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The 2012 Breakfast of Champions
Tuesday, March 6th at the Oregon Convention Center
Each year, The Oregon Red Cross honors extraordinary acts of courage, humanity, unselfishness and commitment to community at our annual Breakfast of Champions. You can participate by nominating a hero!
Once we receive all the Hero nominations from across the 16 counties of northern Oregon, we sit down with a select group of volunteers, sponsors and recognized community leaders to choose the handful of winners. At past Breakfast of Champions, awards have been presented to children, adults, groups, organizations, businesses and even animals. Let us know who you think deserves recoginition!
Our Heroes are selected based on how their unselfish and/ or heroic acts:
- Save a life or positively impact lives
- Inspire the community
- Exemplify the Red Cross mission to help people prevent, prepare for and respond to disasters and emergencies.
Examples of past heroic acts include:
- Performing first aid or CPR to save a life
- Performing a water or wilderness rescue
- Helping others escape a house fire, car accident or other life-threatening situation
- A professional rescue that went above and beyond the line of duty or occurred when the rescuer was not working
- An ongoing commitment to a cause that has positively impacted residents in our community; helping people be safe, save lives and/or provide improved quality of life
- An animal that has been involved in a rescue or has provided therapy/emotional support
- An individual or group that champions safety, disaster preparedness and disaster response in the community
Additional criteria:
- Ideally, the heroic act occurred within the past year, unless the nomination is for an ongoing commitment to saving and rebuilding lives
- The champion must work/reside in one of the following counties: Baker, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Hood River, Gilliam, Morrow, Multnomah, Sherman, Tillamook, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco, Washington or Yamhill counties.
- We hope our heroes will reflect the diversity of Oregon. Nominees of all backgrounds are encouraged!
Photos, letters and other materials are encouraged! Please e-mail electronic versions of any additional documents, with Subject line: HERO NOMINATION to Tracy Madsen at madsent@oregonredcross.org
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