2017 Awards

Business Friend of the Year: Gary Klobchar of Milestone Financial Group

Friends Group of the Year: The Friends of the Pittston Memorial Library

Friends Public Relations Award: Amy Walsh, Community Relations Specialist for Wellspan Health

Lifetime Achievement Award: Barbara Baughman

Citizen of the Year: Rich Rava & Judy Coleman, North Pocono Public Library Garden Team

Corporate Citizen of the Year: Giant Foods, LLC

Elected State Official: Representative Michael Carroll & Senator John Udichak

Friends Group of the Year: Friends of Mount Union Library

Friends Newsletter of the Year: Lititz Public Library

Library Public Relations: Mt. Lebanon Public Library

Local Public Official: Upper Saucon Township Board of Supervisors

Media of the Year: Williamsport Sun-Gazette

Citizen of the Year: Jane Wagner, Mount Union Community Library Board

Friends Group of the Year: Friends of Mount Union Community Library & Friends of Hershey Library

Library Public Relations: joint venture between Reading Public Library and Berks Community Television

Local Public Official: Kevin P. Kodish, Commissioner of Mifflin County

Corporate Citizen of the Year: Boyds Mills Press

Friends Group of the Year: Friends of the Springdale Free Public Library & Council of Friends of Lancaster County Public Libraries

Library Public Relations: Lancaster Public Library

Lifetime Achievement: Philip Albright

Local Public Official: Centre Region Council of Governments (CRCOG) 

Citizen of the Year: Patricia Willett

Corporate Citizen of the Year: Northeast Micro Computers

Friends Group of the Year: Friends of the Adamstown Area Library

Library Public Relations: Reading Public Library

Lifetime Achievement: Pat Ditzler

Local Public Official: Chester County Commissioners Carol Aichele, Terrence Farrell, and Kathi Cozzone

Media: Berks County Friends