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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 28, 2006
Contact:
, Austin Public Library, (512) 974-7528
Fax: (512) 974-7442
Danny Camacho Honored as Austin History Center Outstanding Volunteer
On April 13, 2006 at a City wide volunteer appreciation event at City Hall, the Austin History Center, Austin Public Library honored the many volunteers who help us provide services to the public. Danny Camacho was specially honored as one of ten outstanding City volunteers. For additional information on volunteering at the library call 974-7443.
Danny, for more than four years and more than twenty one hundred hours of volunteer work with the Austin History Center, has been instrumental in helping to build the pivotal Mexican American portion of the archives including; documenting Zavala Elementary School, processing the Richard Moya and Gustavo L. “Gus” Garcia Papers, compiling the Mexican American Bibliography, conducting research on Oakwood Cemetery, Republic Square and segments of the African American collection. Danny’s donation of his family papers, the Lorraine Camacho Papers and the Luna Photographic Collection, is an invaluable resource of historical information about Austin’s Mexican American community.
Danny serves on the advisory boards of the Metz Recreation Center and the Camacho Activity Center, is a member of the Metz Elementary School Campus Advisory Council and Save Austin Cemeteries, and sits on the board of the Austin History Center Association.
The following volunteers were nominated by their Austin Public Library co-workers for their outstanding service:
- Alvin Bates
- Hope Dudley
- Jill Rossi
- Joan Champie
- Margo Hubbard
- Mary Akguner
- Michelle Michael
- Nancy Olds
- Ne’Leigh Hamilton
- Patricia Corcoran
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