some of
Essie Garrett's Achievements and Awards

AWARDS

1989 Sportswomen of Colorado (Inspiration Award)
1989 Denver's Police Department Community Service Award
1989 United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Certificate of Appreciation for Significant Contributions and Services as a Volunteer in the Gunnison Resource Area
1989 Certificate of Appreciation from The United States Department of Agriculture for Accepting the Call to Serve the Public as a Member of the Colorado Mountain Club Trail Crew
1990 Runner's World magazine "Golden Shoe Award"
1990 National 1990 Award United States Bureau of Land Management Volunteer Service for America's Public Lands With Great Appreciation For Exemplary Contributions
1991 Sportswomen of Colorado (Perseverance Award)
1992 Certificate of Appreciation From Curtis Park Community Center
1993 Sportswomen of Colorado (Inspirational Award)
1992 Sportswomen of Colorado (Hall of Fame)
1992 Juanita Ross Gray Community Service Award Nominee
1992 Heart Strings, The AIDS Memorial Quilt and You Award
1992 City and County of Denver Proclamation (Curtis Park Community Service)
1992 City and County of Denver Proclamation (Homeless Six-Day Run)
1992 Recognition Award from Sacred Heart House
1992 Appreciation Award from Park Hill Committee for Safe Neighborhoods
1993 Appreciation Award from Kops 'N Kids Six Years of Running
1992 Community Service Award
1993 State of Colorado Governor's Proclamation (Colorado AIDS Project)
1994 Technology Award from Sabin Elementary School
1995 NCNW Mary McLeod Bethune Legacy Achievement Award
1995 Minonu Yasui Community Volunteer Award
1995 Colorado Leadership Volunteer Award
1995 Metropolitan State College Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Award
1996 Boy's Town Citizen Award
1997 Zonta Award
1998 Commitment Award from Smith Renaissance School of the Arts
1999 Calendar of the Month Person, The Volunteer Spirit Award from Colorado Christian Home
1999 Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award from the Colorado Symphony Orchestra
1999 Certificate of Appreciation, Women of Color Conference on HIV and AID (Uplifting the Women Mind, Body, and Soul)
2000 Woman of Distinction Award from Macedonia Baptist Church
2000 Commitment and Dedication Award from Smith Renaissance School of the Arts
2001 Appreciation Award from Curtis Park Community Center
2002 Denver School Board Certificate of Recognition for Personal Dedication to Emily Griffith Opportunity School Students
2003 Appreciation and Dedication Award for 310-Mile Run for Student Scholarships from the Emily Griffith Foundation
2003 Channel 7 Everyday Hero Award

ACHIEVEMENTS

1984 Laramie, WY to Cheyenne, WY - 50 miles/1st Place
1985 Laramie, WY to Cheyenne, WY - 50 miles/2nd Place
1986 Alfred E. Packer - 50 miles/1st Place
1986 Reb's Ultra run 24 hours - 86 miles - benefit Woodland Park - Playground equipment
1987 Reb's Ultra Run 24 hours - 100 miles - benefit Woodland Park - Band equipment
1987-91 Dallas Ultra 48 hour run - 170 miles/U.S. North America (Record) - benefit Safe House for Battered Women
1987 (Annual) Kop's N' Kids - 50 miles - benefit
1987 Dr. Justine Ford House - 700 miles/1st Place (one of nine women in the world at that time)
1987 Sri Chimnoy Ultra Run - 100 miles - 23 hours/4th place U.S. Open Championship
1988 Leadville Trail - 100 miles in 30 hours
1989 Emily Griffith Opportunity School - 75 miles - benefit foundation
1990 Sri Chimnoy Ultra Run - 1,000 mile run in 18 days
1990 Philadelphia, PA to Atlantic City, NJ - 62 miles in 13 hours
1990 Make A Wish Foundation - 50 miles
1990-93 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - 50 miles
1991 (Annual) Thanksgiving 48-hour run - benefit the homeless
1991 Trans-Colorado Run, Colorado/New Mexico border to Colorado/Wyoming border 326 miles in 6 days (women only) - benefit the homeless
1993 Denver, CO to San Francisco, CA - 1,435 miles - benefit Webb Warning Research
1994 San Francisco, CA to Denver, CO - 1,435 miles - benefit the Colorado AIDS Project
1995 Coalville, UT to Denver, CO - Governor's Mansion - 510 miles pulling a cart weighing 100 pounds for 17 days -- actually lived out of the cart, all of supplies, including food and a tent were in the cart (no record listed) - benefit Colorado
AIDS Project
1996 Olympic Torch Bearer - Relay
1996 Olympic Torch Bearer - State of Colorado
1996 Atlanta, GA to Denver, CO, Coors Field - 1,500 miles in 36 days - benefit Children's Hospital and HIV/AIDS
1996 Wellington, CO to Denver Rescue Mission - 70 miles - pulling a cart and sleeping outside
1997 Kop's N' Kids - 50 miles - (every year, for 10 years)
1997 From Denver to Omaha, NE and back - 1,280 miles for One Day Agency -- a day
care for children living with AIDS -- the run took 27 days to complete
1997 Annual 48 Hour Run at State Capitol - Sacred Heart House, For Children Only
and Curtis Park Day Care Center (48 hour run has been an annual event for 7 years)
1998 60 Mile Run from the Safeway Store in Castlerock to the Grizzly Rose in Denver
for Max Funds Animal Adoption Center
1998 Dearfield, CO to Denver, CO - Smith Renaissance School of the Arts - 75 miles - to raise funds for musical instruments and new stage curtains.
1999 Renaissance School of the Arts - 40 miles
1999 Wyoming State Capitol-Denver For Curtis Park Neighborhood - 110 miles
1999 Food Bank of the Rockies-Over the Continental Divide (the donkeys passed out!) - 250 miles
1999 Denver-Omaha-Denver For Rainbow House Kids with AIDS 1100 miles
2000 Deerfield CO-Smith School of the Arts For Black History Month - 75 miles
2001 American Heroes-Ran past 32 Denver Fire Houses - 150 miles
2001 Aspen to Denver--Colorado AIDS Project - 350 miles
2001 Castle Rock to Denver For Excel Heating - 40 miles
2002 Lookout Mountain to State Capitol-- For Flight 93 Pilot - 26 miles
2002 Denver to Conrad Wyoming-Colorado AIDS - 300 miles
2002 Buena - Vista Across 4 "14ers" - 160
2003 Colorado springs to Denver-Urban Peak - 100 miles
2003 Thanksgiving Run For The Homeless - 35 miles
2003 Nebraska to Denver for Emily Griffith Opportunity School for student scholarships - 310

For four years a 24-hour run around park for a murder victim - 300 miles