Nominations are now being accepted for the 2009 Real Heroes Recognition award. The award honors outstanding residents of Kern County who have committed meritorious acts or exhibited exemplary service in the community. The person you are nominating must have demonstrated the action within the year 2008.
The Real Heroes Recognition Luncheon will be announced at a later date. The event recognizes community members who have exhibited exemplary behavior or participated in the saving of a life.
Congressman Kevin McCarthy will be serving as the honorary Chairperson of this year’s event.
Categories for the 2009 awards are: Educator, EMT/Safety, Firefighter, Law Enforcement, Medical Professional, Military, Outstanding Role Model – Adult: Outstanding Role Model – Group: Outstanding Role Model – Youth, and Fallen Hero. Nominees for the awards will be accepted through Jan. 8, 2009 and announced on Jan. 15, 2009. Recipients are selected by a panel of community leaders in February. The recipients will be announced at a media party scheduled a week prior to the luncheon.
Winners in each of the catagories as well as their sponsors will be invited to attend the luncheon. Contest entry materials can be obtained at the American Red Cross-Kern Chapter office at 5035 Gilmore Avenue or by calling 324-6427 or 1-800-498-4882.
Those wishing to make nominations may do so on-line at the American Red Cross web site: www.kernredcross.org or at the KGET-TV web site: www.kget.com. Information about Real Heroes Luncheon sponsorships and attendance may be obtained by calling Lorraine Castro, CEO or Jennifer Perfect, Disaster and Volunteer Coordinator at American Red Cross-Kern Chapter at 324-6427 or 1-800-498-4882.
