A LUXURY cruise, 100 bottles of Champagne, trips to Belgium, MP3 players and theatre tickets.

These are just a few of the amazing prizes that will soon be showered on the county’s most amazing people as part of The Coast – Great Citizen Awards 2009.

Do you know a person who deserves one of these prizes for the selfless work they do to help the community?

Maybe they deliver hot meals to the elderly five days a week or put in countless hours with worthwhile charities.

Whatever they do now is your chance to give this person a thank you from the whole community by putting their name forward for one of these prestigious prizes.

The awards The Coast is giving away are worth £150,000.

Selected from many deserving entries four Hampshire people will get the grand prize – including one who will be voted for by Daily Echo readers.

The winners will get the taste of a millionaire’s lifestyle as they and their guest enjoy a cruise along the coast of France aboard luxury motor yacht Salu.

The Mediterranean cruise will visit Antibes, a historic port town on the French Riviera, bustling tourist hotspot St Tropez and Cannes, best known for its film festival and attracting the biggest names in showbusiness.

Winners will get the chance to try their hand at poker in the world famous Monte Carlo casino, eat at top restaurants and water-ski in Mediterranean waters. Or they could work on their tan on deck, relax on stunning beaches or browse some of the world’s most exclusive boutiques as the cruise gives them a tour of the playgrounds of the rich and famous.

Deserving runners-up will have their work recognised with a mini cruise to Belgium on cruise liner Arcadia, a gala dinner and a cocktail party.

If you know someone deserving of the big prize fill in the nominee forms in the Daily Echo.

Send it back to brand promotion manager Kerry Darwin, Southern Daily Echo, Newspaper House, Test Lane, Redbridge, Southampton, SO16 9JX.

The closing date for nominations is March 30.

A panel of judges will pick the most committed nominees to go through to the next round which will then be voted on by readers.

The Hampshire winners and their guests will set sail on May 28.

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