It takes considerable time and dedication to become a thread in a community’s collective fabric — something that Cassie Grow has known something about since she was just a little girl. “One of the ways my parents raised me was to give back where you can — and if you don’t have the financial means to do that, then you give back with your time,” Grow said. Grow was the proverbial Cañon City kid and participated in high school in JROTC, marching band, and color guard.
Her most vibrant memories during her youth stem from participating in community-organized events, such as Veterans Day festivities, Salvation Army food drives, and Blossom Festival Parades. Grow graduated from Cañon City High School in 1996 and accepted a job with the Fremont County Sheriff’s Department, where she remained as a master control officer/detention deputy until 2002 when she took a job in corrections. Although many people define their life, and subsequent attributes, according to their job, Grow has gone beyond the daily stresses of her career and is an integral thread to the Fremont County community.
Her long list of community-driven efforts may read like a laundry list because of its length and complexity, but it’s worth detailing some of her favorites here. Since the tragic death of Fremont County Sheriff’s Deputy and close friend of Grow’s, Jason Schwartz, on Sept. 28, 2001, she has been an active member of C.
O.P.S.
(Concerns of Police Survivors) alongside Schwartz’s wife, .