Kindness still reigns.
Columbus Monthly, The Columbus Dispatch and Columbus CEO magazine want your help in celebrating Everyday Kindness Heroes who make Central Ohio communities better with selfless actions, sacrifice and good deeds.
Now in its eighth year, the Everyday Kindness Heroes program is accepting nominations for its 2025 kindness class.
Nominate a hero via an online form at Dispatch.com through Aug. 3.
At the end of the year, the nominated members of the community will be recognized in person and in print for their kindness and service to Central Ohio.
This will include five finalists and five semifinalists from among the public’s nominations.
They will be featured in the December issue of Columbus Monthly and The Dispatch in a special feature package.
Honorees also will be celebrated at an event at the end of the year, when an overall hero will be announced.
Additional Heroes for 2025
Since The Dispatch hired a human kindness reporter through a partnership with the Center for HumanKindness at The Columbus Foundation to grow the coverage of good news in the community, the program has expanded.
Now, five additional heroes will be chosen from among those featured in the kindness coverage over the course of the entire year.
The presenting sponsor for Everyday Kindness Heroes is the Center for HumanKindness at The Columbus Foundation. Other sponsors are AEP and the United Way of Central Ohio.
Nominate a 2025 Everyday Kindness Hero
This article was made possible by support from the Center for HumanKindness at The Columbus Foundation, which has partnered with The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus Monthly and Columbus CEO to profile those making our community a better place. Help us inspire kindness by suggesting people, initiatives or organizations for Reporter Sophia Veneziano to profile. She can be reached at sveneziano@dispatch.com. Learn more at ColumbusMonthly.com/Kindness. The Dispatch, Monthly and CEO retain full editorial independence for all content.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Everyday Kindness Heroes: Nominate a Community Champion for the 2025 Awards
Reporting by Sophia Veneziano, Columbus Monthly / The Columbus Dispatch
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