Kaitlin Chana Receives Daily Point of Light Award
Kaitlin Chana, Lake Brantley High School junior from Longwood, Florida, was featured in our October “Spotlight on Service” for her volunteer work with a national organization she has established, Love Letters: Random Cards of Kindness, Inc. Love Letters is a non-profit national organization whose mission is to create positive and inspirational homemade cards for children with life-threatening illnesses. To date, Kaitlyn's organization has benefited over 9,000 children and their families by creating homemade cards. Kaitlyn encourages other teens to start chapters in their hometowns. Currently, she is helping 35 individuals in 19 states to implement Love Letters chapters in their schools and communities.
For her volunteer work, Kaitlin has recently been selected for a Daily Point of Light Award from The Points of Light Foundation. This award honors an individual or organization that is making a positive and lasting difference in the lives of others. She is featured on the awards page of the Daily Points of Light Award website.
Recipients exemplify the best of volunteerism, a sense of caring and responsibility for others that connects citizens and solves community problems. Based in Washington, D.C., The Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network engages and mobilizes millions of volunteers who are helping to solve serious social problems in thousands of communities. Through a variety of programs and services, the Foundation encourages people from all walks of life — businesses, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, low-income communities, families, youth, and older adults — to volunteer. The Foundation has gained a national reputation as America's Address for Volunteering. As President George W. Bush commented, "The Points of Light Foundation embodies America's spirit of volunteerism and the goodwill of its citizens."