A longtime auto shop owner and a financial adviser are the 2014 Distinguished Service Awards honorees.

Denny Offstein, owner of Denny Offstein Auto Sales and Service in Butler, and Lyric Schnur, a first vice president and financial adviser at Hefren-Tillotson in Butler, are the recipients.

The awards are given annually to a senior recipient and a junior recipient for their community service.

Both will be honored at a May 6 dinner at the Butler Country Club in Penn Township.

Offstein, who is the senior recipient, said the honor is humbling.

“It was totally unexpected,” Offstein, 67, of Butler said.

He said his goal in all of his work has been to help less fortunate residents and children in Butler and to improve public safety.

“To help save the kids; save the community,” Offstein said.

The biggest project he was involved with was the Island Bicycle Rodeo. Over 14 years, the rodeo gave away more than 1,000 bicycles to city youth.

The rodeo ended in 2007 when the Island Playground was sold. However, Offstein has continued to give bikes away.

Another major project he was involved in was the creation of the K9 unit for Butler police.

In 2012, Offstein donated $10,000 to Butler to help start the K9 unit. From 2012-13, he spearheaded a community fundraiser for the K9 unit, which raised $100,000.

Schnur, 42, of Renfrew, who is the junior recipient, said, “I'm very honored.”

She serves on the board of directors for the Butler County Distinguished Young Women scholarship program, is a member of Women United of Butler County, which is an affiliate of the United Way of Butler County, and is a board member of the Butler County Chamber of Commerce and the Irene Stacy Community Mental Health Center.

She previously was a member of GFWC Jr. Woman's Club of Butler, where she was club president, and she also volunteered for the Star Gala fundraising efforts for Lifesteps.

She said, “I very much want to give back to the community that I was raised in and the community that I'm raising my children in.”