Community Reach Center Foundation is soliciting nominations for the 2009 Mary Ciancio Memorial Distinguished Service Award, to be presented at the Mary Ciancio Memorial Distinguished Service Awards Dinner on August 26th at the Stonebrook Manor in Thornton.

The award is presented annually by the Community Reach Center Foundation to an Adams County resident that has served the community in an outstanding fashion through volunteerism. It is named for the late Mary Ciancio, in recognition of her many years of community service on behalf of Adams County residents with mental and physical disabilities.

Nomination letters should include the nominee's name, address, telephone number and a summary of his/her volunteer activities, as well as the nominator's name, address and telephone number. Past nominations may be re-submitted providing the nominee has not already received the award. Please send nominations to Debby Holgerson, Community Reach Center, 8931 Huron St., Thornton, CO 80260, or fax to (303) 426-9384, or email to d.holgerson@CommunityReachCenter.orgno later than Friday, July 17th.

Community Reach Center, a 501[c][3] non-profit organization, is a premier mental health provider in the north metro Denver area, and the designated mental health provider for individuals eligible for Medicaid in Adams County. Since 1957, Community Reach Center has provided life-changing services to more than 127,000 children, adolescents, adults and seniors. Each year the Center serves more than 8,000 unduplicated clients at outpatient offices located in Brighton, Commerce City, Northglenn, Thornton and Westminster, as well as in homes, schools and emergency rooms.

The Center provides individual and group therapy for all ages, as well as couples counseling, substance abuse treatment, play therapy, crisis intervention, emergency services, psychological testing, residential treatment, therapeutic support groups for a variety of life challenges, and more. Community Reach Center is committed to providing integrated care that marries mental healthcare with primary healthcare, in order to support the overall health and recovery of its clients to the best of its ability. For more information, visit www.communityreachcenter.org.