Recipients
1999 Rebecca E. Stage – Florida Public Library
2000 Ira Simon – Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library, Monticello
2001 Richard C. Bell – Middletown Thrall Library
2002 Rhoda Naderman – Sloatsburg Public Library
2003 Anthony J. Knipp – Moffat Library of Washingtonville
2004 Thomas F.X. Casey – Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library
2005 Dr. Terry L. Bogard – Nanuet Public Library
2006 Vera Farrell – Livingston Manor Free Library
2007 Karen Kaner – Liberty Public Library and Philip Coombe, Jr – Daniel Pierce Library, Grahamsville
2008 Louise Eggleton – Roscoe Free Library
2009 Marian Swope – Sunshine Hall Free Library, Eldred
2010 Christine K. McDonald – Cornwall Public Library
2011 No nominations
2012 Daniel Gladding – Tuxedo Park Library
2013 No nominations
2014 Lorette Adams - West Nyack Free Library
2015 Mary Paige Lang-Clouse - Sunshine Hall Free Library, Eldred
2016 Joyce A. Nencetti - Suffern Free Library
2017 Patricia Shanley - Monroe Free Library
2018 Judy Epstein - Piermont Library District
Recipients
1999 Goshen Public Library & Historical Society “Poetry Fest”
2000 Florida Public Library “Bilingual Bookstart Program”
2001 Florida Public Library “Tellabration Storytelling”
2002 Ellenville Public Library and Museum - “Veterans Speak”
2003 Albert Wisner Public Library (Warwick), Florida Public Library, and Greenwood Lake Public Library -
“One Town, One Book”
2004 Newburgh Free Library – “One Book, One Community: Seedfolks”
2005 Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library – “L.O.V.E. - Library Outreach Visits Everyone”
2006 Liberty Public Library – “Quilts Made by Kids – For Kids”
2007 Adult - Palisades Free Library – “(palisades people) Sunday Symposia: A Community Cultural Series”
2007 Youth - Suffern Free Library – “Science Stories®”
2008 Adult - Suffern Free Library – “Suffern Library Scavenger Hunt”
2008 Youth - Wallkill Public Library – “Where’s Ike? Detective-themed Scavenger Hunt”
2009 Adult - Florida Public Library on behalf of the 17 public libraries of Orange County –
“The Big Read 2008”
2009 Youth - Greenwood Lake Public Library – “Mad Science Metamorphosis”
2010 Adult - Nanuet Public Library – “Mah Jongg Instruction and Open Mah Jongg Play – A Two-Fold
Wellness Program”
2010 Youth - Pearl River Public Library – “Teen Tech Tutors”
2011 Adult - Valley Cottage Free Library – "Demystifying Your Digital Device/Tech Trading Post"
2011 Youth - Goshen Public Library and Historical Society – "Celebrate Harry Potter"
2012 Adult - Greenwood Lake Public Library – "Thursday Nite Music Makers Concert Series"
2012 Youth - Albert Wisner Public Library, Warwick – "2011 Warwick Children's Book Festival"
2013 Adult - Cornwall Public Library - "Civil War Sesquicentennial Lecture Series"
2013 Youth - Goshen Public Library and Historical Society - "Medieval Mania"
2014 Adult - Valley Cottage Free Library - "The Book and Pub Club"
2014 Youth - Livingston Manor Free Library - "Manor Ink - Library Based, Youth-led News"
2015 Adult - Newburgh Free Library - "Who is Jim Crow" Film Series
2015 Youth - Chester Public Library - "Sensory Storytime"
2016 Adult - New City Library - "Share Listen Learn: Stories of Rockland County"
2016 Youth - Valley Cottage Free Library - "ValCon"
2017 Adult - Florida Public Library - "Door to Door Outreach Campaign"
2017 Youth - Goshen Public Library & Historical Society - "A Run Between the Pages"
2018 Adult - Literacy Solutions Citizenship Class – Nanuet Public Library
2018 Youth - Express Your World – Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library