Richardson Real Heroes honors volunteers doing great work on behalf of Richardson, Richardson residents or the Richardson Independent School District. Nominations for the 2018 Real Heroes awards are open and can be submitted online through the group’s website.

The basic criteria:

• The service must benefit Richardson, it’s residents or schools.
• The individual receives no monetary compensation for the service.
• The individual has not received significant public recognition for the service.
• Elected officials are not eligible. 

Real Heroes can be nominated in two classifications: Adult (post high school) and Youth (high school age).

More detailed criteria and the nomination form are on the Richardson Real Heroes website at:  www.richardsonrealheroes.com.

“The volunteers nominated are already heroes,” said Barbara Berthold, Real Heroes committee chair. “We want to publicly honor them, their efforts and the organizations they serve. Richardson Real Heroes gives public recognition to people whose dedication might otherwise go unnoticed. We celebrate the power of volunteers whose work contributes so much value to our community.”

Nominations will close at midnight Dec. 23, 2017.

Richardson Real Heroes is in its ninth year of operation and was founded and funded by The Richardson Coalition, a political action committee.

For more information, contact Barbara Berthold: richardsonrealhero@gmail.com