Donna Barnako (center) is shown with Fairfax County Library Board of Trustee members Elizabeth Clements and Charles Fegan. Photo contributed
Friends of the Great Falls Library and Great Falls Art Studio member, Donna Barnako, received a 2014 Friends Choice Award from the Fairfax County Library Board of Trustees on Wednesday, Oct. 8. The awards ceremony was held at the Kings Park Library in Burke. Barnako was chosen by her peers in the Friends of the Great Falls Library to receive the award for her dedication to the Great Falls Library coordinating the library's monthly art exhibits by artists from the Great Falls Art Studio. The popular exhibits help to create an ambiance in the library and serve as a fundraiser for the Friends group. The program is so popular, the artist's exhibit schedule is already booked through 2015.