SOUTH FALLSBURG, NY — The SYDA Foundation announced that Barbara Durbak of Woodbourn. has been selected as the recipient of the 2014 SYDA Foundation Community Service Award. The award includes a monetary gift of $5,000. The award will be presented to Durbak on Thursday, November 20 at 2 p.m., at the monthly meeting of the Sullivan County Legislature at the Sullivan County government center in Monticello. The public is invited.

Since 1986, the SYDA Foundation has sponsored this annual award to recognize and honor local citizens whose community service has been outstanding. A committee of local civic leaders and past SYDA Foundation Community Service Award recipients selected Durbak to receive this year’s award in recognition of her years of advocacy for the young people of Sullivan County. Durbak has worked to raise community awareness about teen substance abuse, organized and supervised programs for young people and their families, and advocated for additional funding for programs for young people in Sullivan County.

The SYDA Foundation, located in the Town of Fallsburg since 1979, is a not-for-profit organization that makes Siddha Yoga meditation available to students around the world.