Our role in shaping our community was recognized nationally by the Institute of Museum and Library Services as a 2009-10 recipient of the National Medal of Museum Service. We were nominated locally by long-time community leader William Mallory, Sr., with letters of support from parent and Museum Center member Margaret O’Donoghue and public school teacher, Marie T. Dornbusch. This prestigious honor (the Oscar®, Emmy® or Pulitzer® of the museum world) is awarded to outstanding museums and libraries that make exceptional contributions to their communities, and demonstrate extraordinary and innovative approaches to public service, inclusiveness and community outreach.  We were so excited to receive this national award in Washington, D.C. and were honored that Faith Anne Brown, one of our Youth Program graduates could help us accept it. Faith Anne developed her sense of leadership by working with our visitors, digging for dinosaur bones in Montana, sharing life experiences with other Cincinnati area teens in our youth development program. She is now a graduate of St. Ursula Academy and Howard University with an honors degree in chemistry, and is in the process of earning a Master of Public Health.