Pat serves with the RSVP of Columbus County. One of her major projects was a new gift shop for a local hospital, which opened for business in 1994. Pat also serves at her church, is a member of the County Health Association, a former officer of the Whiteville Civic Women's League and serves on the hospital board. Her life of volunteer service earned Pat Paschal the 2000 North Carolina Governor's Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service. The Points of Light Foundation is coordinating a Prudential Youth Leadership Institute Summer Camp in Minneapolis on June 22-26, 2001.
Youth entering sophomore through senior years of high school are eligible.
The deadline for applications is April 19, 2001. It brings together community leaders to learn how to carry out a community-based playground building project. One is for support of the Web-Based Reporting System and the second covers a variety of training and technical assistance services to Corporation programs. The West Seneca Youth Bureau was established in 1970 to provide youth programs that emphasize community service. The Bureau has expanded from its home base in the Buffalo suburb of West Seneca to engage youth throughout the Buffalo area and western New York.