The 200 Club of Bergen County is now accepting nominations for the J. Fletcher Creamer, Sr. Annual Valor Awards Dinner, which will be held on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at The Venetian in Garfield. The deadline for applications is Wednesday, July 22, 2026. This award ceremony will honor incidents from August 2025 through July 17, 2026.
Please use the following form to submit nominations (we encourage the submission of supplemental material as necessary):
2026 Valor Awards Nomination Form
Please note the following:
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- The person making the nomination must sign the completed form.
- Please provide as much background material as possible, including the incident report, newspaper articles, etc.
- If additional information on the incident becomes available after your submission, please send it to us.
- The Valor Awards Committee will screen the applications and may request additional information and/or an interview with the nominee/nominees.
- If there are multiple names involved in the same incident, please use the multiple nominee sheet. You do NOT have to complete an application for each person involved in the incident.
The 200 Club annually considers each nomination for one of five awards:
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- Valor Award – An act of bravery, beyond the call of duty, and imminent personal risk to his or her own life and safety, with the full knowledge of the risk involved.
- Meritorious Service Award – An act of demonstrating a high level of courage under perilous conditions that is a credit to him or her and their agency and/or being instrumental in saving a life above and beyond the call of duty.
- Distinguished Service Award – An act demonstrating outstanding bravery under conditions of personal risk to their own life and safety, and beyond their duties.
- John R. Rinaldi Service Award – Recognizing Outstanding Service to an Individual or group.
- John R. Rinaldi Citation Award – Recognizing Outstanding Service as a group.
Please call Jennifer or Joanne at (201) 229-0600 should you have any questions.