Judy Martin Archives – The Sopris Sun

Martin leaves legacy of human connection and laughter

by James Steindler July 5, 2023November 17, 2023

If you walked in on Garfield County’s Senior Programs Manager Judy Martin’s retirement party on Friday, June 30, your ears were met with a sound of boisterous laughter and joy. Every seat was filled with community members who came to bid her adieu. Most in attendance had lots of life-experience and knew Martin through her […]

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Celebrating 50 years and new contract: Garfield County Senior Nutrition Program

by Kate Phillips March 16, 2022November 17, 2023

Come for the food, and stay for the company — the Department of Human Services’s (DHS) senior lunches are back on in eastern Garfield County. Since 1972, the DHS’s Senior Nutrition Program (SNP) has focused on creating meaningful connections and healthy meals for seniors around the nation by way of congregate meals. After a brief […]

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GarCo program nourishes in more ways than one

by Raleigh Burleigh September 22, 2021November 17, 2023

By Danielle Davis The meal begins with a blessing. “Let us do everything in gratitude,” says Ferdinand “Ferd” Meyer, a regular and volunteer at the Garfield County Senior Program meals in Parachute. Immediately following the blessing, Senior Services for the Garfield County Department of Human Services Manager, Judy Martin, makes her announcements to the group, […]