Dave Ross and KOAA’s Dianne Derby. Picture courtesy Dave Ross, by way of koaa.com
Dave Ross of Colorado Springs, Colorado, is a former B-52 pilot who served in Operation Desert Storm, nevertheless it’s his work with Project Healing Waters that earned him a Lighthouse Award from his native information station:
[His] volunteer work began with cooking for the non-profit’s daylong fishing journeys throughout southern Colorado. He then began to tackle the obligations for coordinating in a single day fishing journeys, then fundraising. The nationwide non-profit ultimately acknowledged Ross as a prime fundraiser.
“I actually wished to acknowledge the hours that he spends that folks don’t see,” stated Sue Ross. “He’s on his laptop on the lookout for grant sources, enhancing grants, ensuring that he has all the data that he wants, and ensuring each journey is full and that the proper mentors match with the proper participant.”
It’s that sort of selfless service to others we knew deserved yet another particular recognition, the Information 5 Lighthouse Award.
Click on the hyperlink beneath for a video report and to listen to among the outstanding tales of Ross’s (actually) life-saving work by fly fishing.
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