Donna, her husband Bob, and their four children moved to York in 1975. They watched York change and grow, and helped by supporting many non-profits.
Donna soon took on leadership roles. She served as co-chair for the capital campaign to merge the Food Bank with Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen; RITC; and the Girl Scouts. She also was on the Development Committee for the Literacy Institute, and fundraised for Planned Parenthood, Pappus House, Turning Point and the Children’s Home of York. She has also served on the boards of OLLI at Penn State York and the York Youth Symphony.
Dearest to Donna’s heart are community service and her family, including five grandsons.
A Lifelong Connection to Libraries
Donna’s love of libraries started early. She was only six when her family moved to Winthrop, Massachusetts, and she hadn’t had a chance to make friends. But with the library only three blocks away, what a friend she found in books! It amazed her that all she had to do was return books on Saturdays and immediately pick out more! She loved to read to her younger siblings and still has a collection of her favorite children’s books. Recently she sponsored, and helped fill, a library room at the new Girl Scout Headquarters.
As an assistant law librarian in 1980 in the courthouse on Market Street, Donna loved being surrounded by all those books and new cases. The Family Law binders piqued her curiosity, so much so that she read most of them! Later, she began serving on the Martin Library Honors Committee, today its longest serving member for 30 years.
Being part of the Martin Library Legacy Society is also a top priority for Donna. “We should all leave a place richer for having found it, and Martin Library is a treasure,” says Donna. “The library is a very special, welcoming place, with state-of-the-art services and programs for all.”