Tuesday; July 14
One of my favorite community outreach efforts comes from President George H. W. Bush’s “Thousand Points of Light” campaigns. Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s President Bush challenged individuals and organizations to become points of light in their community. In his State of the Union address in 1991 he noted, “ We have within our reach the promise of a renewed America. We can find meaning and reward by serving some higher purpose than ourselves, a shining purpose, the illumination of a Thousand Points of Light. And it is expressed by all who know the irresistible force of a child's hand, of a friend who stands by you and stays there, a volunteer's generous gesture, an idea that is simply right.”. There are a lot of people trying to convince us that we are in a dark time in our nation’s history. They want us to believe that things are bad and they are going to get worse. While I am not sure I believe this, even if it is true, that shouldn’t sto