Dear Roseville Business Owner or Manager,

As a member of our wonderful business community, we would truly appreciate your consideration of this humble appeal to partner with us for the 23rd Annual City Awards Celebration honoring our first responders. We are excited to announce the 23rd Annual City Awards Celebration will be held the evening of April 26, 2024. This awards celebration is our community’s “Thank You” gift back to our brave Fire and Police Departments for their outstanding service to our community.

We are excited and privileged as a community of local and extended area businesses, churches and residents to host the 23rd Annual City Awards Celebration dedicated to honoring our courageous Roseville Police and Fire Personnel who daily serve among us. This is their unique elegant “Emmy” style awards event with award winning journalist, Cristina Mendonsa, as our outstanding emcee.

Each department votes on their peer recipient with the awards presented by the Police Chief and the Fire Chief. (Example: Officer or Firefighter of the Year, Unsung Hero and numerous others.) They vote, and we provide the distinguished awards, festivities and announce the winners. Our previous inspirational guest speakers have ranged from N.Y.P.D. and N.Y.F.D., Mr. T, Erik Estrada (actors), pro athletes, Navy S.E.A.L. veteran to the Chief of the Granite Mountain hotshots. (A movie called “Only the Brave” was released in 2017 depicting their story of the 19 elite firefighters out of 20 who lost their lives fighting the Yarnell Fire in 2013.) Along with numberous others.

It is with heavy hearts we report, in 2023 there were 209 line of duty fatalities across America. 124 Law Enforcement fatalities and 85 Firefighter fatalities.

In addition, several reports state there is a substantial increase of firefighters and law enforcement committed suicide deaths. This is one more reason, we want our fire and police personnel (and their family) to know we appreciate and esteem their sacrifice and service. 

Due to limited seating, the nature of this event, and respecting the privacy of police & fire personnel, this event is not open to the general public.

If any further questions arise, please contact me anytime.

With sincere gratitude,