On April 12th, 2006 the Fairfax County
Public Library (FCPL) Board of Trustees recognized Star
Volunteers and Community Service Partners at a ceremony
at the George Mason Regional Library. Forty-five volunteers
and four corporate volunteer partners were honored.
Awardees were selected from over 3,200 individuals who
contributed over 152,000 hours of service to the Library
during the previous year. Awards were given for 1,000,
3,000, and 5,000 hours of service and for exceptional
projects and performance.
Presenting awards were the Hon. Mark Sickles, Virginia
House of Delegates, 43rd District, and Stephanie Abbott,
Chair, FCPL Board of Trustees.
Datatel, Inc.
 DeAnn
Jelinek, Datatel Volunteer
Datatel is known for leadership in community service.
Since 2002, the Library has been a site for the company's
Community Day. Last May, teams of Datatel employees
volunteered at book sales held by the Friends of Reston
and Kings Park Libraries. They moved boxes, restocked
shelves, acted as runners and assisted cashiers. The
sales yielded record-breaking receipts that were used
for programs and equipment for the two branches. The
volunteers also organized part of the collection at
Kings Park.
Datatel matched their service last year with a generous
gift of $1,500 to the FCPL Foundation, which was used
to purchase books for the Library's Motheread®/Fatheread®
literacy outreach program. On April 29th and May 6th,
the Library will again welcome Datatel volunteers for
their 2006 Community Day. The Library is proud to honor
Datatel as a Community Service Partner. Accepting the
award is DeAnn Jelinek, a Datatel volunteer
who has contributed outstanding service on numerous
library projects since the beginning of this volunteer
partnership.
Exxon Mobil Corporation
 Judy
Hubka, Exxon Mobil Community Relations
ExxonMobil has given major support to the Library over
the past six years. This year they supported the Fall
for the Book festival and the Children's Foreign Language
Collection. They also provided grants of $6,500 for
employees, retirees, and their families who regularly
volunteer at the Library and matching gifts of $885
for employees' donations. The ExxonMobil Employees'
Book Club also held a book drive last spring and donated
Summer Reading Program books worth over $4,360 to children
participating in Sherwood's West Side Stories outreach
program. This spring, they are again collecting books
for Motheread®/Fatheread® families participating in
the Summer Reading Program. ExxonMobil has also funded
a Community Summer Jobs Program internship for a college
student to assist with the Motheread®/Fatheread® program
this summer. Accepting the Award is Judy Hubka,
whose leadership in organizing ExxonMobil volunteer
efforts for the Library has been much appreciated.
INOVA Health Systems
For over seven years, INOVA Health Systems has brought
together the worlds of information, health, and literature
to the diverse community we both serve. Although there
have been many individual projects along the way, three
programs have formed the centerpiece in our efforts
to build a vibrant and healthy community: information
"triage" (the sharing of the Fairfax Hospital Health
Sciences Library), the Ask the Expert series at library
branches, and the Literature and Medicine discussion
groups. In recognition of INOVA's outstanding contributions
to this successful partnership, the Library presents
a Community Service Partner Award to INOVA Health Systems.
Fairfax County Office of Partnerships
 Tom
Meagher and Emily Bryant
The Office of Partnerships developed a successful collaboration
in 2006 between the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
program and the Fairfax County Public Library. Named
CASH (Creating Assets Savings and Hope), this program
provides tax preparation assistance using IRS trained
volunteers for families with annual incomes under $38,000.
As of March 20th, the total refunds broke the half million
dollar mark for total refunds of $528,659. The average
Earned Income Tax Credit refunds were about $1700, well
above the national average of $1200. This is the equivalent
of a raise of about $1.08 per hour for a 30 hour per
week employee. In the next phase of the program, FCPL
and OOP are already planning a financial literacy series
targeting the same group of clients. For these outstanding
efforts, the Library recognizes the Office of Partnerships
with a Community Service Partner Award.
Photos courtesy of DeAnn
Jelinek, Datatel and FCPL staff.
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