Ava Stutzman, a graduate of Cedar Crest High School and the Lebanon County Career and Technology Center, has been named the recipient of the 2024 Alletta Schadler Community Service/Engagement Award by Penn State Extension in Lebanon County.
The award comes with $800 with which the recipient can pursue a degree in family and consumer sciences, according to a release from Penn State Extension.
Stutzman was selected for her outstanding service and leadership in the family and consumer sciences and within the local community. She plans to attend Johnson & Wales University, where she will major in baking and pastry arts/food and beverage hospitality management.
She will be recognized at the county Career and Technology Center’s Honors Awards Banquet at 6:30 p.m. May 23 at the Lebanon County Expo Center.
“Lettie” Schadler, for whom the award is named, was a home economist, family living agent, and county extension director with the Penn State Extension in Lebanon County from 1969 thru 1999. In 1974 she was appointed the first female county extension director in Pennsylvania.
Her main program focus was food and nutrition, food safety and food preservation, but she also worked in the areas of leadership development, textiles and clothing and home management. Schadler was also a co-founder of the organization that would one day become Lebanon Family Health Services.
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For more information on the award and endowment, contact Lori Klein at 717-639-3581 or lap5982@psu.edu, or the Penn State Extension at 717-270-4391.
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