{"id":50412,"date":"2021-09-15T11:03:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T09:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/competition-nominate-your-community-hero-and-win-20210812-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:17:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:17:22","slug":"competition-nominate-your-community-hero-and-win-20210812-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/competition-nominate-your-community-hero-and-win-20210812-2\/","title":{"rendered":"COMPETITION: Nominate your community hero and win"},"content":{"rendered":"<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_0502cb25\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11341\/640247c30b284b4bb260c07a0e3c4dc7.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11341\/cee3b8c658b9472aa1341f96259001bb.jpg\" title=\"Play in the lap of luxury at The Boardwalk Hotel. Photo: Supplied\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Play in the lap of luxury at The Boardwalk Hotel. Photo: Supplied<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Kouga Express\u00a0<\/em>and The Boardwalk Hotel and Casino are asking readers to nominate their \u201cCommunity Heroes of 2021\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A community hero is someone who has made a significant contribution towards uplifting and bettering their community, whether it is by helping children, a family in need, the elderly, or animals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"adblock ad--loaded ad--margin\" data-adname=\"outstream\" data-adzone=\"\/8900\/24.com\/web\/news24\/southafrica\/local\/pe-express\" data-google-query-id=\"CKe46pfbmfICFQZbGwod6YsIAA\" data-isfluid=\"true\" data-outofpage=\"false\" data-sizes=\"[[550,309],[632,115]]\" data-targets=\"{\" express\",\"artid\":\"4f970119-d79d-4e8b-be3a-7a864e4f9266\",\"adname\":\"outstream\",\"posno\":\"1\",\"pos\":\"1\",\"subscribed\":\"n\",\"registered\":\"n\",\"suspended\":\"n\",\"is-lifestyle\":\"false\",\"section\":\"news24=\"\" id=\"outstream\" local=\"\" news24=\"\" nominate-your-community-hero-and-win-20210802\",\"t_ref\":\"m24\"}\"=\"\" pagetype\":\"article\",\"breadcrumb\":\"news24=\"\" pe-express=\"\" pe-express\",\"live\":\"false\",\"platform\":\"desktop\",\"pagename\":\"https:=\"\" pe-express\",\"prime\":\"n\",\"accreditation\":\"pe=\"\" southafrica=\"\" www.news24.com=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/8900\/24.com\/web\/news24\/southafrica\/local\/pe-express_5__container__\">\n<p>Do you know someone who is filled with kindness and compassion who has gone the extra mile in whatever manner, in what has been an extremely challenging year for most?<\/p>\n<p>We have all been staying home, hunkering down against the cold and trying to stay healthy and motivated as midyear fatigue creeps in.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the <em>Kouga<\/em><em>\u00a0Express\u00a0<\/em>in collaboration with Sun International\u2019s premier Gqeberha hotel, The Boardwalk, is giving you a chance to brighten up one incredible person\u2019s day by nominating them as our Community Hero. And if they win, so do you!<\/p>\n<p>For the month of September we will be running the Community Heroes campaign.<\/p>\n<p>We will choose a Community Hero once a month and they will win an awesome prize, sponsored by The Boardwalk Hotel and Casino.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the competition is to give back to our local heroes and to say thank you for their selfless work.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Nominate your hero<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>All you have to do is share, in 300 words or less, the special abilities and qualities that make your Community Hero a role model for your community.<\/p>\n<p>Describe what it is they do to improve people\u2019s lives and why they deserve to win.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fourth-par-video\">\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Kouga Express\u00a0<\/em>will publish the winning letters in the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>The person who nominated the month\u2019s winning Community Hero will also win the same prize.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>How to enter<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Follow <a 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