Don Cox Named Oro Valley Volunteer Of Year

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Congratulations to Don Cox on being named "Volunteer Of The Year" in Oro Valley. This is a great achievement.

The following is the press release from the Town that we received today:

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Cox, Rosenbaum named OV Volunteers of the Year

ORO VALLEY, Ariz. (December 13, 2011) - At its annual Volunteer Appreciation Reception on December 8, the Town of Oro Valley named Don Cox and Jill Rosenbaum 2011 Man and Woman Volunteers of the year.

DON COX
Don Cox was elected to the Town’s Planning and Zoning Commission in January 2011, having served previously from 2000 to 2005. He has also served as Chairman of the Host Committee for the annual Governor’s Statewide Development Conference. Don has donated his time to focus on quality-of-life issues which impact our residents and has assisted with a number of Dispose-A-Med events.

JILL ROSENBAUM
Jill Rosenbaum began volunteering with CVAP in May 2004, having earned more than 1,500 hours of service. She keeps the volunteer program operational, tracking all volunteers and equipment and ensuring there are adequate supplies. Jill walks each new volunteer through the required steps of the process.

Currently, there are more than 260 Town of Oro Valley volunteers who donate an estimated 35 thousand + hours of time annually, providing essential services to the Town and its residents.

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Coyote Run Update This Wednesday

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Letters to the Editor are deep in the bowels of the "Explorer's" online edition. You have to know what you are doing to locate them!

This letter is from Carol Hunter,  member of Friends of Coyote Run. In it, she notes:

"Over the last six months, I have been working along with nine others to retain the services of Coyote Run that assists our elderly and mentally and physically challenged population. We are working diligently with the Regional Transportation Authority to secure its position in the network."

Current plans are for the Regional Transit Authority, of which Mayor Hiremath is a Vice Chairman, to take over this service for 2012.  After that, as we understand it, it will be up to the town to negotiate future transit agreements.  Click here to read appointed Council Member Solomon's November 2 update on the future of Coyote Run.

Coyote run provides services to both our challenged citizens and to our senior citizens.  The Friends of Coyote Run is an organization of 10 members, principally representing the interests of our challenged citizens. There are also more  than 10,500 senior citizens living in Oro Valley who are eligible to use the Coyote Run service.  So, decisions made regarding Coyote Run impact at least 25% of the residents of Oro Valley.  There is also the possibility that a court decision could, at some time, restore State transit funds to Oro Valley thus allowing the town to continue service.

Obviously, the situation is complicated.

There is a public forum this Wednesday, December 14, 2011 from 4:30-6:00 PM a the Oro Valley Public Library where you can hear and opine on future plans for Coyote Run. 
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