American Red Cross of Lubbock County is inviting you to nominate people in several categories by contacting the American RED CROSS South Plains Chapter, 806-765-8534 or you can reach Executive Director Laura Hann’s direct line at 806-765-6790.
These Champions may be a friend or family member, a neighbor, a co-worker, a firefighter, police officer, or in the medical profession. The nominee may be a professionally trained life-saver or simply a Good Samaritan.
In the year 2011 former champion, Josh Groves won the Young-Adult Humanitarian Award. He said, “Winning this award opened up a lot of doors for me because while I was in school I put this experience on my resume which opened another door for me to receive the construction award at Texas Tech and at the time I had been to Haiti 20 times doing humanitarian work. Groves is hoping to return to Haiti in the near future. He didn’t expect to win this award, “I didn’t want to take credit for it, and I just felt that it needed to be done.” Groves explaining that he built those homes because he wanted to not because he had to.
Help the Red Cross recognize these individuals by nominating them, by February 10th, for the following categories… Fire Services, Animal, First Responder, Youth, Medical, Adult Humanitarian, and Community.
Then join the Red Cross on March 4th at 9 a.m. at AeroCare (located by the airport adjacent to silent wings) to honor and celebrate these heroic acts. Proceeds from the Champions Breakfast will benefit local Red Cross disaster relief and emergency services.
(News release from American Red Cross)
