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CNN CNN Newsroom July 15, 2013 18:13:00

today we are celebrating the 5,000 daily points of light who represent the 65 million americans who engage themselves in the lives of others every year. these points of light are what my dad calls the soul of america. years ago, dad asked us to imagine what would happen if all the points of light award winners decided to leave their hometowns and to move together into one place in america. imagine if estella pifer who taught 50 years and used her retirement funds to start estelle brilliant bus to teach all the children in the town computer schools. and kathy and floyd helped feed and nurture the young people. and they mobilized the forces to intervene with troubled youth. and teach for america arrived. and corporations, faith, youth and senior groups, organized volunteers to work with

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