>> A LOT OF WELCOME BACK TO
BETWEEN BELLS POINTS OF LIGHT
IS INSPIRING PEOPLE TO TAKE
ACTION THAT CHANGES THE WORLD
THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH
FOUNDED BY FORMER PRESIDENT
GEORGE HW BUSH AND IT HONORS
THE 41TH PRESIDENT'S LEGACY, A
VOLUNTEER JOINING US NOW IS
NEIL BUSH CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF
POINTS OF LIGHT. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO BE
AND
CHESS SET I KNOW THIS WAS A
LIFELONG GOAL AT THE MISSION
THOUGH OF POINTS OF LIGHT.
THE MISSION OF POINTS
OF LIGHT.
>> IS TO FULFILL MY FATHER'S
CALLING OF EACH AMERICAN OF ALL
OF US AROUND THE WORLD TO FIND
A WAY TO SERVE OTHERS.
WHEN MY DAD STARTED POINTS OF
LIGHT WHICH IS THE LARGEST
VOLUNTEER SERVICE ORGANIZATION
IN AMERICA,
WHICH IS
INSPIRING MOBILIZING MILLIONS
TO SERVE THERE WERE 34 MILLION
AMERICAN SERVING TODAY THERE
ARE 64 MILLION AMERICANS
SERVING OUR PROBLEMS CONTINUE
TO PERSIST IN COMMUNITIES
ALL OVER AMERICA AND WE'RE
TRYING TO RAISE AN ARMY OF OVER
A 100 MILLION AMERICANS
THAT CAN LIFT INDIVIDUALS
THROUGH MENTOR ING ARE JUST
SOME WHATEVER
WHATEVER TERM AND SHE WON AS A
CITIZEN IF YOUR CONCERN ABOUT
THE ENVIRONMENT GO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IF YOU CARE ABOUT
HOMELESSNESS GO FIND A WAY TO
SOLVE THAT
PROBLEM SO WERE A KID
CATALYZING A MOVEMENT TO
ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO FIND
YOU KNOW SUCCESS IN LIFE IS
DEFINED BY SERVICE TO OTHERS.
>> AND YOU GUYS ARE ALSO
HONORING GARTH BROOKS
HE RECEIVED THE GEORGE H W BUSH
POINTS OF LIGHT AWARD FOR
CARING AND COMPASSION. DISCUSS
HIS IMPACT AND WHY HE'S
SUCH A UP PERFECT PERSON WERE
THIS AWARD AND WHY HE'S A
FRIEND OF LITTLE WAS VERY
EXCITED THAT HE'S AGREED TO
ACCEPT THAT FIRST INAUGURAL
GEORGE BUSH
AWARD FOR.
>> FOR THIS IS THE PRESTIGIOUS
PRESIDENTIAL PLATFORM AWARD
GIVEN NOT ONLY TO GARTH BY THE
WAY BUT TO TO OTHERS, YOU KNOW
KIND OF WORK MARY CITIZENS TO
DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.
GARTH IS HAS CAUSED OVER A
MILLION TO BE GIVEN CHARITABLY
HE AND
HIS WIFE. OUR HANDS ON INVOLVED
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, HE'S A
GREAT EXAMPLE ROLE
MODEL FOR YOU KNOW PEOPLE OF
FAME THEY GIVE BACK
AND GENEROUSLY WELL I'D LIKE TO
TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT OF CHLOE
THOMPSON THOUGH WHO IS NOT
NEARLY AS FAMOUS
AS GARTH CHLOE WAS 8 YEARS OLD
SHE WALKED BY A HOMELESS PERSON
ON THE STREET SHE TALKED TO HER
MOM
ABOUT HOMELESSNESS CHLOE'S
STARTED BY
GIVING 25 BAGS TO HOMELESS
PEOPLE SHE'S NOW 12 SO STARTING
AT 8 HE'S
NOW 12, SHE'S GIVEN OVER
5,000 CHLOE HERES BAGS TO
HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THESE BAGS
ARE MEANT TO SUPPLY HOMELESS
PEOPLE WITH 2 OR 3 MONTHS
SUPPLIES FOR
BASIC ESSENTIALS AND IT'S AN
AMAZING THING AND SHE TALKS
ABOUT YOU KNOW THE GOOD WORK,
SHE'S DOING FOR THE HOMELESS,
BUT ALSO HOW IT'S DONE
IMPACTED HER IF YOU WIN YOU
SHE'S COMING TONIGHT, SHE'LL BE
HONORED AND WHEN YOU MEET HER
YOU WILL BE SO INSPIRED
BY YOU KNOW THE FACT THAT SHE'S
GROWN FROM IT AND SHE'S AN
INSPIRATION TO OTHER YOUNG
PEOPLE IN TO ME IS AN OLD GUY
HIM ISSUE IS SO WE'RE LIFTING
UP STORIES LIKE CHLOE'S AND GAR
SAND WORRIES.
YOU KNOW IT'S IN THE HOPES OF
INSPIRING OTHERS TO FOLLOW
THESE THESE GREAT EXAMPLE.
>> YOU DO HEAR THAT THOUGH FROM
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER
THEY SAY THEY GET MORE OUT OF
IT GROW AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY
GIVING BUT US WHAT IS APPROACH
TO ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO
GET IN TO VOLUNTEER.
>> AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION
WHETHER IT'S YOUNG SO SO WE WE
APPROACH YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH
DIFFERENT AVENUES WE HAVE A
YOUTH KIND OF FOCUS TYPE THING
WHERE UNIVERSITIES AND HIGH
SCHOOLS MORE AND MORE
URGING VOLUNTEERS AND TO TO GET
CREDITS AND TO QUALIFY TO GET
INTO SCHOOLS WHO ARE
ENCOURAGING THAT KIND
OF ACTIVITY YOU KNOW IT'S
INTERESTING TO ME IS THAT
CORPORATIONS TODAY ARE LOOKING
TO HIRE MILLENNIALS IN THE NEXT
GENERATION X AND Y Z IS I HAVE
NO IDEA WHAT GENERATIONS WE ARE
THESE DAYS.
>> AND RATIONED AND THEY'RE
FINDING IN RESEARCH IS SHOWING
THAT IF YOU'RE A CORPORATION
THAT ESTABLISHES A CULTURE OF
SERVICE IF YOU'RE A CORPORATION
THAT IS DOING GOOD IN THE
COMMUNITY WHERE THESE YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE WORKING.
THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL PUT IN
MORE HOURS OF THE MORE
EFFICIENT MORE EFFECTIVE AND
IT'LL DROP TO THE BOTTOM LINE,
SO CORPORATIONS ARE ENCOURAGING
THIS CULTURE OF SERVICE WHICH
IS REALLY APPEALING TO YOUNG
PEOPLE AND THEN I WOULD SAY
THAT YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE I'M
AMAZED LIKE THE CHLOE'S
OF THAT MY DAUGHTER LAUREN AND
IF YOU'VE EVER MET DAUGHTER
LAUREN SHE LIVES HERE IN NEW
YORK SHE STARTED THING CALLED
THE SHE WAS IN COLLEGE. SHE'S
GIVEN OVER HER ORGANIZATION
GOING OVER 100 MILLION MEALS
THROUGH THE U N
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, BUT SHE
HASN'T HAD AN ENTREPRENEURIAL
IDEA LIKE CHLOE BEEN IN LAUREN
AND OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE COME UP
WITH AMAZING WAYS
IN THEIR OWN WAY OF FINDING
SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS THAT ARE
IT'S JUST A IT KIND OF VIRAL
INSPIRING.
>> AND LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR
FATHER'S LEGACY. HOW DO
YOU KIND GO ABOUT LIVING OUT
HIS LEGACY IN COMMUNITIES
AROUND THE WORLD BY ALSO
PROMOTING WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH
THIS ORGANIZATION YOU KNOW ONE
OF THE FIRST OF ALL I'D LIKE TO
SHARE WITH YOU THAT YOU KNOW MY
DAD PASSED AWAY, IT WAS A
YEAR AGO AND AS SAD AS IT IS TO
HAVE LOST A FATHER HE LIVED 94.
AMAZING YEARS. MANY OF THOSE
YEARS DEVOTED TO PUBLIC
SERVICE. BUT HE'S ALWAYS BEEN
AN ADVOCATE OF
OF SERVICE. DURING THE FUNERAL
WEEK WHICH WAS AN AMAZING
EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND MY
SIBLINGS AND ALL
THE FAMILY. THE STORIES THAT
WERE TOLD ABOUT HIS I'M A KIND
OF POWER GRID FEE IN THE
HISTORY THAT HE MADE AS
PRESIDENT WERE IMPORTANT, BUT
WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THE
DISCUSSION OF HIS CHARACTER
ALL THE NICE THINGS HE DID HE
LEAVE AND EVERYTHING EVERY DAY
EVERY INTERACTION WITH
OTHER PEOPLE WITH LOVE IN THE
WITH THE INTENT OF AND IT WAS
IT WAS OUT OF THE ANALYSTS WHO
DISAGREED WITH HIM TO GET THE
WIDELY RESPECTED WELL IT'S
EASIER IN YOUR POST PRESIDENCY
WOULD HAVE BEEN A PART OF THAT
CHARACTER THAT SAME COMPASSION
THAT DROVE HIM TO STARTING
POINTS OF LIGHT IN THE KIND OF
CALLING ON ALL OF OUR BETTER
ANGELS TO TRY TO FIND WAYS TO
PITCH IN AND HELP OTHERS.
SO THE LEGACY OF OF DEAD
PROMOTING SERVICE BEING A GREAT
ROLE MODEL
OF SERVICE WILL LIVE ON THROUGH
POINTS OF LIGHT THE
ORGANIZATION AND ORGANIZATIONS
ALL OVER AMERICA, INCLUDING
INCLUDING NEW YORK CARES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS EVER
HEARD OF NEW YORK NEW YORK,
HERE'S ONE OF THE BETTER
ORGANIZATIONS NATIONALLY THAT
WHEN YOU'RE IN NEW YORK CITY
AND YOU WANT TO HELP IN SOME
WAY OR ANOTHER
YOU GOOGLE VOLUNTEERS AND
YOU'LL BE SENT TO NEW YORK
CARES ONE OF OUR AFFILIATES RUN
BY BY WONDERFUL