AARP Award for Creative Programming for Older Adults

From the Office of Commonwealth Libraries:

The Office of Commonwealth Libraries Older Adults Advisory Committee is offering two categories of awards for public libraries who are serving the older adult population in their communities.

Share what special/best practices programming your library has presented in the past year for the older adult population in your community. Follow the instructions listed below to complete the application.

1. Marietta Y. King and Alberta Walden Still Diversity Award
   The Office of Commonwealth Libraries Older Adults Advisory Committee is seeking to recognize a Pennsylvania public library that has promoted library services to a culturally diverse population. Public libraries of all sizes are invited to submit an application for the Marietta Y. King and Alberta Walden Still Diversity Award. [Application for the Marietta Y. King and Alberta Walden Still Diversity Award]
   
2. AARP Award
   The Office of Commonwealth Libraries Older Adults Advisory Committee along with AARP PA is also interested in recognizing and promoting library services for older adults in Pennsylvania. The awards, presented by AARP, will recognize public libraries that are small, medium or large that have presented innovative and creative programming for older adults.
   [AARP Letter & AARP Application]

In order to be considered, the application forms must be sent, using email, to Claudia Koenig (ckoenig@pa.gov ) to be received by July 23, 2012. If there is supportive paperwork such as a newspaper article or program flyers for your application, please send that through the mail, if not available electronically, to arrive by July 23, 2012 as well.

The Older Adults Advisory Committee and AARP PA are asking that your Best Practices program for older adults be one that can be easily replicated in another library and has been repeated more than once in the past year in your library.

The award winners will be chosen later this summer. The awards will be presented at the PaLA Annual Conference in Gettysburg in October.

If there are any questions, please contact Claudia Koenig
ckoenig@pa.gov 717-783-5747.