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Nine-year-old honored for her creativity by the Miami Dade Public Library System and the Miami Dolphins Foundation

MIAMI – Amy Araya, 9, a patron of the Miami Beach Regional Library was recently selected as the winner of the Miami-Dade Public Library System’s 2011 Make-a- Bookmark Contest. Amy’s bookmark design was chosen out of 2,000 entries submitted by children at all 48 branches in the countywide system.

The annual contest, sponsored by the Miami Dolphins Foundation, was open to children ages 6-12, who were asked to submit a drawing with the theme “Let’s Celebrate the Library’s 40th Birthday,” a milestone that the library will commemorate starting in January.

Amy, a student at Fienberg Fisher Elementary in Miami Beach, received several prizes and a special certificate – presented to her at a recent Miami Dolphins football game by Governor-elect Rick Scott and Dolphins CEO Mike Dee.


Bookmark Contest winner Amy Araya (R) with Library Director Raymond Santiago.
(Vinora Hamilton photo)

“We’re so happy that Amy was chosen as the winner of the contest – she loves to draw and she loves the library,” remarked her father Ronald Araya. “Being honored by the library and getting a special award from the Dolphins is very exciting.”

“The bookmark contest is one of the many ways that the library allows children to express their creativity,” said Lucrece Louisdhon-Louinis, assistant director of programming. “This is a fun activity, as well as an educational experience,” she added.

More than 20,000 bookmarks, with Amy’s design, will be distributed throughout the library system in 2011.


Amy Araya with Governor-elect Rick Scott (L) and
Miami Dolphins CEO Mike Dee (R).

(Miami Dolphins photo)

The Make-a-Bookmark Contest was presented with the generous support of the Miami Dolphins Foundation and the Friends of the Miami-Dade Public Library.

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