Deadline to Nominate a Central Coast Local Hero is March 12
Nominees could be people you don’t know personally, but they could also be your neighbors, co-workers, friends, or family members. Help us identify our local community heroes by completing our online nomination form and by spreading the word about this honor!
The community is encouraged to nominate a hero at redcross.org/centralcoastheroes for one or more of the following 11 categories:
- Animal Rescue Hero: Honors someone who has rescued an animal from a traumatic situation or an animal that has protected a human in a time of need.
- Blood Services Hero: Honors someone who has played a significant role in efforts to promote and build the community’s lifesaving blood supply or who has been a part of scientific advancements to the biomedical community.
- Disaster Services Hero: Honors someone who has shown extraordinary courage in the face of a disaster or emergency, or made a significant contribution to his or her community’s disaster preparedness, resilience, or recovery.
- Education Hero: Honors a professional or volunteer educator (in elementary, middle school, high school, college, or adult education) whose actions have had a profound influence on his or her student(s) or other members of the community.
- Environment Hero: Honors someone who has had a significant impact on the protection and caring for the environment and whose actions have helped change the way his or her community cares for the environment.
- First Responder Hero: Honors a professional first responder, such as a police officer, deputy sheriff, firefighter, search and rescue team member, or 911 dispatcher, whose life-saving actions or service to the community has gone above and beyond the call of duty.
- Healthcare Hero: Honors a healthcare professional, such as a physician, paramedic, or nurse, whose life-saving actions or service to the community has gone above and beyond the call of duty. This award honors extraordinary commitment to saving/improving lives or treating illnesses.
- Humanitarian Hero – Adult: Honors an ordinary citizen (adult) who used life-saving skills (such as CPR, water rescue, or first aid) to assist or save the life of another or a person whose actions have made a significant contribution toward the betterment of his or her community.
- Humanitarian Hero – Youth: Honors an ordinary citizen (youth) who used life-saving skills (such as CPR, water rescue, or first aid) to assist or save the life of another or a person whose actions have made a significant contribution toward the betterment of his or her community.
- International Services Hero: Honors someone who has provided outstanding service to the community in the field of international services, including but not limited to international humanitarian aid, refugee support, and reuniting displaced families.
- Service to the Armed Forces Hero: Honors an individual who has provided exceptional support to armed forces service members, veterans, or their families. This award also may also be given to a member of our armed forces (active, reserve, national guard, retired, commissioned, or non-commissioned) whose life-saving actions or service to the community went above and beyond the call of duty.
The deadline to submit nominations is Monday, March 12, 2018. Any of these categories can be awarded as a posthumous honor.
A committee of local community leaders will select the 2018 Central Coast Hero Award recipients based on the degree to which nominees’ acts of heroism uphold the values of the American Red Cross and leave a lasting and positive impact on the residents of the Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties. Heroes may not be selected in all categories.
Selected heroes will be honored at the 2018 Red Cross Central Coast Heroes Breakfast on Friday, June 15, at the Twin Lakes Church in Aptos.
This annual Red Cross breakfast recognizes recipients of the Heroes Awards while also supporting the life-saving programs and emergency services provided by your local Red Cross Chapter.
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Criteria for Hero Nominations:
- All nominees must work or reside in Monterey, San Benito, or Santa Cruz Counties. Their heroic actions may have occurred elsewhere.
- These heroic acts must be either an ongoing commitment to the community for more than one year or have occurred between January 1, 2016 and January 15, 2018.
- Nominations must be received no later than Monday, March 12, 2018.
Visit redcross.org/centralcoastheroes for more details on each of the 2018 Heroes Award categories, to access the online nomination form, and for information on how to purchase tickets and/or help sponsor this important event.