Pictured, back row, from left, are CSMA board member Mike Couch; Jean Schapp; Steve Schapp, CSMA board chairman; Gardner award recipient Roy Rogers; CSMA Executive Director Jeffry Walker; CSMA board member Bob Reay; and CSMA Development Director Kelly Hudson. Front row, from left, CSMA board member and Gardner award recipient Ruth Rogers; and CSMA board members Jan Fenwick and Claudia Weber.

The Los Altos Community Foundation has awarded Los Altos Hills residents Ruth and Roy Rogers the John W. Gardner Community Building Award.

For nearly 50 years, the Rogerses have served the community through public service and work with non-profit organizations. For more than 10 years, Ruth, a board member at the Community School of Music and Arts at Finn Center, and Roy have shared their time, talents and resources to ensure CSMA’s mission of “Arts for All,” according to Evy Schiffman, CSMA director of marketing and communications, who added that their support was critical to the school’s success in establishing a permanent home for CSMA, and their commitment continues to be a part of the school’s foundation for the future.

Ruth has a long and distinguished teaching career championing music education, Schiffman said. Thousands of children benefited from her vision of making music part of the core curriculum. As one of the founders of the Los Altos Community Foundation, Ruth saw the importance of establishing a philanthropic organization to benefit social service, arts and education non-profits in the local community.

Schiffman said Roy has pursued improving the lives of children and families through his longtime work with numerous non-profit groups, including Opportunity International, John Perkins Foundation for Racial Reconciliation, Faithworks, Nifty, School of Urban Mission, Fuller Foundation and others.

“As individuals and as a team, the Rogerses have dedicated themselves to improving their community,” Schiffman said.