Every year librarians of Long Island gather at the annual Long Island Library Conference. At the conference, two teens are honored with the B.E.S.T. award presented by the Young Adult Services Division of the Nassau County Library Association and Young Adult Services Division of the Suffolk County Library Association.
This year's winner from Nassau County was Uniondale's own Athena Allen.
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| Athena posing proudly with her plaque. |
The B.E.S.T. Award stands for Bringing Excellence in Service by Teens.
Athena was nominated by Ms. Kendrick-Samuel for this honor for her role as President of Junior' Friends and her music program Music with Athena. For those of you who don't know, Athena is a talented musician who plays multiple string instruments, piano and sings. She wanted to help children and teens in Uniondale learn and practice those skills and asked Ms. Kendrick-Samuel if she could create a program to do so. Last fall, Music with Athena was created and takes place 2-3 Sunday's per month. Those who attend the program, as well the adults that bring them love Athena and her music program.
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| YASD Vice-President Lisa Zuena presented Athena with her award at the LILC on May 9, 2019 |
As this year's winner, Athena is Uniondale Public Library's 8th winner of this award.
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| Athena's father attended the conference with her and was present to see her receive her award. |
Congratulations to Athena
on winning the
2019 Young Adult B.E.S.T. Award presented by YASD of NCLA!
You make us proud and we can't wait to see what you do in the future!
[📸credit: Miss. Kendrick-Samuel]
