Local Students Honored Through Art Contest Celebrating Living Life to the Fullest
Aurora Mental Health Center Presents Art Contest Awards as Part of
Annual Community Celebration
Aurora, CO, October 2009 - At this year's Annual Celebration and Art Contest we received 163 pieces of art from 18 local schools. 11 students received top honors for their entries in the Living Life to the Fullest Art Contest, sponsored by Aurora Mental Health Center.
The awards were presented at the Aurora Mental Health Center's 34th Annual Celebration, a community event that has, over years, helped bring the community together with Aurora Mental Health Center, and allow us to reinforce information about the services that are available from the Center. The event took place on Wednesday, October 21 at the Red Lion Hotel Southeast in Aurora, Colorado.
"We had so many peple in the community attend our event this year due to the art contest," said Dr. Randy Stith, Executive Director of Aurora Mental Health Center. "To see the students at the event so proud of their work and their accomplishments made the event that much better. Involving our community is what our annual celebration and organization as a whole is all about."
Students from Aurora Public Schools, Cherry Creek Schools, and Aurora Mental Health Center submitted their best art piece based on the theme:
What does "
Live life to the fullest" mean to you? All pieces were displayed and recognized at the annual celebration and the winning students in each category were awarded prizes.
Winning students include:
- Grades K-3
1st place: Darian Macias 2nd place: Seth Rice
- Grades 4-6
1st place: Elly Rose Smith 2nd place: Ryan St. Germain
- Grades 7-8
1st place: Isabella Ello 2nd place: Viola Jones
- Grades 9-12
1st place: Oliva Mira Montes 2nd place: Chris Camenzind
- Director's Choice Awards:
- Jorge Luis Ontiveros, 3 rd Grade, Wheeling Elementary School
- Jessica Kantra, 5 th Grade, from Coyote Hills Elementary School
- Joseph Kobby Jonah, 11 th Grade, from Overland High School, for My mother passes Life to my brother.
Conducting the meeting was Larry Dávila, president of the Aurora Mental Health Center Board of Directors, who emphasized the commitment Aurora Mental Health Center has to provide residents, businesses, schools, and churches with quality, effective, and accessible mental health services.
About Aurora Mental Health Center
The Aurora Mental Health Center (Center) is a 501 (c)(3) corporation founded by volunteers in 1975.Services were provided in donated space.The Center has operated and grown continuously since then and is now a $23 million organization with an exceptional reputation locally and nationally.The Center currently has more than 400 employees, nearly 100 of who are clients whose employment is furthering their recovery.The staff and more than 80 volunteers provide services to more than 12,000 people annually.Services are provided in 17 specialty clinics located in nine counseling and specialized service centers, in six residential facilities, in public schools, at two county departments of human services, in homes and foster homes, and at other community locations.