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
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- Distinguished Library Staff Citation. Annie Norman (left) Harry Brake (right)
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- Community Partnership Award. Lea Rosell (left) & Tom Summers (right)
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- Library of the Year. Susan Elizabeth Cordle (left) & Gail Bruce (right)
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- Emerging Leader Award. Susan Elizabeth Cordle (left) & Peggy Griffith (right)
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- CLA Citation. Scott Businsky (left), Jaclyn Hale (middle), & Catherine Wimberley (right)
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- Helen H. Bennett Scholarship. (2 of 4) Allyson Farkas (left) & Tamika Hudson (right), with Susan Elizabeth Cordle (middle)*
Photo Credits:
Hilary Fudge & *Sue Gooden
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