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CELEBRATE LITERACY AWARD RECIPIENTS

The Celebrate Literacy Award is presented to an individual or group who has made significant contributions to the field of literacy education or to the promotion of literacy, particularly in the Delaware Valley.
1987                         Olivier Dunrea, Author/Illustrator
1988                         Elizabeth Winthrop, Author
1989                         Debra Cogan Ray, Author
1990                         Thelma Reese, Ph.D., Mayor’s Commission on Literacy
1991                         Perky Cohen, Adult Literacy
1992                         Stoughton Watts, Parents and Reading Video
1993                         Ellen Mager, Booktenders Secret Garden
1994                         Blanche Baurer, Homeless Shelter Advocate
1995                         Irene Gaskins, Ph. D., Founder of Benchmark School
1996                         Evelyn Rogers, Homeless Student Initiative in Philadelphia Schools
1997                         Eleanor Smith, Blanche Baurer, Cathy Feskanin, Homeless Children and Reading
1998                         Marcia Baer, Lucky Reader Program
1999                         Murph Crawford, DVRA Leader
2000                         Laurie Halse Anderson, Author & Janis Glusman, Adult and Children's Literacy Coordinator
2001                         Lucia Herndon, Literacy Advocate
2002                         Eugene Okamoto, Harvest Books
2003                         Marianne Nolan, DVRA Leader
2004                         Pat Kindermann, Embracing the Child
2005                         Pat Quigg, Reading Buddies
2006                         Bill Piszek, Liberty Bell Foundation
2007                         Jan Kline, Ph.D., Principal of Copper Beach Elementary School
2008                         Marie Reynolds, Response to Intervention
2009                         Mary Ryan, Stenton Family Manor Volunteer and Lynn Rosenthal, Read to Me Early Literacy Program
2010                         Trudi Haecker, MD. Reach Out and Read
2011                         Judy Lalli, Literacy Advocate
2012                         Hannah Schwartz, Children’s Book World
2013                         Joyce Horoschak, DVRA Leader
2014                         Ginger Modla, Ph.D., DVRA Leader

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  • Home
  • About
    • Officers and Committees
    • History of DVRA
    • History of Philadelphia Reading Council
    • Celebrate Literacy Award Recipients
  • Meetings & Events
    • Teach to Reach Conference
    • Murph Crawford Middle School Conference
    • International Reading Association Annual Convention
    • KSLA Annual Conference
  • Membership
  • Teacher Resources
    • Children's Rights to Read
    • Summer Book Club
  • Blog