# Ruby Hero Awards **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 17, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-hero-awards/135014 "2008-04-17T06:00:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![patched](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@patched](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/patched)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-hero-awards/135014/1 "2008-04-17T06:00:24Z")
Hey guys, ``` Some of you may have already heard about this, but I thought I'd ``` post it to the list since there are quite a few people here who probably deserve some recognition and gratitude. ``` This morning we put up the Ruby Hero Awards (http:// ``` [www.RubyHeroes.com](http://www.RubyHeroes.com)). There are many people in the Ruby/Rails world who contribute to our community and rarely receive any recognition or payment for their work. They write educational blogs & tutorials, create plugins & gems, contribute to open source projects, and put on events, and help out people who need assistance on mailing lists like this. ``` Ruby Hero Awards was created to show some gratitude and give these ``` people the recognition they deserve. Hopefully the type of recognition that keeps them doing what they’re doing, and continuing to make our community stronger. ``` So if you want to show some gratitude then take a moment to ``` nominate someone you think is a Ruby Hero [http://www.RubyHeroes.com](http://www.RubyHeroes.com). ``` The winners will be announced on stage at Railsconf next month. ``` Gregg P. [RailsEnvy.com](http://RailsEnvy.com)