COLORADO’S
HEART AWARD
BOB BELL
TIFFANY CANADY
BRENDA CASE
2021 MEET THE FIVE REALTORS® WITH HEART
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SEAN DOUGHERTY
MATT ROBBINS
MATT ROBBINS Colorado’s Heart Award Winner 1971 GHS Football Memorial Foundation Bringing a Small Town Back Together After Tragedy REALTOR® Matt Robbins leads a memorial foundation that honors one town’s tragic loss by creating opportunity for the future.
his year, the Colorado Association of REALTORS® Foundation established the Colorado’s Heart Award to recognize those REALTORS® serving their communities with distinction. In March, CAR began accepting nominations and nearly four dozen were received. The CAR Foundation is thrilled to announce that Matt Robbins is the 2021 winner of the Colorado’s Heart Award. He will receive a $3,000 donation to his charity.
High school football season, especially in a small town like Gunnison, Colo., brings to mind Friday night varsity games under the lights, greetings from friends and neighbors in the stands, the roar of the crowd when the home team scores. Sunny and crisp Saturday morning junior varsity games, Colorado bluebird sky overhead, and fans and family spread out in the grass alongside the field. And the busses lined up outside to carry the visiting team home.
District finalists include: • Bob Bell – Metro District • Tiffany Canady – Southeast District • Brenda Case – Western District • Sean Dougherty – Northeast District Each District Finalist will receive a $750 donation to their respective charities. Award winners will have applications submitted on their behalf to NAR's Good Neighbor Award.
One fall weekend during the 1971 football season changed the town of Gunnison forever. On Sept. 11, 1971, a school bus carrying the Gunnison High School junior varsity football team crashed on the east side of Monarch Pass. Many passengers were ejected as the bus rolled several times. Eight teenage players and one coach never came home, and many
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