A Portland man who was among 20 national finalists nominated for the Citizen Service Before Self awards has come up short.
Mark Swann was nominated to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation award for providing decades of service to Portland’s homeless community.
Swann serves as executive director of the city’s Preble Street Resource Center. He was nominated for the category of individuals who sacrificed for others through a prolonged series of selfless acts.
The Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation announced the winners on Monday. They included: James McCormick of New Haven, W.Va., Montel Mixon of Saint Paul, Minn. and Brandon Wemhoff of Lincoln, Neb.
The Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation is a non-profit organization founded by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society to perpetuate the Medal of Honor’s legacy of courage, sacrifice, selfless service and patriotism.
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