This post is shared here on behalf of Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries.
Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries (PCBL) Opens Nominations for the 2024 Friend of the Year and the 2024 Friends Group of the Year
Mechanicsburg, PA – Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries (PCBL), a statewide organization of advocates who speak for libraries throughout Pennsylvania, is now accepting nominations for the 2024 Library Friend of the Year and the 2024 Library Friends Group of the Year.
The Library Friend of the Year award is given to a citizen who has made an outstanding contribution to a local library, group of libraries, or libraries in general throughout Pennsylvania during the past two years. The Friend must be a member of PCBL.
The Library Friends Group of the Year award is given to a Friends group that has provided significant assistance to its library. Assistance may be monetary contributions, assistance in raising funds, promoting the library and its services, or providing an advocacy effort on behalf of the library. The Friends group must be a member of PCBL.
Denise Sticha, president of the volunteer board of directors of PCBL, comments, “We’re honored to recognize individuals who dedicate so much time and energy into making Pennsylvania’s libraries better for all. Please take a moment to nominate an individual Friend of the Library or Friends group making a positive difference for your library.”
Nominations can be made via the PCBL website at https://pcblpa.org. Nominations are due by the close of business on April 30, 2024. Winners will be announced this summer via PCBL and Pennsylvania Library Association publications.
Photo: Geri Bazner, Friends of Coy Public Library of Shippensburg, 2019 Friend of the Year, with Fred Heagy, former PCBL Board Member
About PCBL: The mission of PCBL is to (1) persuade public officials that libraries are essential community services (2) collaborate with other library associations, agencies, and community groups (3) be a voice for improved library funding and appropriate legislation (4) lead efforts to encourage, train, and support library Friends.
PCBL membership is open to anyone who wants to see strong, well funded libraries with the best possible library service for all of Pennsylvania’s citizens. This roster includes librarians, trustees of libraries, government officials and friends of libraries, as well as the lay citizen user of libraries.
PCBL is a federally tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, EIN 23-2096799. For more information, please visit https://pcblpa.org, email pcblpa@gmail.com, or call 800-870-3858.