On April 19 Miller Memorial Central Library held its annual reception honoring library volunteers for their service at which Hamden designer, Rich Brassil, was also presented with an honorarium for his winning entry in the library’s recent logo contest. Mayor Scott Jackson presided over an awards ceremony, congratulating and thanking the volunteers.

Library volunteers, including the Friends of the Hamden Library and the library’s Board of Directors, log hundreds of hours of service each year. Many work diligently in the Friends’ Jean Aiken Second Hand Prose Book Store located on the library’s lower level while others work within the library itself in various capacities. This year’s Volunteer of the Year, Peg Limbacher, works with the circulation staff on a weekly basis making telephone calls and contributing her years of office experience to the functions of the Circulation Department.  Books purchased in honor of Ms. Limbacher have been added to the library’s collection and her name has joined those on a plaque honoring volunteers within the library.

 Brassil is a long-time Hamden resident and owner of Rich Brassil Designs in Hamden. He graduated from Paier College of Art where he is a member of the adjunct faculty. His winning entry incorporates the outline of Hamden’s Sleeping Giant as the pages of an open book above the library’s name. It was chosen from a field of more than 30 contest entries.