Former President George H.W. Bush, who during late 2012 and early 2013 for treatment of a variety of life-threatening illnesses, was hailed by President Obama at the White House on Monday.
"We are surely a kinder and gentler nation because of you," Obama told the nation's 41st president at a ceremony where the was given to Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton. , the retired couple and farm owners from Union, Iowa, "created , a nonprofit organization that delivers free meals to children suffering from hunger in more than 15 countries, including the United States."
Bush, now 89, spoke only briefly from his wheelchair — thanking the president for his "wonderful hospitality."
The Points of Light awards were established by then-President Bush in 1990. That same year, "created as an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization to encourage and empower the spirit of service."
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