The Orthodox Christian Network is pleased to announce that it will honor someone this coming year as its hero. This person must be a layperson and be nominated by someone other than a family member and must have distinguished him or herself in Christian love and service to others. Our listeners around the world will be able to nominate candidates online during the year of 2012. In December, 2012 we will publish the ten finalists chosen by our Board of Directors and Staff online. Our listeners and supporters will then have the privilege of voting for one of these individuals who will be selected as our winner for this year. The winner will be a guest on Come Receive the Light, will receive an excursion paid for by OCN and a $500 donation from OCN in their name to the charity of their choice. The winner will be announced in January of 2013 on our annual Share the Light Sunday.

The Orthodox Christian Network asks those nominating candidates for the award to use the scriptural reference found in the Gospel of Matthew 25:31-46 as a guideline.

Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me

Therefore please choose one of the categories below when making your nomination.

Fill out the form on this page to tell OCN about someone you know who qualifies as a servant leader and model of Orthodox Christianity.

(Note: This is not a vote. Please do not nominate the same person more than once.)

For complete Terms and Conditions, see below.

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Legal Disclosures

Eligibility

In order to be eligible for the OCN Hero Awards Program (the "Awards Program"), nominees must be at least eighteen (18) years of age or older as of January 1, 2012 and some portion of nominee's activities must have taken place on January 1, 2012.  People submitting nominations ("Nominator(s)") must be at least eighteen (18) years of age as of January 1, 2012. The Awards Program is open to Eligible Nominees worldwide who are citizens of countries other than Voided Countries (defined below). Citizens of voided countries are ineligible to enter or win. In addition to those countries set forth on the list below, the Awards Program is also void in those countries where the Awards Program, its mechanisms, its Terms and Conditions and/or its awards or any part(s) of them are prohibited by any applicable law, regulation, guideline or ordinance ("Voided Country").  OCN may determine in its sole discretion at any time during the Awards Program that a country is a Voided Country.  At any time, at OCN's discretion, a Nominee may be deemed ineligible for nomination or participation in the Program, be deemed ineligible to receive a monetary prize under the Program or have the monetary prize otherwise due such person as part of the Program (if any) donated to a charitable organization selected by OCN in its sole discretion. Employees and immediate family members of the staff and board of trustees of The Orthodox Christian Network are not eligible to participate in the Awards Program or submit nominations. The Orthodox Christian Network ("OCN") shall herein be collectively referred to as the "Sponsors".

Nominations

To submit your nomination for the Awards Program log on to www.myocn.net/stl and fill out the submission form providing all required contact information for you and your nominee. Nomination MUST be submitted online. Mail-in nominations will not be accepted. Nominations must be submitted on behalf of another person. Self-nominations will not be accepted. Nominations must be received no later than 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time November 30, 2012.  Nominations must be submitted in English. Nominations may only be submitted in the name of a single person; group nominations are not acceptable. False or deceptive nominations or acts may render a nominee ineligible. All nominations become the property of OCN and will not be returned. OCN reserves the right to edit the nomination as it sees fit for use in publication or promotion. By submitting a nomination you agree to grant Sponsors the right without obligation, unless prohibited by law, to use the contents of your nomination, your name, voice, picture and likeness, without compensation, for the purpose of advertising and publicizing all matters related to the Awards Program and/or the Sponsors in any medium, throughout the world in perpetuity.

Privacy

Nominees may be contacted to provide additional information and have their information verified. OCN reserves the right to request and require additional information from nominees in order to have their nomination considered.

For our international users, please be aware that the information you submit when registering for our services is collected in the United States of America. In addition to being subject to our privacy policy located at www.myocn.net/privacy, the collection, storage, and use of your data will be subject to U.S. laws and regulations, which may be different from the laws and regulations of your home country. By registering for this program, you are consenting to this collection, storage, and use.

Judging

Submissions will be judged by OCN from among all eligible nominations received. If more than one nomination is received for a particular nominee, OCN, in its sole discretion may consider any of the nominations for that individual in its judging.

• The OCN staff and board of trustees will select ten (10) potential finalists (the "Finalists").
• The final round of judging will be done by an online viewer vote conducted on www.myocn.net/hero. Viewers will have the chance to vote in an online poll for the Finalist whose accomplishment, impact and story best exemplifies an OCN Hero. The Nominee who collects the most votes will be the potential winner (the "Winner"). The Winner will be announced on Share the Light Sunday, 2013.

Please note that even if a Finalist may appear to be a leader or Winner online during the online voting, that Finalist has not yet been declared the Winner. OCN shall declare all official Winners. All Finalists are subject to verification by OCN and must meet all eligibility requirements including the execution and return of all necessary releases, or they may be disqualified. The decisions of the Panel will be final and binding. Whether a nominator is identified and which nominator is identified, if there are multiple nominations for one individual, is in the sole discretion of OCN. OCN is not bound by any voting or judging mechanism set forth herein as it maintains sole discretion to name Finalists and Winners and provide awards.

Notification and Publication

Some nominees may be notified by phone, email, or postal service and may be required to submit additional information.

Finalists and any nominee to be featured online or on-air may be required to sign an affidavit verifying their eligibility in this Awards Program including, but not limited to, liability releases, tax acknowledgment forms and, except where prohibited by law, use of name and likeness releases ("Release Documents") and return such documents within seven (7) days of issuance of notification. Execution of the Release Documents will grant Sponsors the right, unless prohibited by law, to use the individuals' names, voices, likenesses, and any of the material provided by them or about them without compensation, for the purpose of advertising and publicizing the services of the Sponsors, all matters related to the Awards Program and the Awards Ceremony in any medium, throughout the world in perpetuity. Notification and/or the featuring of a nominee in no way conveys that a particular Nominee has or will be selected as a Winner. If at any point a Nominee becomes ineligible, chooses not to participate in the Awards Program or is disqualified for any reason, OCN reserves the right to select an alternate Nominee.

Awards

• 1 Winner: The Winner will receive a paid excursion, a 500 dollar gift from OCN to the charity of the winner’s choice and a guest appearance on Come Receive the Light.

Taxes

Finalists and Winner are responsible for the reporting and payment of all taxes as well as any other costs and expenses associated with acceptance and use of an award not specified herein as being awarded. A Finalist or Winner who is a United States citizen or resident must properly complete Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form W-9 and provide to OCN prior to receiving an award. Payments to Finalists or Winners who are not US citizens or residents may be subject to a US withholding tax, which may be as much as 30% of the award. Additional documents may also be required prior to the provision of any award, including but not limited to IRS Form W-8BEN in the case of Finalists or Winners who are not US citizens or residents. Please consult your tax advisor regarding the taxation of your award since special rules may apply.

General

If, for any reason, the Awards Program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsors which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Awards Program, OCN reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Awards Program. Sponsors assume no responsibility for any error, omissions, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation with transmission, communications, line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or allegation of submissions. Sponsors are not responsible for any problem or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, equipment or software, failure of any email or entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, phone lines, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to a participant's computer related to or resulting from participation in this Contest. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A PARTICIPANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE AWARDS PROGRAM IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSORS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Sponsors are not responsible for any late, lost, garbled, misdirected, incomplete, or damaged entries; any disruptions, injuries, losses or damages caused by events beyond the control of Sponsors; or any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Awards Program. The Awards Program Entities are not in any way responsible or liable for the use of the funds donated or for any damage, loss or injury (including death) resulting from participation in the Awards Program and/or acceptance and use of any awards won.

Voided Countries

Bhutan
Brunei Darussalam
China
Laos
Maldives
Mongolia
South Pacific Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
Pacific Islands Trust
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Macau
Sri Lanka
Tibet

And all countries currently under sanction by the OFAC. Please note that the list of sanctioned countries can change at any time, however, a current list can always be located at http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/programs/

As of 08/16/11, the list of OFAC sanctioned countries is:
Balkans
Belarus
Burma
Cote d'Ivoire
Cuba
DR of the Congo
Iran
Iraq
Liberia (the former regime of Charles Taylor)
Lebanon
Libya
Myanmar
North Korea
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Zimbabwe

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