Twenty-One of Your Neighbors Were Honored This Month At Fairfax County Public Library
In addition to being celebrated for the number of hours given to the library, five volunteers were recognized for providing volunteer service that was deemed exceptional by library staff. The impact of volunteers on daily library services cannot be over emphasized. In calendar year 2017, 1,581 volunteers dedicated over 115,000 hours to the library.
These treasured volunteers were publically recognized and applauded at the recent library board of trustees meeting by staff, trustees and Delegate Mark Sickles, who served as MC at the event.
Sickles said, “Volunteers play a significant role in the library’s ability to provide the highest customer service to county residents.” Sharing a quote that he said “truly recognizes the spirit of volunteerism,” Sickles said: “‘Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.’”
“‘Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.’”
The following volunteers are helping build the community we all want to live in, with a strong and well-loved library that supports all residents.
2018 Volunteer Star Awardees:
Exceptional Service Honorees
- Margaret Culyba, Burke Centre Library
- Jennifer Brooks, Herndon Fortnightly Library
- Jaimi Turgeon, Herndon Fortnightly Library
- Pauline Reid, Oakton Library
- Georgia Chirieleison, Patrick Henry
Length of Service Volunteers
- Su Davis, Reston Regional Library
- Sandra Griffith, City of Fairfax Regional Library
- Juanita Broome, Kings Park Library
- John Florio, Burke Centre Library
- Caroline Wilkinson, Burke Centre Library
- Ronak Mohammed, Centreville Regional Library
- Diane Redmond, Centreville Regional Library
- Emmi Rose Ayo, Chantilly Regional Library
- Maggie Belsan, City of Fairfax Regional Library
- Anita Lopez, Kings Park Library
- Betty Mackenzie, Kings Park Library
- Yolanda Gaines, Kingstowne Library
- Dianne McCune, Kingstowne Library
- Susan Luvison, Oakton Library
- Leanna Bell, Patrick Henry Library
- Ro Hofford, Patrick Henry Library