Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Niam Kathrotia. Read his story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. Niam Kathrotia saw what was happening in his ...

Niam Kathrotia saw what was happening in his community, and he knew it was time to take action. Last year, immigrant enforcement operations came to a peak in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area, with ...

Explore how volunteer ambassadors can inspire colleagues to serve, strengthen community connections and extend the reach of your company’s social impact efforts. Drawing on The Civic 50 benchmarking ...

Sumner (middle), community members and volunteers assemble Hope Kits, packing each kit with the supplies needed to respond to a bleeding emergency. Sumner Silver, an 18-year-old college freshman, is ...

Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Dhilan Patel. Read his story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. Dhilan Patel saw his grandparents struggling to connect ...

Dhilan Patel saw his grandparents struggling to connect with others during COVID, and realized he could make a change. As the world began to open up more in 2023, Dhilan started volunteering at his ...

Eleanor Shell, a 49-year-old ordained Presbyterian minister and mother of three, is intimately familiar with having a moment that changes everything. For two years, Eleanor has been recovering from a ...

Albert Luo still remembers sitting in the New Amsterdam Theatre, waiting for the curtain to rise on the Broadway show Aladdin. When the lights came up and the set was revealed, he was hooked. His ...

Randi (right) receives the Regeneron Volunteer of the Year Award in 2026 for her work with the MoonCatcher Project./ Courtesy Randi Broadwell Around the world, girls without access to period products ...

Engaging frontline employees in volunteering starts with understanding their workday and making participation more accessible. Explore Points of Light’s Frontline Employee Insights Guide to help ...

Joshua (center) poses with a check for $5,000 to donate to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles for childhood cancer research./ Courtesy Joshua Bie Joshua Bie was 6 years old when his younger brother, Joey ...

Cyra at A Promising Pages’ Bookseed event at Lake Mist Apartment Homes in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Literary Vault Book Boxes and other literacy resources were distributed to local families to ...