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Loudoun Chamber Seeks Valor Award Nominations

Loudoun Chamber is asking for Valor Award nominations to honor the worthiest of fire, emergency rescue and law enforcement personnel.

LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA – The Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for the 32nd Annual Loudoun County Valor Awards, which honor career and volunteer emergency first responders and ordinary citizens for their courageous, often lifesaving actions in 2016, according to a Loudoun Chamber of Commerce announcement.

Nominations are due by January 6, 2017.

In the spring of 2017, the Chamber will honor the worthiest of these fire, emergency rescue and law enforcement personnel at the 32nd annual Valor Awards ceremony.

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All career and volunteer law enforcement, fire and rescue personnel from agencies within Loudoun – including the Towns, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and Virginia State Police – and citizens who live or work in the County are eligible for a Valor Award.

“The Annual Valor Awards is the Loudoun County Chamber’s proudest tradition, because it provides our members the privilege of honoring our community’s emergency first responders and those ordinary citizens whose heroic and selfless actions, often in the face of great peril, have saved lives and kept our community safe,” said Chamber President Tony Howard.

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To submit a nomination for the 2017 Valor Awards, please complete the online nomination form on the Loudoun County Chamber’s website.

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