Congratulations, Wolfe Kac!

The Forest Avenue Library Love for Learning (“FALL4Learning”) Scholarship is offered every year to high school seniors who have a Des Moines Public Library card, use the Forest Avenue Library, and plan on attending a college or a skilled trade program in the following fall after graduation.

Wolfe Kac is the 2026 FALL4Learning scholarship recipient. He earned $1,000 toward his future studies at Iowa State University, where he plans to major in game design and minor in computer science. Free programs at Forest Avenue Library, including an anime watch party, expanded his love for 2D animation.

While accepting the scholarship award, Kac held a picture of himself from more than a decade earlier. In the photo, he is a reading a library book in the same exact spot.

Since 2014, 36 graduating high school students have received the FALL4Learning scholarship via the Foundation and in partnership with the Friends of Forest Avenue Library. These annual scholarship awards are only possible thanks to anonymous donors who established an endowed fund.