« Election Day | Main | Learn Computers, Take a Class! »
November 13, 2006
Director, Cathy Mealing Honored
Last week, well over one hundred people attended the 17th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Fundraising Dinner to benefit the Second-Year Scholarship Fund. Some 51 of us were there to support our own director, Cathy Mealing, as she was one of three people who were honored that evening. From what I could gather, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Fund Committee is made up of members of the community who do fundraising throughout the year, so that they can offer scholarships to Roslyn students in financial need.
There were speeches throughout the evening from committee members and honorees. There was also a moving speech by a previous recipient of the award, now a lawyer, who spoke about how much the award meant to her at the time. Jon Kaiman, who made a brief appearance summed up the work of the committee when he said, "you pull together as a community, for a community."
Cathy was introduced by Norma Perlman, a Friend of the Library (and most of the community of Roslyn!). As Cathy accepted the award, she talked about her 44 years of library service and said that "libraries bring you the world." Truer words were never said. Congratulations, Cathy!
Posted by Michele at November 13, 2006 1:27 PM
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.nassaulibrary.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/104