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Article: Unity in the Spirit of America Initiative Draws to a Close With Granting of 'Make A Difference Day' Award; $10,000 Awarded to Coordinators of Volunteer Project Honoring Elementary School Student Lost on 9/11; Both Parents in Armed Forces Active Duty.
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- April 24, 2003
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WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Points of Light Foundation announces that a ceremony will be held Thursday, May 1st at 3 PM EDT in the Mansfield Room in the U.S. Capitol building to award students, staff and parents from two Florida schools for their Make A Difference Day volunteer project that paid tribute to Bernard Curtis Brown II, an 11-year-old boy who was lost on September 11, 2001. The ceremony marks the culmination of the Unity in the Spirit of America (USA) initiative, the national program created to conduct volunteer projects in honor those lost in the attacks.
The $10,000 award from Paul Newman and Newman's Own, Inc. will be ...