MUSEUM SPOTLIGHT CSPM Receives Two CS Indy “2019 Best of the Springs” Awards CSPM is honored to be recognized with two gold awards in CS Indy’s “2019 Best of the Springs” campaign by their readers! The categories are for “Best Museum” and “Best Food Truck Rally.” We want to thank the key members for this success—our staff, volunteers, and board members. Your hard work and commitment to CSPM helped us in being “Best of Colorado Springs!” CSPM Wins Award On October 23, 2019 at the Historic Preservation Alliance’s annual award gala, the museum was honored with the organization’s Champions in Preservation Award. Our record-setting attendance, re-accreditation, completion of the exterior renovation project, and CSPM’s leadership of the sesquicentennial celebration were all mentioned among the recent accomplishments. Thank you to our staff, volunteers, committee members and board for all you do to make the CSPM such a valuable community asset! Congratulations Laurel & Meeks Congratulations to our own board member, Laurel Prud’homme and her service dog, Meeks who received the Community Hero Award at VisitCOS’s Annual Tourism Industry Awards celebration on October 18, 2019. The award is given to a member of the tourism industry who serves the community through volunteer activities outside of their work environment. In addition to her service as board member and chair of the marketing committee of the museum, Laurel is a volunteer puppy raiser for Canine Companions for Independence, an organization which provides highly trained dogs to recipients free of charge. She is currently raising Meeks, a yellow lab who accompanies her to museum meetings and events as part of his training to become a service dog. MUSELETTER NOVEMBER 2019| PG 11
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