Scholarships & Award Recipients

Please join us in congratulating the 2025 Scholarship & Award Recipients!

Award recipients were –

  • Community Partnership Award – Accepted by Tom Summers, Director of the Milford Museum
  • Distinguished Library Staff Citation – Harry Brake, Media Specialist, Woodbridge High School, Greenwood
  • DLA Citation – Jaclyn Hale – DLA Treasurer and Administrative Librarian, DDL
  • Emerging Leader Award – Peggy Griffith, Manager of Library Services, DE Dept. of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families/DSCYF (presented by Susan Elizabeth Cordle)
  • Library of the Year – Laurel Public Library – Accepted by Library Director Gail Bruce

Scholarship recipients are –

Helen H. Bennett Scholarship
Allyson Farkas – Capital School District
Bethany Amos – Brown Elementary, Dover
Tamika Hudson – Towne Point Elementary, Dover
Timothy Penn – Pritchett Academy, Wilmington

Linda Walge Penman Scholarship
Gina Gruwell – Cape Henlopen High School
Caytlin Silva – Sussex Academy
Elisabeth Small – Archmere Academy
Duncan Winger – Sussex Academy

Photo Credits:
Hilary Fudge & *Sue Gooden