GBL Press Release 2020
The Dylan Meier Get Busy Livin’ Foundation proudly announces its 2020 awards to hard working high school scholars, athletes, and youth volunteer groups. For the past 10 years the GBL Friends and Sponsors have generously donated to our Foundation; and through these efforts, we are able to provide the following awards for 2020.
Scholarships
The following 12 students from our Crawford County high schools are this year’s award winners.
Karma Fields, Frontenac High School
Alison Gardner, Southeast High School
Johnathan Goetting, St. Mary’s Colgan
Rylee Johnson, Pittsburg High School
Shay Mahnken, Pittsburg High School
Colby McManis, Girard High School
Jayden Meyer, Frontenac High School
Taylor Michael, Girard High School
Colin O’Brien, St. Mary’s Colgan
Laken Robinson, Pittsburg High School
Marissa Vail, Pittsburg High School
Taylor Wixson, St. Mary’s Colgan
Athletic Awards
Two outstanding football players are also selected each year as follows:
Mill Valley's Tyler Green (Photo by Lori Wood Habiger)
Kpreps/GBL Kansas Player of the Year Award is selected from over 40 nominees from across all Kansas High Schools. This year’s award winner is Mill Valley Running Back Tyler Green. See the Kpreps web page for a full review of Tyler’s special talents and goals.
PHS Football Dragon of the Year Award is presented to Shay Mahnken. During his high school career Shay was a team captain, multi-position athlete, and GBL Club president.
Youth Volunteerism
Each year the GBL Foundation promotes various volunteer activities throughout Southeast Kansas. From a list of applicants these worthwhile projects were selected.
Fostering Connections (Pittsburg) will host a free Foster Parent Retreat Night where parents not only receive a training class, but children can also play, make art projects and enjoy a meal together.
Homer Cole Community Center (Pittsburg) will have “Face Timing the Grand Kids” during regular meetings with the help of volunteer teens, the new IPAD Pro, and a face-time schedule of the senior citizens with their grandchildren.
Southeast Kansas Humane Society (Pittsburg) will host an open house with educational sessions to train volunteers on dog and cat foster pet care.
Special Olympics Kansas, Inc. at Holiday Lanes in Pittsburg will have a bowling extravaganza for its individuals in hopes of encouraging volunteerism mixed with fun, food and friendship.
The Labette County Fair Association and Boy Scout Troop #10 will have a 5 night cleaning session of the fairgrounds to prepare for their county fair in July 2020.
Oswego Junior and Senior High School are having their yearly Community Clean-Up Day where students perform a variety of tasks (paint, plant, build, clean) to improve the community’s appearance and set a good example of volunteerism.
Resist Tobacco Chapter of Humboldt High School is hosting Operation Tobacco-Free Parks Cigarette Butt Cleanup at all parks in Humboldt to not only cleanup the area, but to teach the ill effects of smoking.
The Cherry Street Youth Center members in Chanute, will be volunteering at their local animal shelter with cleaning and caring for the animals.
Parsons Recreation Commission will host a “Cleaning Day at Winway” to prepare the summer ball fields at Marvel Park.
We are looking forward to the Fall this year with high hopes to get our 5K Run, Friendship Walk, and Kid Fest going with legendary Coach Larry Garman as our honorary event starter.
Please join us on September 12, 2020. Throughout these COVID-19 times please share our 2020 slogan of: