Do you have a relative, a friend or a co-worker who is having an impact in your local community? Every day there are good people doing great deeds in our community -- volunteers who are going well beyond their expected duties.

The Jefferson Awards is an award organization founded by Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis in 1972 to encourage and honor people for their contributions through community service.

A Jefferson Awards honoree will be chosen once a month by ABC7. The honoree will be profiled on Eyewitness News at 6pm. The honoree will also receive a Jefferson Awards Medal, a $1,000 donation to the charity or community organization of their choice, and will be recognized at a special event hosted by ABC7.

A distinguished panel of community leaders will select one local honoree to attend the National Jefferson Awards festivities in Washington, D.C. That honoree will also be eligible for the prestigious Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award.

Any nomination should address two simple issues:

1. Outstanding personal acts:
   Here is an ordinary individual performing outstanding personal acts. This individual stands out for taking extra steps. The individual acts were outstanding, unique or heroic.
2. Community impact and helping others:
   Beside the heroic acts of the individual, the individual has positively impacted the community. The acts of this individual helped hundreds of others. Look at the change or improvement that this individual was responsible for while addressing important issues facing the Southern California community.

To be eligible, individuals must be volunteers, not paid professionals, who are going well above and beyond their job description.

Step 1: Nominee information

In this section we require information on the individual being nominateed for a Jefferson Award.

First Name
Last Name
E-mail Address
Address 1
Address 2
City
State
Zip Code
Home Phone
Work Phone

Step 2: Nominator information

In this section we require information on you, the person making the nomination.

First Name
Last Name
E-mail address
Address 1
Address 2
City
State
Zip Code
Home Phone
Work Phone

Step 3: Nominator summary sentence

In this section we require information on you, the person making the nomination.

Step 4: Outstanding personal acts

Here is an ordinary individual performing outstanding personal acts. This individual stands out for taking extra steps. The individual acts were "outstanding"... "unique"... "heroic."

Step 5: Community impact

Beside the heroic acts of the individual, the individual has positively impacted the community. The acts of this individual helped hundreds of others. Look at the change or improvement that this individual was responsible for while addressing important issues facing our community.