2022 Citizenship Award

Geneva Community Projects (GCP) is proud to celebrate Geneva Reads as the 2022 Kathy Gaylord Costa Citizenship Award, named in honor of one of the founding members of GCP. The award, along with a $250 contribution, honors the exceptional commitment of Geneva Reads and their vision “where all Genevans of all ages enjoy an enhanced quality of life through literacy and the love of reading.” Congratulations and Thank you!   

Kathy Gaylord Costa Citizenship Award
The board of directors of GCP Inc. established  an award to be given annually to a person whom the board feels should be recognized for outstanding service to the Geneva community. The award is called the Kathy Gaylord Costa Citizenship Award, named in honor of one of the original memebrs of the board of diretors of GCP Inc.
Kathy Costa enthusiastically joined the Geneva Community Playground Project at its early planning stages in 1991, and when GCP Inc. was formed in 1992, with modest three person board of directors, she was chosen as one of the original three directors. Kathy was a devoted mother of two who, held a job and was active in her children’s school association. Her involvement in the playground project was instrumental to its success. Kathy unexpectedly passed away in 1994 but lives on as an inspiration to those whose lives she touched. The recipients of the Kathy Gaylord Costa Citizenship Award should know it is an honor to be associated with the name of this wonderful person.