Aug. 2023 | Vol. 33 Iss. 08
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HERRIMAN WOMAN HELPS SAVE THE WORLD ONE PROJECT AT A TIME By Elisa Eames | e.eames@mycityjournals.com
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hen Herriman officials need something done, there’s always one name that rises to the top of the shortlist: Herriman resident Bethany Zeyer. She is the go-to person for many Herriman organizations, including the police department. As she has spent over a decade serving the Herriman community in various capacities, it is clear that Zeyer has a way of recognizing and filling overlooked needs. An import from Wyoming, she and her husband settled in Herriman almost 20 years ago. The mother of four began her extensive community service in 2010 when she was asked to volunteer as the emergency preparedness specialist for her local church congregation. Much of her time was spent working with Herriman City, and she became the area coordinator for the city’s Community Emergency Response Training program. She and her team were among the first volunteers to help with the Machine Gun Fire that burned three homes amid the hills south of Herriman in 2010. “I sat at a command center on and off for an entire week coordinating volunteers or doing whatever they needed,” she explained. And as part of efforts to prevent winter mudslides, she and her team also helped to reseed the hills and
coordinate additional community volunteers. Later, these experiences inspired her to organize a reunification drill in 2012 for families of Herriman’s Silver Crest Elementary, where her own children were students. She worked closely with Jordan School District and local police and fire departments to make the drill a reality. Children were bussed to Herriman High—the actual off-campus evacuation site for Silver Crest—and parents experienced what it would really be like if the elementary school were to be evacuated. Zeyer proudly noted that Silver Crest was the first school in the area to hold a reunification drill; she was also instrumental in assembling safety kits for all Silver Crest classrooms that year. “I had a passion for it because no one else was going to do these things, so I needed to,” she said simply. Towards the end of 2012, she stepped forward again, serving as the president-elect of the PTA for Silver Crest and becoming its president the following year. Continued page 4 Bethany Zeyer shows off her Herriman crossing guard uniform. (Zeyer Family)
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