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WMA AWARDS ACHIEVEMENT IN 2022

2022 Peck Community Achievement Award

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Mr. Dave Collins

Navajo Transitional Energy Company’s Antelope Mine

The 2022 winner of the Peck Community Achievement Award is Dave Collins of the Navajo Transitional Energy Company’s Antelope Mine. As a result of a tragic auto accident that claimed the life of their 3-year-old son, David, Dave and his wife Kristina started a local chapter of Compassionate Friends, a global non-profit organization that provides a support network for families who’ve lost a child.

Having experienced first-hand the support and help from the organization, the Collins’ decided to reach out and help those in dealing with the tremendous grief they had experience. The Compassionate Friends from the Bighorns to the Black Hills provides support to families not only in the Gillette community, but the surrounding region. Dave and Kristina are just a phone call away, no matter the time, checking in on the family, offering a patient ear or a helping hand. Often, they visit the families in person, and no distance is too far to travel.

Dave has fought fires for the Forest Service, and his work with Compassionate Friends reminds him of that. “Always be ready,” he says. “You’ve got to be ready to jump into action.”

The Collins’ are motivated by strong faith. “It’s nothing more than this is what Jesus would tell us to do. Take care of one another,” Dave says.

Dave joins a long list of past Peck Award recipients who selflessly give their time and effort to make their operations and communities better. The Wyoming Mining Association is honored to present the 2022 Peck Community Achievement Award to Mr. Dave Collins.

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