERY AMERICAN COMMUNITY MUST OFFER QUALITY
HEALTH CARE FOR ALL. 11 TWENTY-FOUR LABOR UNIONS IN
OMAHA SAW THE NEED OF FAMILIES WHOSE CHILDREN WERE
HOSPITALIZED FOR TRANSPLANT OPERATIONS. So THESE
UNIONS JOINED TOGETHER TO BUY A BUILDING -- AND THEN
MORE THAN 500 SKILLED UNION VOLUNTEERS RENOVATED IT TO
HOUSE THESE FAMILIES.
- 17 -
FOURTH: EVERY AMERICAN COMMUNITY MUST OFFER ITS
MEMBERS THE HOPE OF GOOD JOBS WITH A FUTURE. 11 URBAN
MIYARES [MY-AR-AZE] CAN TELL YOU FIRST-HAND ABOUT THIS
NEED. A VIETNAM VET WHO BECAME BLIND, HE FOUND THERE
WERE NO BUSINESS COUNSELING SERVICES AVAILABLE TO
PEOPLE LIKE HIM. HE RECEIVED TRAINING AND NOW
VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE JOB COUNSELING TO PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES.
- 18 -
FIFTH: EVERY AMERICAN COMMUNITY MUST BE A PLACE
WITH A COMMITMENT TO CHILDREN; YOUTH DEVELOPING GOOD
CHARACTER AND VALUES; AND STRONG FAMILIES. 11
A
PENNSYLVANIA GROUP CALLED "MAGIC MIX" SAW THE NEEDS OF
TWO GENERATIONS -- AND BROUGHT LATCHKEY KIDS AND AT-
RISK STUDENTS TOGETHER WITH RESIDENTS OF LOCAL NURSING
HOMES WHO TUTOR, TEACH, AND BEFRIEND THEM. III
- 19 -
WITH ROLE MODELS LIKE THESE, I'M CONFIDENT THAT,
TOGETHER, WE CAN SHAPE OUR FUTURE -- NOT THROUGH OUR
FEARS -- BUT THROUGH OUR DREAMS.
YÉS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR LEGISLATION TO MAKE
THIS A SAFER AMERICA -- A FAIRER AMERICA -- A BETTER-
EDUCATED AMERICA -- A MORE EFFICIENT AMERICA. BUT THE
MOST IMPORTANT LEGACY OF ALL IS ONE THAT EACH PERSON IN
THIS GREAT COUNTRY CAN HELP CREATE -- THE LEGACY OF A
MORE CARING AMERICA. III
- 20 -
Look CLOSELY AT OUR WORLD. PEOPLE SAY THE PROBLEM
IS CRACK 11 OR CRIME 11 OR BABIES HAVING BABIES. THOSE
ARE ONLY SYMPTOMS. THE PROBLEM IS MORAL EMPTINESS. 11
IF AS PRESIDENT I HAD THE POWER TO GIVE JUST ONE
THING TO THIS NATION, IT WOULD BE THE RETURN OF AN
INNER MORAL COMPASS NURTURED BY THE FAMILY AND VALUED
BY SOCIETY. THIS COMPASS WOULD GUIDE US TO VALUE EVERY
LIFE.
- 21 -
IT WOULD SHOW US THAT EACH LIFE LOST TO DESPAIR
DEVALUES US ALL. IT WOULD REMIND US THAT CARING AND
CONSCIENCE ARE WHAT MAKE US HUMAN. III
So LET'S MAKE THIS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK AN
EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT IN OUR NATION -- OUR COMMUNAL
COMMITMENT TO A TRUE AMERICAN RENEWAL. I URGE EACH OF
YOU TO STEP FORWARD, TAKE THIS COUNTRY'S FUTURE IN YOUR
OWN HANDS, AND BECOME A POINT OF LIGHT. 11
- 22 -
AND I ASK LEADERS OF BUSINESSES, PLACES OF WORSHIP,
SCHOOLS, NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS,
TO LEAD THEIR MEMBERS TOWARD THE BRIGHT GOAL OF
SERVICE. WHEREVER PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE WORK
TOGETHER AND CLAIM THEIR COMMUNITY'S PROBLEMS AS THEIR
OWN -- THEY CREATE "COMMUNITIES OF LIGHT" To GUIDE THIS
NATION'S PATH. III
As YOU CROSS THIS LAND, I'D LIKE YOU TO REMEMBER
SOME SPECIAL WORDS.
- 23 -
RECENTLY BARBARA AND I HAD THE MAGNIFICENT HONOR OF
MEETING MOTHER TERESA, WHOSE VERY LIFE SPEAKS ONLY OF
SERVICE To OTHERS. I WAS TOUCHED BY HER WORDS. SHE
SAID: "IT IS NOT HOW MUCH WE DO -- BUT HOW MUCH LOVE
WE PUT INTO IT." III
MAY AMERICANS CONTINUE TO PUT LOVE INTO ALL OUR
WORKS.
- 24 -
BARBARA JOINS ME IN SAYING CONGRATULATIONS -- TO
YOU AND THE MILLIONS MORE LIKE YOU ACROSS AMERICA --
FOR WHAT YOU DO. MAY GOD BLESS YOU, AND THIS WONDERFUL
NATION WE SHARE. 11
Now, BARBARA AND I WILL PRESENT THE AWARDS. I'LL
ASK OUR FRIEND FLO-Jo TO COME UP TO READ THE CITATIONS.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 29, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
to
FROM:
BETH HINCHLIFFE
PH
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION
On Friday, May 1, in the East Room, you will address an
audience of 2-300 at a ceremony in honor of National Volunteer
Week. Your remarks follow a State Dining Room luncheon with
these attendees. The time period for the entire event is 11:45
a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Your remarks (10 minutes, cards) focus on the ideals and
goals of voluntary service, with particular reference to the 21
winners of the 1992 President's Annual Points of Light Awards.
The First Lady; Directors of the Points of Light Foundation,
the Commission on National and Community Service, and ACTION will
attend -- as will the award judges: singer Anita Baker, Jane
Kenny (ACTION Director), Rabbi Elimelech Naiman (Council of
Jewish Organizations), Surgeon General Novello and Jim Renier,
Chairman and CEO of Honeywell. The name of the Master of
Ceremonies will be announced later.
(Hinchliffe/Nix)
April 28, 1992
11 a.m.
VOLUNTEER
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION
EAST ROOM
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1992 11:45 a.m.
Thank you, and welcome to the East Room. [ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS]
I just ran over here from the Great American Workout -- led
by a guy who could really straighten things out on Capitol Hill
-- the Terminator himself. Arnold said to me: "You want to work
out doing running, the obstacle course, and the hurdles?" I said,
"No, I do enough of that just campaigning." 11 Arnold's targeted
lazy Americans -- I guess with all this PC talk, we should call
them "exertionally challenged." 11 He's going to wipe out couch
potatoes. Now if we could only get him going on broccoli. III
But I'm here today to talk about something that's really
very personally important to me. You all know I love music --
Anita's always been a favorite -- and I especially love country
music because it gets to the heart of the basic decency and
compassion of people who are proud to call themselves Americans.
Well, Randy Travis has a line in one of his songs that's like a
spotlight on an answer for us. He sings: "There are dreamers
who are making dreams come true ... giving hope to those without
-- isn't that what this land's all about." You see, for all the
good government can do, to solve our country's social problems,
we need people -- we need every individual -- to respond to the
problems right around them. When each American is no longer
willing to accept that someone on their street or in their town
is homeless, jobless, friendless: that's when we will truly
2
renew America.
We already have shining heroes in this quest -- I call them
"Points of Light" -- and that's the name of Randy's song. They're
Americans in towns and cities just like yours, discovering that
service to others is a rich source of meaning in life. I honor
them for showing "the better angels of their nature" by volun-
teering to help others. They sum up the genius of this great and
generous land -- ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Day in and day out, these Americans wage our war for human
life and dignity. They don't say: this is why I can't help --
they say this is why I can. They say: maybe I don't have money,
but I have time. Maybe I can't help someone build a house, but
I'm a good listener. We celebrate that spirit. Whoever you are,
you have something to share -- for Americans are the greatest
natural resource of this, the greatest nation on earth.
I'm proud to be here today, along with the Points of Light
Foundation and ACTION, our federal domestic volunteer agency, for
this very special -- very important -- event. We come together
today as the culmination of National Volunteer Week, honoring
millions of Americans who transform communities across the
country through voluntary service. In particular, for the 11th
year we recognize with these awards the inspirational example of
people who meet a simple three-part test: One: They looked
around. Two: They saw a need. Three: They filled it.
What a cross-section of wonderful Americans are represented
among 21 winners of the 1992 President's Annual Points of Light
3
Awards. There are individuals, like 17-year-old Robert Zamora,
who created the Getting Busy Teen Club as an alternative to gangs
in East Los Angeles. There are businesses, like IBM, which gives
its employees encouragement and time off to volunteer -- 90,000
of them do. And our winners represent neighborhoods, places of
worship, every kind of group across this broad and good land.
They and all the others like them are shaping a nation whose
goodness grows out of the small acts of consequence made by many
people. America's pioneer days aren't behind us. We still have
frontiers left to cross: the thrill of adventure yet to
discover: an American renaissance yet to spark. I believe there
are five core elements of the new America we all seek -- I want
to share with you today how some of our winners are drawing us
closer to each goal.
First: every American community must have excellent schools
and a culture that fosters lifelong learning. Kentucky's Berea
College students saw a critical need right around them in
Appalachia -- so they volunteered as mentors and tutors to needy
people from grade-school kids through adults struggling to
overcome illiteracy.
Second: every American community must be a decent, drug-
free and safe place to live. 1800 members of the Emmanuel
Reformed Church saw the need around them, joined with their city
of Paramount, California and started tackling the crises that
threatened their neighborhood: like gangs, illiteracy, and crime.
Third: every American community must offer quality health
4
care for all. Twenty-four labor unions in Omaha saw the need of
families whose children were hospitalized for transplant oper-
ations and joined together to buy a building: then more than 500
skilled union volunteers renovated it to house these families.
Fourth: every American community must offer its members the
hope of good jobs with a future. Urban Miyares [My-AR-aze] can
tell you first-hand about this need. A Vietnam vet who became
blind, he found there were no business counseling services
available to people like him. He received training and now
volunteers to provide job counseling to people with disabilities.
Fifth: every American community must be a place with a
commitment to children, youth developing good character and
values, and strong families. A Pennsylvania group called "Magic
Mix" saw the needs of two generations -- and brought latchkey
kids and at-risk students together with residents of local
nursing homes who tutor, teach, and befriend them.
With role models like these, I'm confident that, together,
we can shape our future -- not through our fears -- but through
our dreams. Yes, we'll continue to work for legislation to make
this a safer America; a fairer America; a better-educated
America; a more efficient America. But the most important legacy
of all is one that each person in this great country can help
create -- the legacy of a more caring America.
Look closely at our problems. People say the problem is crack
or crime or babies having babies. Those are only symptoms. The
problem is moral emptiness. If as President I had the power to
5
give just one thing to this nation, it would be the return of an
inner moral compass nurtured by the family and valued by society.
This compass would guide us to value every life. It would show
us that each life lost to despair devalues us all. It would
remind us that caring and conscience are what make us human.
So let's make this National Volunteer Week an extraordinary
moment in our nation: our communal commitment to a true American
renewal. I urge each of you to step forward, take this country's
future in your own hands, and become a Point of Light. And I ask
leaders of businesses, places of worship, schools, neighborhood
groups and other organizations, to lead their members toward the
bright goal of service. Wherever people from all walks of life
work together and claim their community's problems as their own,
they create "Communities of Light" to guide this nation's path.
As you cross this land as beacons of hope, I'd like you to
remember some special words. Recently Barbara and I had the mag-
nificent honor of meeting Mother Teresa, whose very life speaks
only of service to others. I was touched by her words. She said:
"It is not how much we do -- but how much love we put into it."
May Americans continue to put love into all our works.
Barbara joins me in saying thank you -- to you and the millions
more like you across America -- for what you do. May God bless
you, and this wonderful nation we share.
Now, let's get on with presenting the awards. I'll ask my
friend [NAME] to come up to read the citations.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 29, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
to
FROM:
BETH HINCHLIFFE
PH
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION
On Friday, May 1, in the East Room, you will address an
audience of 2-300 at a ceremony in honor of National Volunteer
Week. Your remarks follow a State Dining Room luncheon with
these attendees. The time period for the entire event is 11:45
a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Your remarks (10 minutes, cards) focus on the ideals and
goals of voluntary service, with particular reference to the 21
winners of the 1992 President's Annual Points of Light Awards.
The First Lady; Directors of the Points of Light Foundation,
the Commission on National and Community Service, and ACTION will
attend -- as will the award judges: singer Anita Baker, Jane
Kenny (ACTION Director), Rabbi Elimelech Naiman (Council of
Jewish Organizations), Surgeon General Novello and Jim Renier,
Chairman and CEO of Honeywell. The name of the Master of
Ceremonies will be announced later.
(Hinchliffe/Nix)
April 28, 1992
11 a.m.
VOLUNTEER Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION
EAST ROOM
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1992 11:45 a.m.
Thank you, and welcome to the East Room. [ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS]
I just ran over here from the Great American Workout -- led
by a guy who could really straighten things out on Capitol Hill
-- the Terminator himself. Arnold said to me: "You want to work
out doing running, the obstacle course, and the hurdles?" I said,
"No, I do enough of that just campaigning." 11 Arnold's targeted
lazy Americans -- I guess with all this PC talk, we should call
them "exertionally challenged." 11 He's going to wipe out couch
potatoes. Now if we could only get him going on broccoli. 111
But I'm here today to talk about something that's really
very personally important to me. You all know I love music --
Anita's always been a favorite -- and I especially love country
music because it gets to the heart of the basic decency and
compassion of people who are proud to call themselves Americans.
Well, Randy Travis has a line in one of his songs that's like a
spotlight on an answer for us. He sings: "There are dreamers
who are making dreams come true ... giving hope to those without
-- isn't that what this land's all about." You see, for all the
good government can do, to solve our country's social problems,
we need people -- we need every individual -- to respond to the
problems right around them. When each American is no longer
willing to accept that someone on their street or in their town
is homeless, jobless, friendless: that's when we will truly
2
renew America.
We already have shining heroes in this quest -- I call them
"Points of Light" -- and that's the name of Randy's song. They're
Americans in towns and cities just like yours, discovering that
service to others is a rich source of meaning in life. I honor
them for showing "the better angels of their nature" by volun-
teering to help others. They sum up the genius of this great and
generous land -- ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Day in and day out, these Americans wage our war for human
life and dignity. They don't say: this is why I can't help --
they say this is why I can. They say: maybe I don't have money,
but I have time. Maybe I can't help someone build a house, but
I'm a good listener. We celebrate that spirit. Whoever you are,
you have something to share -- for Americans are the greatest
natural resource of this, the greatest nation on earth.
I'm proud to be here today, along with the Points of Light
Foundation and ACTION, our federal domestic volunteer agency, for
this very special -- very important -- event. We come together
today as the culmination of National Volunteer Week, honoring
millions of Americans who transform communities across the
country through voluntary service. In particular, for the 11th
year we recognize with these awards the inspirational example of
people who meet a simple three-part test: One: They looked
around. Two: They saw a need. Three: They filled it.
What a cross-section of wonderful Americans are represented
among 21 winners of the 1992 President's Annual Points of Light
3
Awards. There are individuals, like 17-year-old Robert Zamora,
who created the Getting Busy Teen Club as an alternative to gangs
in East Los Angeles. There are businesses, like IBM, which gives
its employees encouragement and time off to volunteer -- 90,000
of them do. And our winners represent neighborhoods, places of
worship, every kind of group across this broad and good land.
They and all the others like them are shaping a nation whose
goodness grows out of the small acts of consequence made by many
people. America's pioneer days aren't behind us. We still have
frontiers left to cross: the thrill of adventure yet to
discover: an American renaissance yet to spark. I believe there
are five core elements of the new America we all seek -- I want
to share with you today how some of our winners are drawing us
closer to each goal.
First: every American community must have excellent schools
and a culture that fosters lifelong learning. Kentucky's Berea
College students saw a critical need right around them in
Appalachia -- so they volunteered as mentors and tutors to needy
people from grade-school kids through adults struggling to
overcome illiteracy.
Second: every American community must be a decent, drug-
free and safe place to live. 1800 members of the Emmanuel
Reformed Church saw the need around them, joined with their city
of Paramount, California and started tackling the crises that
threatened their neighborhood: like gangs, illiteracy, and crime.
Third: every American community must offer quality health
4
care for all. Twenty-four labor unions in Omaha saw the need of
families whose children were hospitalized for transplant oper-
ations and joined together to buy a building: then more than 500
skilled union volunteers renovated it to house these families.
Fourth: every American community must offer its members the
hope of good jobs with a future. Urban Miyares [My-AR-aze] can
tell you first-hand about this need. A Vietnam vet who became
blind, he found there were no business counseling services
available to people like him. He received training and now
volunteers to provide job counseling to people with disabilities.
Fifth: every American community must be a place with a
commitment to children, youth developing good character and
values, and strong families. A Pennsylvania group called "Magic
Mix" saw the needs of two generations -- and brought latchkey
kids and at-risk students together with residents of local
nursing homes who tutor, teach, and befriend them.
With role models like these, I'm confident that, together,
we can shape our future -- not through our fears -- but through
our dreams. Yes, we'll continue to work for legislation to make
this a safer America; a fairer America; a better-educated
America; a more efficient America. But the most important legacy
of all is one that each person in this great country can help
create -- the legacy of a more caring America.
Look closely at our problems. People say the problem is crack
or crime or babies having babies. Those are only symptoms. The
problem is moral emptiness. If as President I had the power to
5
give just one thing to this nation, it would be the return of an
inner moral compass nurtured by the family and valued by society.
This compass would guide us to value every life. It would show
us that each life lost to despair devalues us all. It would
remind us that caring and conscience are what make us human.
So let's make this National Volunteer Week an extraordinary
moment in our nation: our communal commitment to a true American
renewal. I urge each of you to step forward, take this country's
future in your own hands, and become a Point of Light. And I ask
leaders of businesses, places of worship, schools, neighborhood
groups and other organizations, to lead their members toward the
bright goal of service. Wherever people from all walks of life
work together and claim their community's problems as their own,
they create "Communities of Light" to guide this nation's path.
As you cross this land as beacons of hope, I'd like you to
remember some special words. Recently Barbara and I had the mag-
nificent honor of meeting Mother Teresa, whose very life speaks
only of service to others. I was touched by her words. She said:
"It is not how much we do -- but how much love we put into it."
May Americans continue to put love into all our works.
Barbara joins me in saying thank you -- to you and the millions
more like you across America -- for what you do. May God bless
you, and this wonderful nation we share.
Now, let's get on with presenting the awards. I'll ask my
friend [NAME] to come up to read the citations.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ANNUAL VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION
SUBJECT:
FRIDAY, MAY 1 - 11:45 a.m.
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and Staff Secretary
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 29, 1992
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
PHD
FROM:
BETH HINCHLIFFE
PH
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION
On Friday, May 1, in the East Room, you will address an
audience of 2-300 at a ceremony in honor of National Volunteer
Week. Your remarks follow a State Dining Room luncheon with
these attendees. The time period for the entire event is 11:45
a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Your remarks (10 minutes, cards) focus on the ideals and
goals of voluntary service, with particular reference to the 21
winners of the 1992 President's Annual Points of Light Awards.
The First Lady; Directors of the Points of Light Foundation,
the Commission on National and Community Service, and ACTION will
attend -- as will the award judges: singer Anita Baker, Jane
Kenny (ACTION Director), Rabbi Elimelech Naiman (Council of
Jewish Organizations), Surgeon General Novello and Jim Renier,
Chairman and CEO of Honeywell. The name of the Master of
Ceremonies will be announced later.
(Hinchliffe/Nix)
April 28, 1992
11 a.m.
VOLUNTEER
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION
EAST ROOM
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1992 11:45 a.m.
Thank you, and welcome to the East Room. [ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS]
I just ran over here from the Great American Workout -- led
by a guy who could really straighten things out on Capitol Hill
-- the Terminator himself. Arnold said to me: "You want to work
out doing running, the obstacle course, and the hurdles?" I said,
"No, I do enough of that just campaigning." 11 Arnold's targeted
lazy Americans -- I guess with all this PC talk, we should call
them "exertionally challenged." 11 He's going to wipe out couch
potatoes. Now if we could only get him going on broccoli. 111
But I'm here today to talk about something that's really
very personally important to me. You all know I love music --
Anita's always been a favorite -- and I especially love country
music because it gets to the heart of the basic decency and
compassion of people who are proud to call themselves Americans.
Well, Randy Travis has a line in one of his songs that's like a
spotlight on an answer for us. He sings: "There are dreamers
who are making dreams come true ... giving hope to those without
-- isn't that what this land's all about." You see, for all the
good government can do, to solve our country's social problems,
we need people -- we need every individual -- to respond to the
problems right around them. When each American is no longer
willing to accept that someone on their street or in their town
is homeless, jobless, friendless: that's when we will truly
2
renew America.
We already have shining heroes in this quest -- I call them
"Points of Light" -- and that's the name of Randy's song. They're
Americans in towns and cities just like yours, discovering that
service to others is a rich source of meaning in life. I honor
them for showing "the better angels of their nature" by volun-
teering to help others. They sum up the genius of this great and
generous land -- ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Day in and day out, these Americans wage our war for human
life and dignity. They don't say: this is why I can't help --
they say this is why I can. They say: maybe I don't have money,
but I have time. Maybe I can't help someone build a house, but
I'm a good listener. We celebrate that spirit. Whoever you are,
you have something to share -- for Americans are the greatest
natural resource of this, the greatest nation on earth.
I'm proud to be here today, along with the Points of Light
Foundation and ACTION, our federal domestic volunteer agency, for
this very special -- very important -- event. We come together
today as the culmination of National Volunteer Week, honoring
millions of Americans who transform communities across the
country through voluntary service. In particular, for the 11th
year we recognize with these awards the inspirational example of
people who meet a simple three-part test: One: They looked
around. Two: They saw a need. Three: They filled it.
What a cross-section of wonderful Americans are represented
among 21 winners of the 1992 President's Annual Points of Light
3
Awards. There are individuals, like 17-year-old Robert Zamora,
who created the Getting Busy Teen Club as an alternative to gangs
in East Los Angeles. There are businesses, like IBM, which gives
its employees encouragement and time off to volunteer -- 90,000
of them do. And our winners represent neighborhoods, places of
worship, every kind of group across this broad and good land.
They and all the others like them are shaping a nation whose
goodness grows out of the small acts of consequence made by many
people. America's pioneer days aren't behind us. We still have
frontiers left to cross: the thrill of adventure yet to
discover: an American renaissance yet to spark. I believe there
are five core elements of the new America we all seek -- I want
to share with you today how some of our winners are drawing us
closer to each goal.
First: every American community must have excellent schools
and a culture that fosters lifelong learning. Kentucky's Berea
College students saw a critical need right around them in
Appalachia -- so they volunteered as mentors and tutors to needy
people from grade-school kids through adults struggling to
overcome illiteracy.
Second: every American community must be a decent, drug-
free and safe place to live. 1800 members of the Emmanuel
Reformed Church saw the need around them, joined with their city
of Paramount, California and started tackling the crises that
threatened their neighborhood: like gangs, illiteracy, and crime.
Third: every American community must offer quality health
4
care for all. Twenty-four labor unions in Omaha saw the need of
families whose children were hospitalized for transplant oper-
ations and joined together to buy a building: then more than 500
skilled union volunteers renovated it to house these families.
Fourth: every American community must offer its members the
hope of good jobs with a future. Urban Miyares [My-AR-aze] can
tell you first-hand about this need. A Vietnam vet who became
blind, he found there were no business counseling services
available to people like him. He received training and now
volunteers to provide job counseling to people with disabilities.
Fifth: every American community must be a place with a
commitment to children, youth developing good character and
values, and strong families. A Pennsylvania group called "Magic
Mix" saw the needs of two generations -- and brought latchkey
kids and at-risk students together with residents of local
nursing homes who tutor, teach, and befriend them.
With role models like these, I'm confident that, together,
we can shape our future -- not through our fears -- but through
our dreams. Yes, we'll continue to work for legislation to make
this a safer America; a fairer America; a better-educated
America; a more efficient America. But the most important legacy
of all is one that each person in this great country can help
create -- the legacy of a more caring America.
Look closely at our problems. People say the problem is crack
or crime or babies having babies. Those are only symptoms. The
problem is moral emptiness. If as President I had the power to
5
give just one thing to this nation, it would be the return of an
inner moral compass nurtured by the family and valued by society.
This compass would guide us to value every life. It would show
us that each life lost to despair devalues us all. It would
remind us that caring and conscience are what make us human.
So let's make this National Volunteer Week an extraordinary
moment in our nation: our communal commitment to a true American
renewal. I urge each of you to step forward, take this country's
future in your own hands, and become a Point of Light. And I ask
leaders of businesses, places of worship, schools, neighborhood
groups and other organizations, to lead their members toward the
bright goal of service. Wherever people from all walks of life
work together and claim their community's problems as their own,
they create "Communities of Light" to guide this nation's path.
As you cross this land as beacons of hope, I'd like you to
remember some special words. Recently Barbara and I had the mag-
nificent honor of meeting Mother Teresa, whose very life speaks
only of service to others. I was touched by her words. She said:
"It is not how much we do -- but how much love we put into it."
May Americans continue to put love into all our works.
Barbara joins me in saying thank you -- to you and the millions
more like you across America -- for what you do. May God bless
you, and this wonderful nation we share.
Now, let's get on with presenting the awards. I'll ask my
friend [NAME] to come up to read the citations.
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(Hinchliffe/Nix)
April 30, 1992 12 p.m.
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VOLUNTEER
Draft Three
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION
EAST ROOM
latest
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1992 11:45 a.m.
Thank you, and welcome to the East Room. Barbara and I are
proud to be here with such an impressive group.
We want to extend a particularly warm welcome to our
distinguished Cabinet members, Secretary Martin and Secretary
Sullivan; 11 and to the judges of this year's awards -- the
pronumsation
Per
dynamic Anita Baker; ACTION director Jane Kenny; Rabbi
Elimelech
Every
Naiman
of the Council of Jewish Organizations; our Surgeon
General, Antonia Novello; James
Renier
Chairman and CEO of
Anita Baker
Honeywell; and thanks to Frances Hesselbein who couldn't join us
MN
today
My special thanks to Dick Schubert, President of the Points
and ACTION Fortheishelpwith these awards.
of Light Foundation; and John Curley and Marcia Bullard of USA
WEEKEND, who just completed their terrific "Make A Difference"
project which generated 68,000 volunteers.
Q
Welcome also to the Board Members, directors and staff of
The Points of Light Foundation, the Commission on National and
and a special quest Michael Jackson.
Community Service; ACTION; and to our Office of National Service,
headed up by Gregg Petersmeyer. And the warmest welcome to you
who make up the heart of America -- our volunteers. III
And a special welcome to our guest presenter today -- our
unparalleled Olympic Golden Girl -- Florence Griffith Joyner.
Flo Jo was just helping out over at the Great American Workout -
- and said to me: "You want to work out doing running, the
to readitations
intronichael.
2
obstacle course, and the hurdles?" I said, "No, I do enough of
that just campaigning.
This Workout was led by a guy who could really straighten
things out on Capitol Hill -- the Terminator himself, Arnold
7
Schwarzenegger. Arnold has targeted lazy Americans -- though I
guess with all this PC talk, we should call them "exertionally
challenged." He's going to wipe out couch potatoes. Now if we
could only get him going on broccoli. III
But I'm here today to talk about something that's really
very personally important to me. You all know I love music --
Anita's always been a favorite -- and I especially love country
music because it gets to the heart of the basic decency and
compassion of people who are proud to call themselves Americans.
stat
Well, Randy Travis has a line in one of his songs that's
like a spotlight on an answer for us. He sings: "There are
dreamers who are making dreams come true
giving hope to those
without -- isn't that what this land's all about."
You see, for all the good that government can do, to solve
our country's social problems, we need people -- we need every
individual -- to respond to the problems right around them. When
each American is no longer willing to accept that someone on
their street or in their town is homeless, jobless, friendless -
- then that's when we will truly renew America. 11
We already have shining heroes in this quest -- I call them
"Points of Light" -- and that's the name of Randy's song.
They're Americans in towns and cities just like yours across this
land, discovering that service to others is a rich source of
3
meaning in life.
I honor these men and women and children for showing "the
better angels of their nature" by volunteering to help others.
They sum up the genius of this great and generous land --
ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Day in and day out, these Americans wage our war for human
life and dignity. They don't say: "this is why I can't help" 11
-- they say "this is why I can". They say: "maybe I don't have
money, but I have time". 11 "Maybe I can't help someone build a
house, but I'm a good listener."
We celebrate that spirit. Whoever you are, you have
something to share -- for Americans are the greatest natural
resource of this, the greatest nation on earth. III
I'm proud to be here along with the Points of Light
Foundation and ACTION, our federal domestic volunteer agency, for
this very special -- very important -- event. We come together
today as the culmination of National Volunteer Week, honoring the
millions of Americans who transform communities across the
country through voluntary service.
In particular, for the 11th year we recognize with these
awards the inspirational example of people who meet a simple
three-part test: One: They looked around. Two: They saw a
need. Three: They filled it. III
What a cross-section of wonderful Americans are represented
here today, among these 21 winners of the 1992 President's Annual
Points of Light Awards. There are individuals, like 17-year-old
4
Robert Zamora, who created the Getting Busy Teen Club as an
alternative to gangs in East Los Angeles. There are businesses,
like IBM, which gives its employees encouragement and time off to
volunteer -- 90,000 of them do. And our winners represent
neighborhoods, places of worship, every kind of group across this
broad and good land.
They and all the others like them are shaping a nation whose
goodness grows out of the small acts of consequence made by many
people. America's pioneer days aren't behind us. We still have
frontiers left to cross -- the thrill of adventure yet to
discover -- an American renaissance yet to spark.
I believe there are five core elements of the new America we
which are reflected in the award catagories.
all
seek A and today I want to share with you how some of our
award winners are drawing us closer to each goal.
First: every American community must have excellent schools
and a culture that fosters lifelong learning. 11 Kentucky's
Berea [buh-REE-uh] College students saw a critical need right
around them in Appalachia -- so they volunteered as mentors and
tutors to needy people from grade-school kids through adults
struggling to overcome illiteracy.
Second: every American community must be a decent, drug-
free and safe place to live. Eighteen-hundred members of the
Emmanuel Reformed Church saw the need around them, joined with
their city of Paramount, California and started tackling the
crises that threatened their neighborhood -- like gangs,
illiteracy, and crime.
5
Third: every American community must offer quality health
care
for all. 11 Twenty-four labor unions in Omaha saw the need
of families whose children were hospitalized for transplant
operations. So these unions joined together to buy a building -
- and then more than 500 skilled union volunteers renovated it to
house these families.
Fourth: every American community must offer its members the
hope of good jobs with a future. 11 Urban Miyares [My-AR-aze]
can tell you first-hand about this need. A Vietnam vet who
became blind, he found there were no business counseling services
available to people like him. He received training and now
volunteers to provide job counseling to people with disabilities.
Fifth: every American community must be a place with a
commitment to children; youth developing good character and
values; and strong families. 11 A Pennsylvania group called
"Magic Mix" saw the needs of two generations -- and brought
latchkey kids and at-risk students together with residents of
local nursing homes who tutor, teach, and befriend them. III
With role models like these, I'm confident that, together,
we can shape our future -- not through our fears -- but through
our dreams.
Yes, we'll continue to work for legislation to make this a
safer America -- a fairer America -- a better-educated America -
- a more efficient America. But the most important legacy of all
is one that each person in this great country can help create --
the legacy of a more caring America.
6
Look closely at our world. People say the problem is crack
11 or crime 11 or babies having babies. Those are only symptoms.
The problem is moral emptiness. 11
If as President I had the power to give just one thing to
this nation, it would be the return of an inner moral compass
nurtured by the family and valued by society. This compass would
guide us to value every life. It would show us that each life
lost to despair devalues us all. It would remind us that caring
and conscience are what make us human. III
So let's make this National Volunteer Week an extraordinary
moment in our nation -- our communal commitment to a true
American renewal. I urge each of you to step forward, take this
country's future in your own hands, and become a Point of Light.
11
And I ask leaders of businesses, places of worship, schools,
neighborhood groups and other organizations, to lead their
members toward the bright goal of service. Wherever people from
all walks of life work together and claim their community's
problems as their own -- they create "Communities of Light" to
guide this nation's path. III
As you cross this land, I'd like you to remember some
special words. Recently Barbara and I had the magnificent honor
of meeting Mother Teresa, whose very life speaks only of service
to others. I was touched by her words. She said: "It is not
how much we do -- but how much love we put into it." " III
May Americans continue to put love into all our works.
7
Barbara joins me in saying congratulations -- to you and the
millions more like you across America -- for what you do. May
God bless you, and this wonderful nation we share. 11
Now, Barbara and I will present the awards. I'll ask our
friend Flo-Jo to come up to read the citations.
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WASHINGTON
April 92 APR 30 29, 1992 A 8:53
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FROM:
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SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Volunteer Awards
Presentation
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and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
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April 28, 1992 11 a.m.
VOLUNTEER Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION
EAST ROOM
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1992 11:45 a.m.
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] You all know I love country music
because it gets to the heart of the basic decency and compassion
of people who are proud to call themselves Americans. Well,
Randy Travis has a line in one of his songs that's like a
spotlight on an answer for us. He sings: "There are dreamers
who are making dreams come true ... giving hope to those without
-- isn't that what this land's all about." You see, for all the
good government can do, to solve our country's social problems,
we need people -- every individual -- to respond to the problems
right I around them. When each American is unwilling to accept
that someone on their street or in their town is homeless,
jobless, friendless: that's when we will truly renew America.
We already have shining heroes in this quest -- I call them
"Points of Light." They're Americans just like you, in towns and
cities just like yours -- discovering that service to others is a
rich source of meaning in life. I honor them for showing "the
better angels of their nature" by volunteering to help others.
They sum up the genius of this great and generous land --
ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Day in and day out, these Americans wage our war for human
life and dignity. They don't say: this is why I can't help --
they say this is why I can. They say: maybe I don't have money,
but I have time. Maybe I can't help someone build a house, but
2
I'm a good listener. We celebrate that spirit. Whoever you are,
you have something to share -- for Americans are the greatest
natural resource of this, the greatest nation on earth.
I'm proud to be here today, along with the Points of Light
Foundation and ACTION, our federal domestic volunteer agency, for
this very special -- very important -- event. And I also want to
recognize a unique partnership between the Foundation and USA
WEEKEND to promote community service through the "Make a Differ-
ence Day" project. I was astounded by the results: over 70,000
Americans of every age participated, and USA WEEKEND devoted its
entire issue last weekend to describing the innovative ways men,
women, and children came up with to help their neighbors in need
-- and bring themselves a little more fulfillment in the process.
So, a special thanks to John Curley, GANNETT President and CEO,
and Marcia Bullard, editor-in-chief of USA Weekend.
We come together today as the culmination of National
Volunteer Week, honoring millions of Americans who transform
communities across the country through voluntary service. For
the 11th year we recognize with these awards the inspirational
example of people who met a simple three-part test: One: They
looked around. Two: They saw a need. Three: They filled it.
What a cross-section of wonderful Americans are represented
here. There are individuals, like Robert Zamora, who at 14
created the Getting Busy Teen Club as an alternative to gangs in
East Los Angeles. There are businesses, like IBM, which gives
its employees encouragement and time off to volunteer -- 90,000
3
of them do. And our winners represent neighborhoods, churches,
every kind of group across this broad and good land.
They and all the others like them are shaping a nation whose
goodness grows out of the small acts of consequence made by many
people. America's pioneer days aren't behind us. We still have
frontiers left to cross: the thrill of adventure yet to discover:
an American renaissance yet to spark. I believe there are five
ideals in this new America -- I want to share with you today how
some of our winners are drawing us closer to each goal.
First: our America must have excellent schools and a
culture that fosters lifelong learning. Students at Berea
College saw a critical need right around them in Appalachia -- so
they volunteer as mentors and tutors to ASSIST needy people from grade-
school kids through adults struggling to overcome illiteracy.
NS
HAVE
Second: our America must be a decent, drug-free and safe
place to live. 1800 members of the Emmanuel Reformed Church of
Paramount, California saw the need around them and started
tackling the crises that threatened their neighborhood -- like
gangs, illiteracy, drugs and crime.
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Third: our America must ensure HAVE quality health care for all.
24 labor unions in Omaha saw the need of families whose children
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were hospitalized for transplant operations and joined together
to buy a building -- then more than 500 skilled union volunteers
renovated it to house these families.
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vet who lost his eyesight, he found there were no business
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counseling services available to people like him. He went to
training and now volunteers to provide job counseling to people
with disabilities.
Fifth: our America must be a place of plentiful child care
and youth developing good character and values. A Pennsylvania
group called "Magic Mix" saw the needs of two generations -- and
brings latchkey kids and at-risk students together with residents
of local nursing homes who tutor, teach, and befriend them.
With role models like these, I'm confident that, together,
we can shape our future not through our fears -- but through our
dreams. Yes, we'll continue to work for legislation to make this
a safer America, a fairer America, a better educated America, a
more efficient America. But the most important legacy of all is
one that each person in this great country can help create -- the
legacy of a more caring America.
Take a close look at the problems confronting us. People say
the problem is crack \ or crime \ or babies having babies. Those
are only symptoms. The problem is moral emptiness. If as
President I had the power to give just one thing to this nation,
it would be the return of an inner moral compass nurtured by the
family and valued by society. This compass would guide us to
value every life. It would show us that each life lost to
despair devalues us all. It would remind us that caring and
conscience are what make us human.
So let's make this National Volunteer Week an extraordinary
5
moment in our nation -- our public and communal commitment to a
true American renewal. I urge each of you to step forward this
week, take this country's future in your own hands, and become a
Point of Light. And I ask leaders of businesses, places of
worship, schools, neighborhood groups and other organizations, to
lead their members toward the bright goal of service. Wherever
leaders from all walks of life work together and claim their
community's problems as their own, they can create "Communities
of Light" to guide this nation's path.
Congratulations, and thank you, all of you here -- and the
millions more like you across America. May God bless you, and
this wonderful nation we share.
#
#
#
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DATE:
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SUBJECT:
EAST ROOM FRIDAY, MAY 1 - 11:45 a.m.
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VICE PRESIDENT
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION
EAST ROOM
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1992 11:45 a.m.
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cities just like yours -- discovering that service to others is a
rich source of meaning in life. I honor them for showing "the
better angels of their nature" by volunteering to help others.
They sum up the genius of this great and generous land --
ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Day in and day out, these Americans wage our war for human
life and dignity. They don't say: this is why I can't help --
they say this is why I can. They say: maybe I don't have money,
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Foundation and ACTION, our federal domestic volunteer agency, for
this very special -- very important -- event. And I also want to
recognize a unique partnership between the Foundation and USA
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Americans of every age participated, and USA WEEKEND devoted its
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women, and children came up with to help their neighbors in need
and bring themselves a little more fulfillment in the process.
So, a special thanks to John Curley, GANNETT President and CEO,
and Marcia Bullard, editor-in-chief of USA Weekend.
We come together today as the culmination of National
Volunteer Week, honoring millions of Americans who transform
communities across the country through voluntary service. For
the 11th year we recognize with these awards the inspirational
example of people who met a simple three-part test: One: They
looked around. Two: They saw a need. Three: They filled it.
What a cross-section of wonderful Americans are represented
here. There are individuals, like Robert Zamora, who at 14
created the Getting Busy Teen Club as an alternative to gangs in
East Los Angeles. There are businesses, like IBM, which gives
its employees encouragement and time off to volunteer -- 90,000
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every kind of group across this broad and good land.
They and all the others like them are shaping a nation whose
goodness grows out of the small acts of consequence made by many
people. America's pioneer days aren't behind us. We still have
frontiers left to cross: the thrill of adventure yet to discover:
an American renaissance yet to spark. I believe there are five
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family and valued by society. This compass would guide us to
value every life. It would show us that each life lost to
despair devalues us all. It would remind us that caring and
conscience are what make us human.
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lead their members toward the bright goal of service. Wherever
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DATE:
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION
SUBJECT:
EAST ROOM - FRIDAY, MAY 1 - 11:45 a.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
>
HORNER
SKINNER
\
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
X MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
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SMITH NK
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no later than 3:00 pm, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Hinchliffe/Nix)
April 28, 1992 11 a.m.
VOLUNTEER
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION
EAST ROOM
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1992 11:45 a.m.
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] You all know I love country music
because it gets to the heart of the basic decency and compassion
of people who are proud to call themselves Americans. Well,
Randy Travis has a line in one of his songs that's like a
spotlight on an answer for us. He sings: "There are dreamers
who are making dreams come true ... giving hope to those without
-- isn't that what this land's all about." " You see, for all the
good government can do, to solve our country's social problems,
we need people -- every individual -- to respond to the problems
right around them. When each American is unwilling to accept
that someone on their street or in their town is homeless,
jobless, friendless: that's when we will truly renew America.
We already have shining heroes in this quest -- I call them
"Points of Light." They're Americans just like you, in towns and
cities just like yours -- discovering that service to others is a
rich source of meaning in life. I honor them for showing "the
better angels of their nature" by volunteering to help others.
They sum up the genius of this great and generous land --
ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Day in and day out, these Americans wage our war for human
life and dignity. They don't say: this is why I can't help --
they say this is why I can. They say: maybe I don't have money,
but I have time. Maybe I can't help someone build a house, but
2
I'm a good listener. We celebrate that spirit. Whoever you are,
you have something to share -- for Americans are the greatest
natural resource of this, the greatest nation on earth.
I'm proud to be here today, along with the Points of Light
Foundation and ACTION, our federal domestic volunteer agency, for
this very special -- very important -- event. And I also want to
recognize a unique partnership between the Foundation and USA
WEEKEND to promote community service through the "Make a Differ-
ence Day" project. I was astounded by the results: over 70,000
Americans of every age participated, and USA WEEKEND devoted its
entire issue last weekend to describing the innovative ways men,
women, and children came up with to help their neighbors in need
-- and bring themselves a little more fulfillment in the process.
So, a special thanks to John Curley, GANNETT President and CEO,
and Marcia Bullard, editor-in-chief of USA Weekend.
We come together today as the culmination of National
Volunteer Week, honoring millions of Americans who transform
communities across the country through voluntary service. For
the 11th year we recognize with these awards the inspirational
example of people who met a simple three-part test: One: They
looked around. Two: They saw a need. Three: They filled it.
What a cross-section of wonderful Americans are represented
here. There are individuals, like Robert Zamora, who at 14
created the Getting Busy Teen Club as an alternative to gangs in
East Los Angeles. There are businesses, like IBM, which gives
its employees encouragement and time off to volunteer -- 90,000
3
of them do. And our winners represent neighborhoods, churches,
every kind of group across this broad and good land.
They and all the others like them are shaping a nation whose
goodness grows out of the small acts of consequence made by many
people. America's pioneer days aren't behind us. We still have
frontiers left to cross: the thrill of adventure yet to discover:
an American renaissance yet to spark. I believe there are five
ideals in this new America -- I want to share with you today how
some of our winners are drawing us closer to each goal.
First: our America must have excellent schools and a
culture that fosters lifelong learning. Students at Berea
College saw a critical need right around them in Appalachia -- so
they volunteer as mentors and tutors to needy people from grade-
school kids through adults struggling to overcome illiteracy.
Second: our America must be a decent, drug-free and safe
place to live. 1800 members of the Emmanuel Reformed Church of
Paramount, California saw the need around them and started
tackling the crises that threatened their neighborhood -- like
gangs, illiteracy, drugs and crime.
Third: our America must ensure quality health care for all.
24 labor unions in Omaha saw the need of families whose children
were hospitalized for transplant operations and joined together
to buy a building -- then more than 500 skilled union volunteers
renovated it to house these families.
Fourth: our America must guarantee good jobs with a future.
Urban Miyares can tell you first-hand about this need. A Vietnam
4
vet who lost his eyesight, he found there were no business
counseling services available to people like him. He went to
training and now volunteers to provide job counseling to people
with disabilities.
Fifth: our America must be a place of plentiful child care
and youth developing good character and values. A Pennsylvania
group called "Magic Mix" saw the needs of two generations -- and
brings latchkey kids and at-risk students together with residents
of local nursing homes who tutor, teach, and befriend them.
With role models like these, I'm confident that, together,
we can shape our future not through our fears -- but through our
dreams. Yes, we'll continue to work for legislation to make this
a safer America, a fairer America, a better educated America, a
more efficient America. But the most important legacy of all is
one that each person in this great country can help create -- the
legacy of a more caring America.
Take a close look at the problems confronting us. People say
the problem is crack \ or crime \ or babies having babies. Those
are only symptoms. The problem is moral emptiness. If as
President I had the power to give just one thing to this nation,
it would be the return of an inner moral compass nurtured by the
family and valued by society. This compass would guide us to
value every life. It would show us that each life lost to
despair devalues us all. It would remind us that caring and
conscience are what make us human.
So let's make this National Volunteer Week an extraordinary
5
moment in our nation -- our public and communal commitment to a
true American renewal. I urge each of you to step forward this
week, take this country's future in your own hands, and become a
Point of Light. And I ask leaders of businesses, places of
worship, schools, neighborhood groups and other organizations, to
lead their members toward the bright goal of service. Wherever
leaders from all walks of life work together and claim their
community's problems as their own, they can create "Communities
of Light" to guide this nation's path.
Congratulations, and thank you, all of you here -- and the
millions more like you across America. May God bless you, and
this wonderful nation we share.
#
#
#
HOLDAY
geep.3
(Hinchliffe/Nix)
April 28, 1992 11 a.m.
VOLUNTEER
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION
EAST ROOM
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1992 11:45 a.m.
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] You all know I love country music
because it gets to the heart of the basic decency and compassion
of people who are proud to call themselves Americans. Well,
Randy Travis has a line in one of his songs that's like a
spotlight on an answer for us. He sings: "There are dreamers
who are making dreams come true
giving hope to those without
-- isn't that what this land's all about." You see, for all the
good government can do, to solve our country's social problems,
we need people -- every individual -- to respond to the problems
right around them. When each American is unwilling to accept
that someone on their street or in their town is homeless,
jobless, friendless: that's when we will truly renew America.
We already have shining heroes in this quest -- I call them
"Points of Light." They're Americans just like you, in towns and
cities just like yours -- discovering that service to others is a
rich source of meaning in life. I honor them for showing "the
better angels of their nature" by volunteering to help others.
They sum up the genius of this great and generous land --
ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Day in and day out, these Americans wage our war for human
life and dignity. They don't say: this is why I can't help --
they say this is why I can. They say: maybe I don't have money,
but I have time. Maybe I can't help someone build a house, but
2
I'm a good listener. We celebrate that spirit. Whoever you are,
you have something to share -- for Americans are the greatest
natural resource of this, the greatest nation on earth.
I'm proud to be here today, along with the Points of Light
Foundation and ACTION, our federal domestic volunteer agency, for
this very special -- very important -- event. And I also want to
recognize a unique partnership between the Foundation and USA
WEEKEND to promote community service through the "Make a Differ-
ence Day" project. I was astounded by the results: over 70,000
Americans of every age participated, and USA WEEKEND devoted its
entire issue last weekend to describing the innovative ways men,
women, and children came up with to help their neighbors in need
-- and bring themselves a little more fulfillment in the process.
So, a special thanks to John Curley, GANNETT President and CEO,
and Marcia Bullard, editor-in-chief of USA Weekend.
We come together today as the culmination of National
Volunteer Week, honoring millions of Americans who transform
communities across the country through voluntary service. For
the 11th year we recognize with these awards the inspirational
example of people who met a simple three-part test: One: They
looked around. Two: They saw a need. Three: They filled it.
What a cross-section of wonderful Americans are represented
here. There are individuals, like Robert Zamora, who at 14
created the Getting Busy Teen Club as an alternative to gangs in
East Los Angeles. There are businesses, like IBM, which gives
its employees encouragement and time off to volunteer -- 90,000
3
places fworship
of them do. And our winners represent neighborhoods, churches,
every kind of group across this broad and good land.
They and all the others like them are shaping a nation whose
goodness grows out of the small acts of consequence made by many
people. America's pioneer days aren't behind us. We still have
frontiers left to cross: the thrill of adventure yet to discover:
an American renaissance yet to spark. I believe there are five
ideals in this new America -- I want to share with you today how
some of our winners are drawing us closer to each goal.
First: our America must have excellent schools and a
culture that fosters lifelong learning. Students at Berea
College saw a critical need right around them in Appalachia -- so
they volunteer as mentors and tutors to needy people from grade-
school kids through adults struggling to overcome illiteracy.
Second: our America must be a decent, drug-free and safe
place to live. 1800 members of the Emmanuel Reformed Church of
Paramount, California saw the need around them and started
tackling the crises that threatened their neighborhood -- like
gangs, illiteracy, drugs and crime.
Third: our America must ensure quality health care for all.
24 labor unions in Omaha saw the need of families whose children
were hospitalized for transplant operations and joined together
to buy a building -- then more than 500 skilled union volunteers
renovated it to house these families.
Fourth: our America must guarantee good jobs with a future.
Urban Miyares can tell you first-hand about this need. A Vietnam
4
vet who lost his eyesight, he found there were no business
counseling services available to people like him. He went to
training and now volunteers to provide job counseling to people
with disabilities.
Fifth: our America must be a place of plentiful child care
and youth developing good character and values. A Pennsylvania
group called "Magic Mix" saw the needs of two generations -- and
brings latchkey kids and at-risk students together with residents
of local nursing homes who tutor, teach, and befriend them.
With role models like these, I'm confident that, together,
we can shape our future not through our fears -- but through our
dreams. Yes, we'll continue to work for legislation to make this
a safer America, a fairer America, a better educated America, a
more efficient America. But the most important legacy of all is
one that each person in this great country can help create -- the
legacy of a more caring America.
Take a close look at the problems confronting us. People say
the problem is crack \ or crime \ or babies having babies. Those
are only symptoms. The problem is moral emptiness. If as
President I had the power to give just one thing to this nation,
it would be the return of an inner moral compass nurtured by the
family and valued by society. This compass would guide us to
value every life. It would show us that each life lost to
despair devalues us all. It would remind us that caring and
conscience are what make us human.
So let's make this National Volunteer Week an extraordinary
5
moment in our nation -- our public and communal commitment to a
true American renewal. I urge each of you to step forward this
week, take this country's future in your own hands, and become a
Point of Light. And I ask leaders of businesses, places of
worship, schools, neighborhood groups and other organizations, to
lead their members toward the bright goal of service. Wherever
leaders from all walks of life work together and claim their
community's problems as their own, they can create "Communities
of Light" to guide this nation's path.
Congratulations, and thank you, all of you here -- and the
millions more like you across America. May God bless you, and
this wonderful nation we share.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
92 APR 29 P2:31
NOTICE:
Enclosed are comments from staff members of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). Such comments do not necessarily
represent the official position of the Director of OMB or of the
Office of Management and Budget. If you wish to have the
Director's personal comments, please let me know -- and contact
me if you have any questions.
If our proposed substantive changes are not made, please let
us know before the material is prepared in final.
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Legislative Reference
and Administration
Document No. 324557ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
4/28/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: WED. 4/29/92 3:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION
SUBJECT:
EAST ROOM - FRIDAY, MAY 1 - 11:45 a.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
>
HORNER
SKINNER
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MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROGICH
CALIO
R
ROLLINS
DEMAREST
SMITH
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
GRAY
FINDLAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
FIRESTONE
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122, x2930,
no later than 3:00 pm, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
See Comments
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Hinchliffe/Nix)
April 28, 1992
11 a.m.
VOLUNTEER
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION
EAST ROOM
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1992 11:45 a.m.
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] You all know I love country music
because it gets to the heart of the basic decency and compassion
of people who are proud to call themselves Americans. Well,
Randy Travis has a line in one of his songs that's like a
spotlight on an answer for us. He sings: "There are dreamers
who are making dreams come true
giving hope to those without
-- isn't that what this land's all about." You see, for all the
good government can do, to solve our country's social problems,
we need people -- every individual -- to respond to the problems
right around them. When each American is unwilling to accept
that someone on their street or in their town is homeless,
jobless, friendless: that's when we will truly renew America.
We already have shining heroes in this quest -- I call them
"Points of Light.' They're Americans just like you, in towns and
cities just like yours -- discovering that service to others is
willing this should a Note: Sculler by 5/78
rich source of meaning in life. I honor them for showing "the
better angels of their nature" by volunteering to help others.
They sum up the genius of this great and generous land --
ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Day in and day out, these Americans wage our war for human
life and dignity. They don't say: this is why I can't help --
they say this is why I can. They say: maybe I don't have money,
but I have time. Maybe I can't help someone build a house, but
2
I'm a good listener. We celebrate that spirit. Whoever you are,
you have something to share -- for Americans are the greatest
natural resource of this, the greatest nation on earth.
I'm proud to be here today, along with the Points of Light
Foundation and ACTION, our federal domestic volunteer agency, for
this very special -- very important -- event. And I also want to
recognize a unique partnership between the Foundation and USA
WEEKEND to promote community service through the "Make a Differ-
ence Day" project. I was astounded by the results: over 70,000
Americans of every age participated, and USA WEEKEND devoted its
entire issue last weekend to describing the innovative ways men,
women, and children came up with to help their neighbors in need
-- and bring themselves a little more fulfillment in the process.
So, a special thanks to John Curley, GANNETT President and CEO,
and Marcia Bullard, editor-in-chief of USA Weekend.
We come together today as the culmination of National
Volunteer Week, honoring millions of Americans who transform
communities across the country through voluntary service. For
the 11th year we recognize with these awards the inspirational
example of people who met a simple three-part test: One: They
looked around. Two: They saw a need. Three: They filled it.
What a cross-section of wonderful Americans are represented
here. There are individuals, like Robert Zamora, who at 14
created the Getting Busy Teen Club as an alternative to gangs in
East Los Angeles. There are businesses, like IBM, which gives
its employees encouragement and time off to volunteer -- 90,000
3
of them do. And our winners represent neighborhoods, churches,
every kind of group across this broad and good land.
They and all the others like them are shaping a nation whose
goodness grows out of the small acts of consequence made by many
people. America's pioneer days aren't behind us. We still have
frontiers left to cross: the thrill of adventure yet to discover:
an American renaissance yet to spark. I believe there are five
ideals in this new America I want to share with you today how
The goals do not seen well thought out saily5175
Note: Wouldn't such ideals include family etc.
some of our winners are drawing us closer to each goal.
First: our America must have excellent schools and a
culture that fosters lifelong learning. Students at Berea
College saw a critical need right around them in Appalachia -- so
they volunteer as mentors and tutors to needy people from grade-
school kids through adults struggling to overcome illiteracy.
Second: our America must be a decent, drug-free and safe
place to live. 1800 members of the Emmanuel Reformed Church of
Paramount, California saw the need around them and started
tackling the crises that threatened their neighborhood -- like
gangs, illiteracy, drugs and crime.
Third: our America must ensure quality health care for all.
24 labor unions in Omaha saw the need of families whose children
were hospitalized for transplant operations and joined together
to buy a building -- then more than 500 skilled union volunteers
renovated it to house these families.
Fourth: our America must guarantee good jobs with a future.
Urban Miyares can tell you first-hand about this need. A Vietnam
4
vet who lost his eyesight, he found there were no business
counseling services available to people like him. He went to
training and now volunteers to provide job counseling to people
with disabilities.
Scully/5178
where children are cared for and
Fifth: our America must be a place of plentiful child care
youth developi good character and values. A Pennsylvania
group called "Magic Mix" saw the needs of two generations -- and
brings latchkey kids and at-risk students together with residents
of local nursing homes who tutor, teach, and befriend them.
With role models like these, I'm confident that, together,
we can shape our future not through our fears -- but through our
dreams. Yes, we'll continue to work for legislation to make this
a safer America, a fairer America, a better educated America, a
more efficient America. But the most important legacy of all is
one that each person in this great country can help create -- the
legacy of a more caring America.
Take a close look at the problems confronting us. People say
the problem is crack or crime or babies having babies. Those
are only symptoms. The problem is moral emptiness. If as
President I had the power to give just one thing to this nation,
it would be the return of an inner moral compass nurtured by the
family and valued by society. This compass would guide us to
value every life. It would show us that each life lost to
despair devalues us all. It would remind us that caring and
conscience are what make us human.
So let's make this National Volunteer Week an extraordinary
5
moment in our nation -- our public and communal commitment to a
true American renewal. I urge each of you to step forward this
week, take this country's future in your own hands, and become a
Point of Light. And I ask leaders of businesses, places of
worship, schools, neighborhood groups and other organizations, to
lead their members toward the bright goal of service. Wherever
leaders from all walks of life work together and claim their
community's problems as their own, they can create "Communities
of Light" to guide this nation's path.
Congratulations, and thank you, all of you here -- and the
millions more like you across America. May God bless you, and
this wonderful nation we share.
#
#
#
Simon
Memorandum for Speechwriting Staff
From:
Dan McGroarty
Regarding: Volunteer
Please return your comments to Room
122 by:
2pm today
Today's Date:
AP
(Hinchliffe/Nix)
April 28, 1992 11 a.m.
VOLUNTEER Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION
EAST ROOM
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1992 11:45 a.m.
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] You all know I love country music
because it gets to the heart of the basic decency and compassion
of people who are proud to call themselves Americans. Well,
Randy Travis has a line in one of his songs that's like a
spotlight on an answer for us. He sings: "There are dreamers
who are making dreams come true ... giving hope to, those without
((He sings it better then
-- isn't that what this land's all about." You see, for all the d
good government can do, to solve our country's social problems, can
we need people -- every individual -- to respond to the problems say
right around them. When each American is unwilling to accept it.))
that someone on their street or in their town is homeless,
jobless, friendless: that's when we will truly renew America.
We already have shining heroes in this quest -- I call them
"Points of Light." They're Americans just like you, in towns and
cities just like yours -- discovering that service to others is a
rich source of meaning in life. I honor them for showing "the
better angels of their nature" by volunteering to help others.
They sum up the genius of this great and generous land --
ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Day in and day out, these Americans wage our war for human
life and dignity. They don't say: this is why I can't help --
they say this is why I can. They say: maybe I don't have money,
but I have time. Maybe I can't help someone build a house, but
2
I'm a good listener. We celebrate that spirit. Whoever you are,
you have something to share -- for Americans are the greatest
natural resource of this, the greatest nation on earth.
I'm proud to be here today, along with the Points of Light
Foundation and ACTION, our federal domestic volunteer agency, for
this very special -- very important -- event. And I also want to
recognize a unique partnership between the Foundation and USA
WEEKEND to promote community service through the "Make a Differ-
ence Day" project. I was astounded by the results: over 70,000
Americans of every age participated, and USA WEEKEND devoted its
entire issue last weekend to describing the innovative ways men,
women, and children came up with to help their neighbors in need
-- and bring themselves a little more fulfillment in the process.
So, a special thanks to John Curley, GANNETT President and CEO,
and Marcia Bullard, editor-in-chief of USA Weekend.
We come together today as the culmination of National
Volunteer Week, honoring millions of Americans who transform
communities across the country through voluntary service. For
the 11th year we recognize with these awards the inspirational
example of people who met a simple three-part test: One: They
looked around. Two: They saw a need. Three: They filled it.
What a cross-section of wonderful Americans are represented
here. There are individuals, like Robert Zamora, who at 14
created the Getting Busy Teen Club as an alternative to gangs in
- East Los Angeles. There are businesses, like IBM, which gives
its employees encouragement and time off to volunteer -- 90,000
3
of them do. And our winners represent neighborhoods, churches,
every kind of group across this broad and good land.
They and all the others like them are shaping a nation whose
goodness grows out of the small acts of consequence made by many
people. America's pioneer days aren't behind us. We still have
frontiers left to cross: the thrill of adventure yet to discover:
an American renaissance yet to spark. I believe there are five
ideals in this new America -- I want to share with you today how
some of our winners are drawing us closer to each goal.
First: our America must have excellent schools and a
culture that fosters lifelong learning. Students at Berea
College saw a critical need right around them in Appalachia -- so
they volunteer as mentors and tutors to needy people from grade-
school kids through adults struggling to overcome illiteracy.
Second: our America must be a decent, drug-free and safe
place to live. 1800 members of the Emmanuel Reformed Church of
Paramount, California saw the need around them and started
tackling the crises that threatened their neighborhood -- like
gangs, illiteracy, drugs and crime.
Third: our America must ensure quality health care for all.
24 labor unions in Omaha saw the need of families whose children
were hospitalized for transplant operations and joined together
to buy a building -- then more than 500 skilled union volunteers
renovated it to house these families.
Fourth: our America must guarantee good jobs with a future.
Urban Miyares can tell you first-hand about this need. A Vietnam
4
vet who lost his eyesight, he found there were no business
counseling services available to people like him. He went to
training and now volunteers to provide job counseling to people
with disabilities.
Fifth: our America must be a place of plentiful child care
and youth developing good character and values. A Pennsylvania
group called "Magic Mix" saw the needs of two generations -- and
brings latchkey kids and at-risk students together with residents
of local nursing homes who tutor, teach, and befriend them.
With role models like these, I'm confident that, together,
we can shape our future not through our fears -- but through our
dreams. Yes, we'll continue to work for legislation to make this
a safer America, a fairer America, a better educated America, a
more efficient America. But the most important legacy of all is
one that each person in this great country can help create -- the
legacy of a more caring America.
Take a close look at the problems confronting us. People say
the problem is crack \ or crime \ or babies having babies. Those
are only symptoms. The problem is moral emptiness. If as
President I had the power to give just one thing to this nation,
it would be the return of an inner moral compass nurtured by the
family and valued by society. This compass would guide us to
value every life. It would show us that each life lost to
despair devalues us all. It would remind us that caring and
conscience are what make us human.
So let's make this National Volunteer Week an extraordinary
5
moment in our nation -- our public and communal commitment to a
true American renewal. I urge each of you to step forward this
week, take this country's future in your own hands, and become
Point of Light. And I ask leaders of businesses, places of
worship, schools, neighborhood groups and other organizations, to
lead their members toward the bright goal of service. Wherever
leaders from all walks of life work together and claim their
community's problems as their own, they can create "Communities
of Light" to guide this nation's path.
Congratulations, and thank you, all of you here -- and the
millions more like you across America. May God bless you, and
this wonderful nation we share.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
92 APR 28 P4: 31
April 28, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DANIEL B. McGROARTY
Special Assistant to the President and
Deputy Director of Speechwriting
FROM:
Associate Counsel to the President
JANET REHNQUIST gR
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks -- Volunteer Awards
Presentation; East Room; Friday, May 1, 1992
At your request, Counsel's Office has reviewed the above-
referenced matter. We have no legal objections.
Thank you for the opportunity to review this matter.
CC: Phil Brady
Document No. 324557ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
92 APR 28 P2:51
DATE:
4/28/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: WED. 4/29/92 3:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION
SUBJECT:
EAST ROOM - FRIDAY, MAY 1 - 11:45 a.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
A
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROGICH
CALIO
R
ROLLINS
DEMAREST
SMITH
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
GRAY
FINDLAY
HOLIDAY
KAUFMAN
FIRESTONE
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122, x2930,
no later than 3:00 pm, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
N/C
for DS
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Hinchliffe/Nix)
April 28, 1992 11 a.m.
VOLUNTEER
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION
EAST ROOM
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1992 11:45 a.m.
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] You all know I love country music
because it gets to the heart of the basic decency and compassion
of people who are proud to call themselves Americans. Well,
Randy Travis has a line in one of his songs that's like a
spotlight on an answer for us. He sings: "There are dreamers
who are making dreams come true
giving hope to those without
-- isn't that what this land's all about." You see, for all the
good government can do, to solve our country's social problems,
we need people -- every individual -- to respond to the problems
right around them. When each American is unwilling to accept
that someone on their street or in their town is homeless,
jobless, friendless: that's when we will truly renew America.
We already have shining heroes in this quest -- I call them
"Points of Light." They're Americans just like you, in towns and
cities just like yours -- discovering that service to others is a
rich source of meaning in life. I honor them for showing "the
better angels of their nature" by volunteering to help others.
They sum up the genius of this great and generous land --
ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Day in and day out, these Americans wage our war for human
life and dignity. They don't say: this is why I can't help --
they say this is why I can. They say: maybe I don't have money,
but I have time. Maybe I can't help someone build a house, but
2
I'm a good listener. We celebrate that spirit. Whoever you are,
you have something to share -- for Americans are the greatest
natural resource of this, the greatest nation on earth.
I'm proud to be here today, along with the Points of Light
Foundation and ACTION, our federal domestic volunteer agency, for
this very special -- very important -- event. And I also want to
recognize a unique partnership between the Foundation and USA
WEEKEND to promote community service through the "Make a Differ-
ence Day" project. I was astounded by the results: over 70,000
Americans of every age participated, and USA WEEKEND devoted its
entire issue last weekend to describing the innovative ways men,
women, and children came up with to help their neighbors in need
-- and bring themselves a little more fulfillment in the process.
So, a special thanks to John Curley, GANNETT President and CEO,
and Marcia Bullard, editor-in-chief of USA Weekend.
We come together today as the culmination of National
Volunteer Week, honoring millions of Americans who transform
communities across the country through voluntary service. For
the 11th year we recognize with these awards the inspirational
example of people who met a simple three-part test: One: They
looked around. Two: They saw a need. Three: They filled it.
What a cross-section of wonderful Americans are represented
here. There are individuals, like Robert Zamora, who at 14
created the Getting Busy Teen Club as an alternative to gangs in
East Los Angeles. There are businesses, like IBM, which gives
its employees encouragement and time off to volunteer -- 90,000
3
of them do. And our winners represent neighborhoods, churches,
every kind of group across this broad and good land.
They and all the others like them are shaping a nation whose
goodness grows out of the small acts of consequence made by many
people. America's pioneer days aren't behind us. We still have
frontiers left to cross: the thrill of adventure yet to discover:
an American renaissance yet to spark. I believe there are five
ideals in this new America -- I want to share with you today how
some of our winners are drawing us closer to each goal.
First: our America must have excellent schools and a
culture that fosters lifelong learning. Students at Berea
College saw a critical need right around them in Appalachia -- so
they volunteer as mentors and tutors to needy people from grade-
school kids through adults struggling to overcome illiteracy.
Second: our America must be a decent, drug-free and safe
place to live. 1800 members of the Emmanuel Reformed Church of
Paramount, California saw the need around them and started
tackling the crises that threatened their neighborhood -- like
gangs, illiteracy, drugs and crime.
Third: our America must ensure quality health care for all.
24 labor unions in Omaha saw the need of families whose children
were hospitalized for transplant operations and joined together
to buy a building -- then more than 500 skilled union volunteers
renovated it to house these families.
Fourth: our America must guarantee good jobs with a future.
Urban Miyares can tell you first-hand about this need. A Vietnam
4
vet who lost his eyesight, he found there were no business
counseling services available to people like him. He went to
training and now volunteers to provide job counseling to people
with disabilities.
Fifth: our America must be a place of plentiful child care
and youth developing good character and values. A Pennsylvania
group called "Magic Mix" saw the needs of two generations -- and
brings latchkey kids and at-risk students together with residents
of local nursing homes who tutor, teach, and befriend them.
With role models like these, I'm confident that, together,
we can shape our future not through our fears -- but through our
dreams. Yes, we'll continue to work for legislation to make this
a safer America, a fairer America, a better educated America, a
more efficient America. But the most important legacy of all is
one that each person in this great country can help create -- the
legacy of a more caring America.
Take a close look at the problems confronting us. People say
the problem is crack \ or crime \ or babies having babies. Those
are only symptoms. The problem is moral emptiness. If as
President I had the power to give just one thing to this nation,
it would be the return of an inner moral compass nurtured by the
family and valued by society. This compass would guide us to
value every life. It would show us that each life lost to
despair devalues us all. It would remind us that caring and
conscience are what make us human.
So let's make this National Volunteer Week an extraordinary
5
moment in our nation -- our public and communal commitment to a
true American renewal. I urge each of you to step forward this
week, take this country's future in your own hands, and become a
Point of Light. And I ask leaders of businesses, places of
worship, schools, neighborhood groups and other organizations, to
lead their members toward the bright goal of service. Wherever
leaders from all walks of life work together and claim their
community's problems as their own, they can create "Communities
of Light" to guide this nation's path.
Congratulations, and thank you, all of you here -- and the
millions more like you across America. May God bless you, and
this wonderful nation we share.
#
#
#
(Hinchliffe/Nix)
April 28, 1992 11 a.m.
VOLUNTEER
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION
EAST ROOM
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1992 11:45 a.m.
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] You all know I love country music
because it gets to the heart of the basic decency and compassion
of people who are proud to call themselves Americans. Well,
Randy Travis has a line in one of his songs that's like a
spotlight on an answer for us. He sings: "There are dreamers
who are making dreams come true giving hope to those without
-- isn't that what this land's all about." You see, for all the
good government can do, to solve our country's social problems,
we need people -- every individual -- to respond to the problems
right around them. When each American is unwilling to accept
that someone on their street or in their town is homeless,
jobless, friendless: that's when we will truly renew America.
We already have shining heroes in this quest -- I call them
"Points of Light." They're Americans just like you, in towns and
cities just like yours -- discovering that service to others is a
rich source of meaning in life. I honor them for showing "the
better angels of their nature" by volunteering to help others.
They sum up the genius of this great and generous land --
ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Day in and day out, these Americans wage our war for human
life and dignity. They don't say: this is why I can't help --
they say this is why I can. They say: maybe I don't have money,
but I have time. Maybe I can't help someone build a house, but
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I'm a good listener. We celebrate that spirit. Whoever you are,
you have something to share -- for Americans are the greatest
natural resource of this, the greatest nation on earth.
I'm proud to be here today, along with the Points of Light
Foundation and ACTION, our federal domestic volunteer agency, for
this very special -- very important -- event. And I also want to
recognize a unique partnership between the Foundation and USA
WEEKEND to promote community service through the "Make a Differ-
ence Day" project. I was astounded by the results: over 70,000
Americans of every age participated, and USA WEEKEND devoted its
entire issue last weekend to describing the innovative ways men,
women, and children came up with to help their neighbors in need
-- and bring themselves a little more fulfillment in the process.
So, a special thanks to John Curley, GANNETT President and CEO,
and Marcia Bullard, editor-in-chief of USA Weekend.
We come together today as the culmination of National
Volunteer Week, honoring millions of Americans who transform
communities across the country through voluntary service. For
the 11th year we recognize with these awards the inspirational
example of people who met a simple three-part test: One: They
looked around. Two: They saw a need. Three: They filled it.
What a cross-section of wonderful Americans are represented
here. There are individuals, like Robert Zamora, who at 14
created the Getting Busy Teen Club as an alternative to gangs in
East Los Angeles. There are businesses, like IBM, which gives
its employees encouragement and time off to volunteer -- 90,000
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of them do. And our winners represent neighborhoods, churches,
every kind of group across this broad and good land.
They and all the others like them are shaping a nation whose
goodness grows out of the small acts of consequence made by many
people. America's pioneer days aren't behind us. We still have
frontiers left to cross: the thrill of adventure yet to discover:
an American renaissance yet to spark. I believe there are five
ideals in this new America -- I want to share with you today how
some of our winners are drawing us closer to each goal.
First: our America must have excellent schools and a
culture that fosters lifelong learning. Students at Berea
College saw a critical need right around them in Appalachia -- so
they volunteer as mentors and tutors to needy people from grade-
school kids through adults struggling to overcome illiteracy.
Second: our America must be a decent, drug-free and safe
place to live. 1800 members of the Emmanuel Reformed Church of
Paramount, California saw the need around them and started
tackling the crises that threatened their neighborhood -- like
gangs, illiteracy, drugs and crime.
Third: our America must ensure quality health care for all.
24 labor unions in Omaha saw the need of families whose children
were hospitalized for transplant operations and joined together
to buy a building -- then more than 500 skilled union volunteers
renovated it to house these families.
Fourth: our America must guarantee good jobs with a future.
Urban Miyares can tell you first-hand about this need. A Vietnam
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vet who lost his eyesight, he found there were no business
counseling services available to people like him. He went to
training and now volunteers to provide job counseling to people
with disabilities.
Fifth: our America must be a place of plentiful child care
and youth developing good character and values. A Pennsylvania
group called "Magic Mix" saw the needs of two generations -- and
brings latchkey kids and at-risk students together with residents
of local nursing homes who tutor, teach, and befriend them.
With role models like these, I'm confident that, together,
we can shape our future not through our fears -- but through our
dreams. Yes, we'll continue to work for legislation to make this
a safer America, a fairer America, a better educated America, a
more efficient America. But the most important legacy of all is
one that each person in this great country can help create -- the
legacy of a more caring America.
Take a close look at the problems confronting us. People say
the problem is crack \ or crime \ or babies having babies. Those
are only symptoms. The problem is moral emptiness. If as
President I had the power to give just one thing to this nation,
it would be the return of an inner moral compass nurtured by the
family and valued by society. This compass would guide us to
value every life. It would show us that each life lost to
despair devalues us all. It would remind us that caring and
conscience are what make us human.
So let's make this National Volunteer Week an extraordinary
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moment in our nation -- our public and communal commitment to a
true American renewal. I urge each of you to step forward this
week, take this country's future in your own hands, and become a
Point of Light. And I ask leaders of businesses, places of
worship, schools, neighborhood groups and other organizations, to
lead their members toward the bright goal of service. Wherever
leaders from all walks of life work together and claim their
community's problems as their own, they can create "Communities
of Light" to guide this nation's path.
Congratulations, and thank you, all of you here -- and the
millions more like you across America. May God bless you, and
this wonderful nation we share.
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