Watertown— The American Red Cross of Northern New York is currently looking for real heroes to honor at their “Real Heroes Breakfast”. The breakfast is being held in Watertown, for the first time in 13 years.
The Real Heroes Breakfast reflects nominations in the tri-county areas (Jefferson, St. Lawrence, and Lewis). “The selection process is pretty simple, nomination forms are sent to businesses, non-profit, schools, hospitals, military and etc”, said chapter Executive, Jane Gendron.
According to Ms. Gendron, there are 12 categories:
Fire Rescue
Law enforcement
Medical
911 Dispatch
Adult Good Samaritan
Youth Good Samaritan
Military
Animal Rescue
Education
Industrial Safety
Good Neighbor
Blood Donor
Nominations are not all in currently, as they are still looking for nominees in each category. The American Red Cross of Northern New York encourages either an individual or an organization to be nominated per category.
All nominations must be submitted by January 10th. Although the Red Cross welcomes nominees in every category, the below still need to be filled:
Youth Good Samaritan
Animal rescue
Industrial Safety
Medical
911 Dispatch
American Red Cross of Northern New York
203 North Hamilton Street
Watertown, NY 13601
(315)782-4410
