{"id":2450403,"date":"2019-10-26T22:16:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T04:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/pitkin-county-residents-honored-for-their-involvement\/"},"modified":"2019-10-26T22:16:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T04:16:00","slug":"pitkin-county-residents-honored-for-their-involvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/pitkin-county-residents-honored-for-their-involvement\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitkin County residents honored for their involvement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ten Roaring Fork Valley Residents were honored with Pitkin County Cares Volunteer Service Awards at a ceremony Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Now in its 19th year, the goal of the county\u2019s volunteer award program is to honor individuals and groups for their outstanding service, leadership and civic involvement. Pitkin County Cares awards include the Greg Mace Award established in memory of the late Greg Mace, a dedicated volunteer who died in a climbing accident on North Maroon in 1986.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s winner\u2019s included:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Greg Mace Award, Sallie Bernard \u2014 Bernard is the founder of Extreme Sports Camp, which was later renamed Ascendigo, a nationally recognized autism service provider in Carbondale. Bernard also is active with Family Life for All, the Aspen Hope Center, James Kirk Bernard Foundation and Autism Speaks.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Children and Youth Award, Sandy and Peter Johnson \u2014 The two were honored for their longtime Aspen Buddy Program commitment to their buddy from elementary school to college.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Seniors Award, Trinity Terry \u2014 Terry delivered meals from the Pitkin County Senior Center to the home bound and offered his support and friendship.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Health Award, Debbie Kreutzer \u2014 Kreutzer was recognized for her contribution to Pathfinders by organizing support and care for individuals who are ill or suffering from life-changing loss.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Community Pride, Laura Mathews \u2014 Matthews worked more than 500 hours in the Aspen Historical Society\u2019s Archive Office.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Education, Jim and Dianne Light \u2014 The couple were noted for their mentorship in the Roaring Fork Precollegiate program ushering an eighth-grade group through high school and on to college.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Good Samaritan, Carolyn Meadowcroft \u2014 Meadowcroft helped Habitat for Humanity homeowners navigate the complexities of applying for and getting a mortgage.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Rising Star, Matilda \u201cTilly\u201d Swanson \u2014 Swanson is a junior at Aspen High School on the Robotics Team who mentors middle school students about robotics and she spent lunch hours reading with a first-grader in the Read With Me program.<\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ten Roaring Fork Valley Residents were honored with Pitkin County Cares Volunteer Service Awards at a ceremony Wednesday. Now in its 19th year, the goal of the county\u2019s volunteer award program is to honor individuals and groups for their outstanding service, leadership and civic involvement. Pitkin County Cares awards include the Greg Mace Award established […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2450403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-19 11:33:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2450403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2450403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2450403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2450403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}