Dearborn's 2021 Veteran Of The Year Nominations Due Oct. 15

DEARBORN, MI — The Dearborn Allied War Veterans Council is accepting nominations for the 2021-22 Dearborn Veteran of the Year award. The deadline for nominations is Friday, Oct. 15, 2021.

Printable nomination forms can be located on the City’s website at cityofdearborn.org by searching “Veteran of the Year.” Forms can be picked up at the Dearborn Administrative Center (DAC), 16901 Michigan Avenue.

Completed forms can be emailed to fsaad@ci.dearborn.mi.us or dropped off at the DAC by the Oct. 15, 2021 deadline.

The award is presented each Veterans Day, Nov. 11, to a veteran judged to have made a significant contribution to the Dearborn community and to the interests of veterans.

• Nominations must be made by a Dearborn resident or a Dearborn veterans organization
• Nominee’s community service and work on behalf of veterans’ causes must have been done on a volunteer basis.
• Nominee must belong to a veteran’s organization that is part of the DAWVC.
• Nominee does not need to be a Dearborn resident.
• There have been 38 Veterans of the Year since DAWVC initiated the award in 1982.

Veterans of the Year are remembered at the DAC on an engraved wall plaque.

Duties for the new Veteran of the Year include providing remarks at the Veterans Day service and leading the Pledge of Allegiance at ceremonies on Memorial Day and Flag Day.

The 2021 Veteran of the Year award will be presented during the City’s 2021 Veterans Day ceremony.

For more information, call 313-943-2285.