Samantha Hurst

On March 31st, Craig Ferguson arrived in Denver after completing the first 1,000 miles of his journey. Craig is walking the length of the United States from LA to Boston to raise money for the Scottish Action for Mental Health. The journey has him arriving in Boston in time for the Scotland world cup match happening there later this summer. Members of the society met him at Civic Center Park and spent time with fellow Scots at Celtic on Market Street afterwards. From Craig's website: One fan,...

In February, three members of our Scottish community visited World Compass Academy for their annual Diversity Day. Kathryn McIver (SASC Highland Herald Editor), Samantha Hurst (SASC Marketing Director), and Alyssa Watkins (professional athlete, Rocky Mountain Scottish Athletes) endeavored to show off Scottish culture and heritage. This trio of brilliant ladies engaged the students on topics like the legendary Loch Ness Monster, Scottish inventions that changed the world, Scottish-Americans...

Back in September, the St. Andrew Society was invited out to Boulder to meet two young Scots who traveled from Scotland to spend a week at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts. Kaitlyn McGibbon (Glasgow) and Ben Smith (Loch Lomond) were awarded the prestigious HIT Scotland scholarship that gave them the opportunity to spend 5 days training at the Boulder campus. Our marketing director, Samantha Hurst, spent one evening with the whole team who put the whole thing together at Pizzeria...