ABOUT
Our Mission: To actively build and nurture trustworthiness 
, respect 
,
responsibility 
, fairness 
, caring 
, and citizenship 
throughout our community.
Our Vision: Our community, living the principle that CHARACTER COUNTS!
Want to join us in helping to better Bloomingdale? Just ask!
Membership Dues
Meetings begin at 5:00 pm on the first Thursday of the month.
For location of next meeting, please see calendar link below.
Calendar
Purpose
COALITION MEMBERS/Board of Directors (Links; Past Chair*)
Bloomingdale Baseball & Softball Association (Ed Zehme)
Bloomingdale Chamber of Commerce (Melissa Thorsen)
Bloomingdale Fire Protection District #1 (Matt Beyer)
Bloomingdale Lions Club (Jim King)
Bloomingdale Park District (Sandy Vangundy*)
Bloomingdale Police Department (Michael Roberts)
Bloomingdale Public Library (Kandy Jones)
Bloomingdale School District #13 (Linda Wojcicki,* Jon Bartelt, Ashley Harsila)
Bloomingdale Township (Dawn Arimura)
Bloomingdale VFW Post 7539 (Bill Bahr*)
Bloomingdale-Roselle Rotary Club (Bill Bahr* - IBEX Systems)
St. Isidore Catholic School (Alma Figueroa)
Village of Bloomingdale (Kate Buggy)
Winnebago School PTO (Marquardt SD 15) (TBD)
Community-at- large (Liz Harper*, Becky Wyatt)
Contact Web master (Bill Bahr): info at character60108 dot org
OFFICERS
Chair: Linda Wojcicki (Community-at-Large)
Vice-Chair: Liz Harper (Community-at-large) 
Secretary: Bill Bahr (Rotary and VFW)
Treasurer: Kate Buggy (Village of Bloomingdale)
Officer History
1998 Jerry Gordon
1999 Jerry Gordon
2000 Jerry Gordon
2001 Tom Schrieber
2002 Tom Schrieber
2003 Tom Schrieber
2004 Sandy Johnson
2005 Sandy Johnson
2006 Randy Sater
2007 Randy Sater
2008 Randy Sater
2009 Sherry Douglas
2010 Sherry Douglas
2011 Barbara Weber
2012 Barbara Weber
2013 Nancy Butler
2014 Nancy Butler
2015 Bill Bahr
2016 Bill Bahr
2017 Deyana Matt
2018 Deyana Matt
2019 Linda Wojcicki
2020 Linda Wojcicki
2021 Liz Harper
2022 Liz Harper
2023 Linda Wojcicki
2024 Linda Wojcicki
www.charactercounts.org 
www.character60108.org
As of 2004, the Bloomingdale CHARACTER COUNTS!® Coalition is a federally recognized
not-for-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization. Begun in 1996, it was officially founded in August of 1998.
Early history overview article.
Contributions
CC! National’s Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/CharacterCounts
CC! National’s geographical “Around the World” location map
www.ibexsystems.com www.bahrnoproducts.com/veteransinfo.html www.bahrnoproducts.com/neighborhoodwatchtips.html
Be Honest
“Bloomingdale -- caring is in our CHARACTER....”
Brochure
Website
If you stare at this below, you’ll see 6 pillars and 1 character counting. 
Facebook
But if you scan this, you can read the latest news from the Bloomingdale CHARACTER COUNTS! Coalition on Facebook.
Please “like us” there to automatically get great news about how CHARACTER COUNTS! in Bloomingdale!
Click here for our video.
Definitions of Character
What is PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports)?
Blend CHARACTER COUNTS! in with PBIS
Please contact the National CHARACTER COUNTS! office at Drake University to discuss how they can support your CHARACTER COUNTS! and PBIS integration. Contact at customerservice@charactercounts.org
CC!/PBIS Overlay
“Character is revealed when pressure is applied!”
“The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.”
― Heraclitus
“Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and nations alike.” —Theodore Roosevelt
Golden Rule in History
“…but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself….
— Leviticus 19, 18 (King James Version)
The ethic of reciprocity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rule