Thank you for taking the time to honor a local hero with your nomination for the 2018 Real Heroes Breakfast. Please take a few moments to fill out the form below for your nomination. You can also download a form here.

Nominations are due August 31, 2018.

Each year our Real Heroes Breakfast allows us to honor heroes who have performed extraordinary feats of courage and who are honored in the following award categories:

Adult Good Samaritan: Presented to an ordinary citizen who used life-saving skills to save the life of another (age 21 and older)

Youth Good Samaritan: Presented to an ordinary citizen who used life-saving skills to save the life of another (age 20 and under)

Blood Donor: Presented to an ordinary citizen who has helped save countless lives with blood donations

Education: Presented to an educator who used life-saving training to save the life of another

Animal Rescue: Presented to the family of a pet who was instrumental in saving a life, or an ordinary citizen who was instrumental in saving an animal’s life

Workplace Safety: Presented to a business owner, manager or employee whose preparedness or life-saving action exemplifies the very highest standards of their calling

Fire Rescue: Presented to a firefighter, volunteer or paid, whose life-saving actions exemplify the very highest standards of their calling

Lifeline: Presented to a 9-1-1 dispatcher whose life-saving action exemplifies the very highest standards of their calling

Law Enforcement: Presented to a law enforcement officer whose life-saving action exemplifies the very highest standards of their calling

Military: Presented to a member of the Armed Forces (active or retired, commissioned or noncommissioned) whose life-saving actions exemplify the very highest standards of their calling

Medical: Presented to a medical professional, an organization, or an ordinary citizen whose life-saving action exemplifies the very highest standards of their calling

Good Neighbor: Presented to an ordinary citizen or professional rescuer involved in rescuing a person from a life-threatening situation

Community Service Award: This can be an organization, an individual(s) based on their community service. This does not have to be a specific act and will likely be number of hours and work benefiting an organization