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
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