Bloomingdale CHARACTER COUNTS Coalition

Congratulations, Kandy, Bloomingdale CHARACTER COUNTS! Coalition board member! https://www.facebook.com/share/uqS3jG5hwWbJ4CS9/

The Georgene Geils 2024 Woman of the year award goes to Kandy Jones from the Bloomingdale Public Library!

For nearly 30 years Kandy Jones has been a cornerstone of the Bloomingdale community as the school liaison for the Bloomingdale public library.

Bloomingdale CHARACTER COUNTS! Coalition Celebration Night event photos:

Character Counts Night 2024-25 - Google Drive

2024 American Youth Character Awards (see photo)

From the left. Presenter in the back row, award recipient in front of their respective presenter.

Back row Nancy Duxbury, Bloomingdale Barracuda Swim & Dive Team President
Front row Oliver Johnson, Swim Team Youth Athlete

Back row Patrick Haugens, Principal DuJardin School
Front row Madison Majewski, student

Back row Stacy Johnston, Principal Erickson School
Front row Jillian Lehman, student

Back row Matt Benrus, 8th Grade Teacher, St. Isidore School
Front row Eva Williams, student

Back row Stefan Larsson, Principal Westfield School
Front row Jacob (Jake) Kane, student

Back row Cody Battaglia, Principal Winnebago School
Front row Liam Young, student

Village of Bloomingdale Trustee Frank Bucaro

Great video, truthfully! :)

Honesty - Girl Scout Promises No False Advertising Steve Hartman from CBS News meets a girl scout who tells the whole truth about her cookies.Character CountsKindness 101

Thought you’d find this “interesting.” To our knowledge, this Memorial is the only one in the nation containing relics from all major American wars! Thanks for likes, comments, and subscribes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QmUENR_Er4

Cemetery Memorial for Veterans in Bloomingdale, Illinois This YouTube video overviews the Memorial for Veterans in the St. Paul/Evergreen Cemetery in Bloomingdale, Illinois. To our knowledge, this Memorial is the ...

Check out this 7-minute video about AMPUTEE REHABILITATION at WALTER REED ARMY HOSPITAL (pillars of citizenship and caring). You may recognize someone's brother. :)

Walking miracles open up about their incredible recoveries at Walter Reed | Fox News Video 'Fox News Sunday' takes a look inside the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day

Those ready to re-up, visit 2va.org

Pillar of Citizenship: 4 ordered, sustainable liberty, 3x huzzah! :)

"Arbitrary power [tyranny, dictatorship] is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness [lawlessness, irresponsibility, anarchy]." -- George Washington Motto: “Deeds, not words.”

On This Day - What Happened Today In History On This Day In History: anniversaries, birthdays, major events, and time capsules. This day's facts in the arts, politics, and sciences.

Bloomingdale-Roselle Rotary Club is a member of BCC!C. 4YI, here's an excellent, long-lost overview audio/video of "Rotary in an Hour." Feel free to share with your Rotary friends:

Rotary in an Hour "Rotary in an Hour" was "designed especially for new and prospective Rotarians to give an overview of Rotary International and the many ways it serves others...

See attached Rotary Scholarship details for graduating high school seniors in Bloomingdale and Roselle. Information also available at www.brrotary.net Bloomingdale-Roselle Rotary Club is a proud member of the Bloomingdale CHARACTER COUNTS! Coalition.

Please check out Rotary's Scholarship for graduating high school seniors in Bloomingdale and Roselle. Details at www.brrotary.net

The 23rd Annual CHARACTER COUNTS! Recognition Program – Nominations Now Being Accepted
The Bloomingdale CHARACTER COUNTS Coalition annually recognizes members of the Bloomingdale community who regularly exhibit one or more of the Six Pillars of Character: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, and Citizenship. If you know an individual who lives, works, volunteers, or attends school in Bloomingdale who displays one or more of the Six Pillars of Character, you are encouraged to nominate them for this award by completing and submitting a nomination form.
Nomination forms can be found on the Bloomingdale CHARACTER COUNTS! website at www.character60108.org. The deadline for nominations is March 6, 2024. Recipients will be honored at the Annual Recognition Breakfast in April.

The 23rd Annual CHARACTER COUNTS! Recognition Program – Nominations Now Being Accepted

The Bloomingdale CHARACTER COUNTS Coalition annually recognizes members of the Bloomingdale community who regularly exhibit one or more of the Six Pillars of Character: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, and Citizenship. If you know an individual who lives, works, volunteers, or attends school in Bloomingdale who displays one or more of the Six Pillars of Character, you are encouraged to nominate them for this award by completing and submitting a nomination form.

Nomination forms can be found on the Bloomingdale CHARACTER COUNTS! website at www.character60108.org. The deadline for nominations is March 6, 2024. Recipients will be honored at the Annual Recognition Breakfast in April.

Heads up on our 2024 Annual Recognition Program: “What is honored in a country will be cultivated there.” -- Plato.
Help honor someone now! Deadline for submitting nominations for our Annual Recognition Program is 6 March. Printable forms are available at http://www.character60108.org/awards.html Past awardees are listed at http://www.character60108.org/annual%20recognition%20awards.html

Annual Recognition Awards Bloomingdale (IL) CHARACTER COUNTS! Coalition: To actively build & nurture trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, & citizenship.

Have a (slightly belated) Happy Veterans Day weekend, especially to all who served!

Congratulations to our schools!

Congratulations to Bloomingdale School District 13! So proud of your staff, students and parents!

Our 2023 CHARACTER COUNTS! awardees at our Annual Award Recognition Breakfast. Congratulations!

North Shore School District 112 recently gave awards to many of their incredible CHARACTER COUNTS! students and displayed this awesome message for all to see! We love it! 🙌🥳

📸: North Shore School District 112, Highwood, IL North Shore School District 112

From Bill Bahr: Here's a simplified version of my "Political Strategy: George Washington's Key to Liberty" Youtube video. Click on the drawing to see all of it. CHARACTER COUNTS! Be a Pillar of Citizenship and have a great, freedom-sustaining weekend! 🙂

For the Pillar of Citizenship, check out: iCivics.org

Practice good citizenship by making your community a better place 🌱🙌

CHARACTER COUNTS! "National" has a great page. Subscribe for daily or almost daily quotes!

Be fair in your actions 🤝🧡

Please check this out!

Home | iCivics iCivics exists to engage students in meaningful civic learning. We provide teachers well-written, inventive, and free resources that enhance their practice and inspire their classrooms.

If you haven't already done so, check out and hopefully "like" CC! National's page: https://www.facebook.com/CharacterCounts

Character Counts CHARACTER COUNTS! is centered around values called the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, res

Bloomingdale Park District extends a special thank you to Illinois State Senator Seth Lewis (pictured far right) and Illinois State Representative Jennifer Sanalitro (pictured far left) for their loyal and continued support for the mission of parks and recreation in Illinois. Both attended the recent Illinois Association of Park Districts and the Illinois Park and Recreation Association Soaring To New Heights state conference held in Chicago.

They are pictured with Bloomingdale Park District's Joe Potts, Executive Director, and Sandy Vangundy, Director of Recreation, following an awards presentation at the conference. Sandy received the prestigious Community Impact Award at this year’s conference as part of a luncheon program attended by the state legislators. She was nominated by her colleagues at the Bloomingdale Park District with a committee of state-wide peers reviewing and deciding on the award winner.

Congratulations to the 2022 American Youth Character Award Recipients, pictured with their nominating officials (l to r): Village Trustee Frank Bucaro, Nora Spiewak (Cody Battaglia, Principal of Winnebago Elementary), Hriddhima (Tiya) Tenneti (Principal Stefan Larsson, Westfield Middle), Quinn Carlson (Principal Stacy Johnston, Erickson Elementary), Neo Camara (Asst. Principal, Brian Sheehan, St. Isidore School), Alisha Kshatriya, (Sandy Aichele, Head Coach Bloomingdale Beamers) and Mackenzie Hubbers (Principal Patrick Haugens, DuJardin)
The Bloomingdale CHARACTER COUNTS! Coalition's annual Celebration Night was held on Tuesday, October 4. This year's theme was the Pillar of Caring. The evening included the presentation of the 2022 American Youth Character Awards, (award recipients are pictured above with their respective school official). Mayor Franco was in attendance and Village Trustee Frank Bucaro read the Proclamation of all of the Coalition members proclaiming CHARACTER COUNTS! Day in the Village of Bloomingdale. The audience was entertained by student performances.

To learn more about CHARACTER COUNTS!, please visit the Bloomingdale CHARACTER COUNTS Coalition page.