Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center would like to thank the sponsors that made our fourth annual health careers camp a success. The hard work and dedication from staff and community volunteers allowed 30 ninth-, 10th- and 11th-graders, from seven of the eight Southwest Colorado counties, to be exposed to the health care profession.
Thank you to financial sponsors: Colorado AHEC, The Durango Network, Alpine Bank, Mercy Regional Medical Center, San Juan Basin Public Health, University of Colorado Anschultz Medical Camp and Southwest Memorial Hospital.
Thank you to our Adopt-a-Camper financial sponsors: Lynn Borup, Annette Zuccolillo, Kevin Griffith, Bill Plauth, Susan Kolb, Lois MacKenzie and La Plata Medical Society.
Thank you to camp counselors: Shane McManamon, Cedra Etesam, Morgan Fry, Olivia Markham and Reanne Irvin.
Thank you to area businesses: Alan’s Electric and Photovoltaics, Alpine Animal Hospital, Alpine Bank, assistant coroner – city of Durango, Axis Health System, Colorado Highland Helicopters, Colorado State University Extension, Durango 9-R School District, Durango Animal Hospital, Durango Fire and Rescue, Flight for Life Colorado, Fort Lewis College admissions department, FLC, Four Corners Eye Clinic, Four Corners Health Care, Hood Mortuary, La Plata Family Center, La Plata Family Medicine, Lifeguard 5, Medical Hypnotherapist, Peak Physical Therapy, Pediatric Partners of the Southwest, Riverview Animal Hospital, San Juan Basin Public Health, San Juan Hand Therapy, Seasons of Durango, Sodexo, Southwest Colorado Community College, Southwest Memorial Hospital, Southwest Women’s Health, Tomsic Physical Therapy, Twin Buttes Dentistry and Whole Health Family Medicine.
Thank you to professionals: Laura Agurkis, Chef Liv Ashcraft, Kelly Baker, Marianne Ball, Karen Barger, Lani Beattie, Lynda Bernsteen, John Brach, Renee Byrnes, Greg Childress, Jennifer Clark, Jennifer Coddington, Kalisha Crossland, Scot Davis, Beth Drum, Allie Enoch, Nora Flucke, Jenna Gilbert, Monika Glenn, Natasha Glenn, Kevin Griffith, Randy Hays, Amanda Harrison, Denise Hawkins, Matt Henry, Meghan Higman, Jennifer Hilburn, David Jackson, Brandon Laird, Leo Lloyd, Heather Loudon-Howley, Christie Ludwig, Whitney Lukas, David MacLaurin, Neil McCollum, Kohler McInnis, Nick McLaughlin, Audrey Mallon. Robert Marks, Carrie Martinez, Alyssa Maynard, Mandy Morford, David Monie, Dayle Morningstar-Laird, Adam Owens, Eric Pahlke, Trent Pansze, Larry Phelps, Ryan Phelps, Kari Plante, Sara Powers, Amanda Preston-Araujo, Tiffany Purcell, Debra Quayle, Dusty Rider-Rae, Wendy Rice, Nathan Robison, Molly Rodriguez, Bill Rohn, Catherine Rottinghaus, Brad Sablosky, Dan Schaefer, Phil Shuler, Joe Theine, Susie Tipton, Jim Thompson, Kolin Tomlinson, Cindy Walz, Wendolyn Omana, Anne Webster, Laura Wenger, David Wilson and Lori Zazzaro.
SWCAHEC Staff: Kathleen McInnnis, Karen Rider, Rusty Connor, Mary Dengler-Frey, Kerri Cardin, Community Outreach
Thank you to all the great people who made the evacuation of Lightner Creek a success. The hardworking firefighters and law enforcement folks were well prepared and responded efficiently. I salute them for their dedication.
I want to thank every Red Cross disaster relief team member and other county personnel for helping those of us directly affected by the evacuation. Every volunteer I met in the evacuation center went out of their way to make our lives as comfortable and stress-free as possible. Thank you and God bless you all.
I also want to thank all my fellow evacuees for the kindness, courtesy and respect they showed for each other in the evacuation center. What could have been a difficult ordeal turned out to be a rather pleasant experience. I met people and made friends with neighbors that I otherwise would have never known.
Finally, I want to thank Durango for being the kind of community it is. It makes me proud to call myself a Durangatang.
Clyde Doney
