Who are Sheboygan County's 2022 People of the Year? Share your nomination with us.

Brandon Reid, Sheboygan Press
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SHEBOYGAN - The Sheboygan Press will again recognize the people who have made a difference in our community in the past year with our annual People of the Year list.

Here's how you can help us decide who should be on the list.

How to nominate someone

Email a name and a paragraph or two explaining the nomination to Sheboygan Press Editor Brandon Reid at breid@gannett.com.

You can also call 920-686-2984 and leave a voicemail message explaining your nomination.

Nominations are due by noon Dec. 1.

Ground rules

People of the Year can be any of the people who made an impact in our area in 2022.

Nominees may be people whose contributions are well known, or they may be people whose work has been mostly unheralded or behind the scenes.

Think impact

When thinking about People of the Year, “impact” can be defined in a lot of ways — and we welcome many interpretations of what it means to make a difference.

The best candidates will likely be those whose efforts made specific, concrete changes in the area or who otherwise reached a lot of people.

These aren’t lifetime achievement awards. The impact we’re looking for must have happened in this calendar year, 2022.

How we'll determine the list

We’ll take readers’ submissions, add some of our own, and we’ll narrow the list down to our finalists, which we’ll publish in the last week of the year.

2021's People of the Year

FILE - Kohler Company Executive Chairman Herbert V. Kohler Jr. autographs the book 'A Walk to the Ryder Cup' during the kickoff for the Kohler Golf Party Sept. 22, 2021, in Kohler. The Kohler Golf Party was a celebration of the Ryder Cup visit to Whistling Straits in 2021. Kohler was named to the Sheboygan Press People of the Year in 2021. He passed away Sept. 3, 2022.

Last year’s People of the Year included the following:

  • Hannah Noelle, for sharing her story to inspire others;

  • Alex Liosatos, for her efforts to promote health and well-being;

  • Jerry Matzdorf, for his involvement to better the Plymouth community;

  • Mary Arenberg and George Schroeder, for providing above and beyond medical care;

  • Mary Lutzke and Mary Kultgen, for their effort to replace playground equipment at Kohler-Andrae State Park;

  • Herbert V. Kohler Jr., for uplifting the community and bringing the Ryder Cup to town;

  • Brenda Potter, for giving back to the community and helping give shelter to the homeless;

  • Kelly Anderson, for setting a model for delivering healthy meals to the homebound;

  • Michael Thomas, for spreading a message of unity and hope and being active in the community;

  • Sheboygan Christian/Lutheran boys soccer, for earning a state title;

  • Howards Grove volleyball for their state three-peat;

  • Aiden Vandenbush, for winning his second-straight state title; and

  • Cael Erickson, for becoming the fifth state champ in school history.

2021 People of the Year: Sheboygan County's 2021 People of the Year drove growth, protected the environment and the homeless, and pushed for diversity

2020 People of the Year: These 2020 efforts are worth remembering

2019 People of the Year: Stories that made our county proud in 2019

2018 People of the Year: A hero pizza man, athletes whose stories inspired us, and a governor-elect

Contact Brandon Reid at 920-686-2984 or breid@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @breidHTRNews.

This article originally appeared on Sheboygan Press: Nominate someone for Sheboygan Press People of the Year 2022