Nominations Open: Citizen Service Before Self Honors

Do you know a Missourian who puts service before self? If so, you can nominate him or her for the Citizen Service Before Self Honors.

Citizen Service Before Self recognizes and honors ordinary Americans who become extraordinary through their indomitable courage and selflessness. 

• Read more and nominate someone you know

The nominee’s actions must epitomize the concept of “service before self” and must be performed “above and beyond” one’s professional area of responsibility or conduct.

In 2009, David Bryan of Kansas City received the award for rescuing a motorist from a burning vehicle on Interstate 70 near Higginsville.

Three civilian finalists from the across the country will be selected to receive the honors from recipients of the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for valor.

The awards will be presented on March 23 at Arlington National Cemetery near the Tomb of the Unknowns.