As a testament to his civic service, Steve has had the privilege of receiving a vast array of awards and honors over the years: he was elected to the Colorado Business Hall of Fame and has been named “Citizen of the Year” by the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, the Colorado Association of Homebuilders (in 2022, the HBA gave him its Lifetime of Community Achievement Award, only the 4th in over 60 years), the Urban League, the Board of Realtors, the El Paso County Republican Party. Steve received a medal of merit from the University of Colorado Board of Regents, Step 13’s first Award of Leadership, the David S. D’Evelyn Award for Inspired Leadership from the Independence Institute, the YMCA’s Woodgate Award and the Woodson Center’s Achievement Against the Odds “Pharaoh” Award. Steve and Joyce were chairpersons of the Easter Seals Telethon, and the March of Dimes Mothers March. Together, they received the Lions Heart Award from CSCS, the 2021 Leadership Program of the Rockies Legacy Award, and in 2022, the Pikes Peak Range Riders honored them with its Silver Spur Award.

Steve also received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor Award, the Colorado Springs Gazette newspaper’s Freedom of Spirit Award, the Red Cross’ Humanitarian Award, the Mayor of Colorado Springs’ “Spirit of the Springs” award, the Martin Luther King Celebration award from the Southern Colorado Ministerial Union. He was named Honorary Dean of Real Estate by the Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver. Colorado Governor Bill Owens proclaimed Oct. 15, 2004, as Steve Schuck Day.

The late Joyce Schuck was “a powerhouse community leader and activist” in her own right, and an “extraordinary woman, beautiful in many ways, bordering on being renaissance.” While raising their three children, Joyce earned a degree in social work from Loretto Heights College and committed her professional and volunteer efforts to supporting at-risk youth, the homeless, and the disadvantaged.

Joyce took on board leadership roles at the Youth Transformation Center, Colorado Charter School Institute, Community Council of the Pikes Peak Region, Women’s Foundation of Colorado, the Colorado League of Charter Schools, and was founding Board Chair of Colorado Military Academy, Colorado’s first military charter school. She was inducted into the Colorado Charter Schools Hall of Fame as a recipient of their Lifetime Advocate Award.

Joyce co-founded Parents Challenge with Steve, and established programs and volunteer opportunities at Pikes Peak Community College, the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, and El Paso County’s Shape Up Initiative.

Joyce was a published author, having written a book titled “Political Lives, Veiled Lives” in which she chronicled lessons learned from her interviews of wives of elected officials from both parties, ranging from Barbara Bush to senators, congressmen, local officials, and Native American tribe leaders, juxtaposing them against her own experiences during Steve’s two-year gubernatorial campaign.

The Schucks have two sons, one daughter, and as of 2022, six granddaughters, two grandsons, four great- granddaughters, and three great-grandsons.