For Immediate Release
April 7, 2009
Contacts:
Viola Coleman 703-324-8300
Library Board to Honor Volunteers April 7
Fairfax, VA – The Fairfax County Public Library Board of Trustees will honor 23 volunteers and two community partners at a special awards ceremony at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 7 at the George Mason Regional Library, located at 7001 Little River Turnpike in Annandale. The ceremony is in honor of National Volunteer Week April 19-25.
Others to be honored include volunteers who
have reached service milestones. This year’s two community service
partners include Southland Concrete and Interstate Worldwide Relocation
who played pivotal roles in the Fairfax County Public Library and Fairfax
Library Foundation’s Art in the Pages project.
Southland Concrete provided concrete to stabilize the statues, and Interstate
Worldwide Relocation transported the statues from artist’s studios to their
final destinations. Also providing exceptional service to the Art in the
Pages project was 2008 Foundation Chair Joan Kane.
Additional honorees include four volunteers who are receiving exceptional service awards for providing ongoing technology and computer supporter to library customers needing general access to the Internet and library databases, as well as teaching classes in a variety of software. The four volunteers include husband/wife team Priya and Robert D’Souza (City of Fairfax Regional Library), Haley Lawrence (Woodrow Wilson Library) and Lupita Parra (Woodrow Wilson Library). Another volunteer, David Hegeler, will be honored for playing a critical role in active gaming programs at Patrick Henry Library for more than two years.
Honorees
Community Service Partners
Interstate Worldwide Relocation
Southland Concrete
Library Administration
Joan Kane Exceptional
Service
City of Fairfax Regional Library
Pat Barber 1,000
Service Hours
Patricia Burns 1,000 Service Hours
Priya D’Souza Exceptional Service
Robert D’Souza Exceptional Service
Kathe Gunther 1,000 Service Hours
Great
Falls Library
Lynn Mobley 1,000
Service Hours
John Marshall Library
Carol Dickerson Exceptional Service
Kingstowne Library
Mary Bogdan 1,000 Service Hours
Almetha Powell 1,000 Service Hours
Kings Park Library
Shirley Witosky Exceptional Service
Patrick Henry Library
David Hegeler Exceptional Service
Pohick Library
Bette Behringer 3,000 Service Hours
Reston Regional Library
Gail Osberg 1,000
Service Hours
Sherwood Regional Library
Emma Montgomery 1,000 Service Hours
Albert Opp 1,000
Service Hours
Justin Panuski Exceptional
Service
Thomas Jefferson Library
Barbara Swartchick 1,000 Service Hours
Tysons-Pimmit Regional
Wally Mack 1,000
Service Hours
Woodrow Wilson Library
Haley Lawrence Exceptional Service
Lupita Parra Exceptional
Service
Robert Teachy Exceptional
Service
Technical Operations
Denise Dorn Exceptional
Service
Fairfax County Public Library Foundation, Inc., doing business as Fairfax Library Foundation, is a private, nonprofit corporation committed to providing supplementary support to the Fairfax County Public Library. The Foundation, while reinforcing the need for continued and increased public support for the library, serves as a catalyst for attracting private funding from individuals, businesses, organizations and foundations to enhance library services for our community.