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Oh, he tried to keep it from us, but the tireless journalists at ShelfTalker uncovered a secret about one of our own: Kenneth Brechner of DDG Booksellers in Farmington, Maine, who is also\u00a0ShelfTalker’s Thursday\u00a0blogger, has just won the prestigious MSBA Business Friend of Education Award from the Maine School Management Association (“Maine’s Advocates for Public Education and Strong Leadership”).\nWhat makes this award extra impressive is that it often\u00a0goes to corporations that donate money to the schools, but this year, the organization recognized the many ways this fine\u00a0indie bookseller contributes to schools through collaborative bookstore programs and\u00a0time spent volunteering in a variety of ways in the schools.
\nLast year, Kenny’s store won the\u00a0WBNA’s Lucile Micheels Pannell Award for Best General Bookstore, about which the award committee’s\u00a0Kelli Chipponeri wrote, \u201cThis year my selections were heavily influenced by the bookstores that are the epicenters of their communities. The outreach that these booksellers do, with little resources and support, makes them not only cultural touch points for the people who shop at their stores, but influence and promote reading, art, and education (as well as other ideas that feed the mind and soul) in communities.”
\nKenny has always been the Flying Pig’s gold standard for school involvement, and we couldn’t be more thrilled that his countless hours of\u00a0work and enthusiastic school support have been\u00a0officially recognized by the ENTIRE STATE OF MAINE! Congratulations, Kenny!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"