On March 4, Berks County Public Libraries honored leadership and service excellence during its 23rd Annual Awards Celebration. Presented at the Library System headquarters in front of an audience of 70 attendees, the event recognized individuals and organizations for their support and contributions to public libraries in Berks County.<\/p>\n
Members of the library community nominated individuals, groups, or events that demonstrated outstanding commitment or service to their library and patrons. The Berks County Public Libraries Advisory Board considered nominations from 2025 and announced the category winners during the ceremony.<\/p>\n
Distinguished guests at this year\u2019s event included State Representative Jacklyn Rusnock, State Representative Eric Weaknecht, and Steve Howe, Constituent Specialist to State Senator Scott Martin. Representative Rusnock offered opening remarks to the crowd, noting, \u201clibraries and truly community hubs, and they are welcoming, supportive environments that strengthen the fabric of our neighborhoods.\u201d Howe later presented a certificate to Director Carol Donahue for her win of the Outstanding Library Director award.<\/p>\n
The full list of award recipients from the 23rd annual awards celebration are as follows:<\/p>\n
Outstanding Elected Official \u2014 Mayor David Reimer Sr., Borough of Leesport
\nOutstanding Local Business \u2014 Castaneda\u2019s Mexican Restaurant, Robesonia
\nOutstanding Community Organization \u2014 Hamburg Grange, Hamburg
\nOutstanding Library Director \u2014 Carol Donahue, Village Library of Morgantown
\nOutstanding Library Volunteer \u2014 Marsha Olivia, Kutztown Community Library
\nOutstanding Library Staff Member \u2014 Kellee Wood, Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library
\nOutstanding Fundraising Effort \u2014 75th Anniversary, Kutztown Community Library
\nOutstanding Youth Program \u2014 Children\u2019s 12 Days of Crafting, Reading Public Library
\nOutstanding Teen Program \u2014 Youth-Led Humanities Grant (Teen Reading Lounge), Brandywine Community Library
\nOutstanding Adult Program \u2014 Bestsellers & Baked Goods, Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library
\nChet Hagan Memorial Public Relations Award \u2014 Boyertown Community Library
\nDreisbach Award for Exemplary Service \u2014 Berks Book Bonanza Volunteers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On March 4, Berks County Public Libraries honored leadership and service excellence during its 23rd Annual Awards Celebration.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-134950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}