Bush Taps Anti-Gang Program From Boston As the 1,000th 'Daily Point of Light'

By Millicent Lawton

WASHINGTON--On the last day of December, President Bush named his 1,000th "Daily Point of Light,'' awarding the honor to Gang Peace, a three-year-old private, nonprofit gang-intervention and -prevention program in Boston.

With little fanfare, Mr. Bush has, virtually every day since November 1989, formally recognized a volunteer organization or individual for service to others by naming a Daily Point of Light.

The title, of course, refers to the metaphor used by Mr. Bush in his inauguration speech to liken community servants nationwide to "a...