diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c43a774..33abbaa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+- Add template function to allow expansion of event ID
+
+### Changed
+- Updated included sample event to include event ID
+
 ## [0.8.1] - 2020-10-22
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a01ee0c..d20b7fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
   - [Handler definition](#handler-definition)
 - [Annotations](#annotations)
 - [Templates](#templates)
-  - [Formatting Timestamps in Templates](#formatting-dates-in-templates)
+  - [Formatting Timestamps in Templates](#formatting-timestamps-in-templates)
+  - [Formatting the Event ID in Templates](#formatting-the-event-id-in-templates)
 - [Installing from source and contributing](#installing-from-source-and-contributing)
 
 ## Overview
@@ -194,6 +195,20 @@ timestamps.
 [...]
 ```
 
+#### Formatting the Event ID in Templates
+
+Each Sensu Go event contains a unique event ID (UUID) that is presented to
+this handler in a non-printable format.  To properly print this value as
+part of a template, the function UUIDFromBytes is provided.  The example
+below shows its use:
+
+```
+[...]
+<b>Event ID</b>: {{UUIDFromBytes .ID}}
+<h3>Check Output Details</h3>
+<b>Check Output</b>: {{.Check.Output}}
+```
+
 ## Installing from source and contributing
 
 Download the latest version of the sensu-email-handler from [releases][1],
diff --git a/event.json b/event.json
index 6cd2e24..0dd304e 100644
--- a/event.json
+++ b/event.json
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 {
+	"timestamp": 1598478983,
+  "id": "e60d1549-bd57-4281-8273-1a04409aa9fa",
   "entity": {
     "entity_class": "agent",
     "system": {
@@ -118,5 +120,4 @@
       "annotations": null
     }
   }
-	"timestamp": 1598478983
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 5bae3e0..8bb64e6 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	ttemplate "text/template"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/sensu-community/sensu-plugin-sdk/sensu"
 	corev2 "github.com/sensu/sensu-go/api/core/v2"
 )
@@ -364,12 +365,14 @@ func resolveTemplate(templateValue string, event *corev2.Event, contentType stri
 	if contentType == ContentHTML {
 		// parse using html/template
 		tmpl, err = htemplate.New("test").Funcs(htemplate.FuncMap{
-			"UnixTime": func(i int64) time.Time { return time.Unix(i, 0) },
+			"UnixTime":      func(i int64) time.Time { return time.Unix(i, 0) },
+			"UUIDFromBytes": uuid.FromBytes,
 		}).Parse(templateValue)
 	} else {
 		// default parse using text/template
 		tmpl, err = ttemplate.New("test").Funcs(ttemplate.FuncMap{
-			"UnixTime": func(i int64) time.Time { return time.Unix(i, 0) },
+			"UnixTime":      func(i int64) time.Time { return time.Unix(i, 0) },
+			"UUIDFromBytes": uuid.FromBytes,
 		}).Parse(templateValue)
 	}