Youth Bureau to celebrate young people, and adults who make an impact on kids
LYNDONVILLE – The Orleans County Youth Bureau will have its 44th annual youth recognition banquet next week on June 3 and will be honoring 11 youths, while also presenting awards to adults who make a difference with kids.
The event will be June 3 at White Birch Golf Course in Lyndonville. Doors will open at 6 p.m., with the program starting at 6:15 p.m. Tickets are $25 and reservations are due today.
“For more than four decades, Orleans County each year has recognized amazing young people who are doing some extraordinary work in support of our community,” said Kelly Kiebala, Youth Bureau administrator. “Celebrating young people for their service doesn’t just honor what they’ve done, it sends a powerful message that leadership begins with helping others.”
The 2026 Youth Recognition Awards honor those young people who have performed outstanding service for our community and/or have assumed an extraordinary role within their families by helping to support themselves.
Receiving awards are: Neveya Barnes, Isabella Bresett, Elizibeth Conner, Izabella Garcia, Nora Lindsay, Colton Smith, Logan Callara, Krysta Laitenberger, Maya Tatar, Winter English and Madison Hults.
In addition to the youth recognition awards, Jami Allport will receive the Helen Brinsmaid Award, given to an Orleans County youth-serving professional, in a paid position, whose work surpasses normal expectations. Allport is a cheerleading coach at Albion and the executive director of the Genesee-Orleans Ministry of Concern.
Jonathan and Brie Trembley of Albion will receive the Eileen Heye Adult Volunteer Recognition Award, presented to adults who serve the youth of Orleans County in a volunteer setting.
The Trembleys are youth leaders at the East Shelby Community Bible Church, 4-H club leaders for the Cornell Cooperative Extension and work with the Albion marching band.
To make a reservation or for questions, please call 585-589-2767 or email OrleansCountyYouthBureau@OrleansCountyNY.gov.
