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!
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
Contact Web master (Bill Bahr): info at character60108 dot org
www.charactercounts.org 
www.character60108.org
CC! National’s Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/CharacterCounts
www.ibexsystems.com www.bahrnoproducts.com/veteransinfo.html www.bahrnoproducts.com/neighborhoodwatchtips.html
Be Honest
“Bloomingdale -- caring is in our CHARACTER....”
Website
If you stare at this below, you’ll see 6 pillars and 1 character counting. 
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!
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
“Leaders of character know the difference between right and wrong and have the courage to act accordingly; that is, they have the moral fiber to take the harder right than the easier wrong.” p 391, George Washington and Benedict Arnold: A Tale of Two Patriots. By Dave R. Palmer.