NOMINATE SOMEONE FOR
AN ECHIEVEMENT AWARD
RECENT WINNERS
Melaney Smith – Books For Keeps
booksforkeeps.org | Athens, GA
In 2009, Melaney Smith heard about a little girl who was not looking forward to summer. The reason? This second-grader loved to read, but had no books at home. Melaney asked around and learned that there were many children in the same situation. In asking the question, “Why doesn’t somebody do something about this?” she realized, “I am somebody. I can do something.”
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Mark Dibner – Kramden Institute
kramden.org/ | Durham, NC
Kramden was born out of a father/son project initiated in June 2003 by Mark and Ned Dibner (“Kramden” is ‘Mark’ and ‘Ned’ spelt backwards). The idea came from Ned, then 13, who suggested to his father that they refurbish and fix older computers to donate to middle school honour-roll students in Durham, NC who could not afford home computers.
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Sr. Edna Lonergan – St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care
https://stanncenter.org | Milwaukee, WI
As a nurse, occupational and massage therapist and gerontologist, Sister Edna Lonergan is a leading advocate promoting the benefits of intergenerational programs. Through her vision and guidance, St. Ann Center became the first dementia-specific daycare in Milwaukee and one of the first fully integrated intergenerational daycares in the United States—serving children, the frail elderly and adults with disabilities and their caregivers in one homelike setting.
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