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Be part of the biggest celebration of good character in the world! We’ve posted four installments of free resources to help you plan your National CHARACTER COUNTS! Week activities. The latest installment includes a press release lesson plan, bonus lessons (one from our partners at Bearing Books), discussion and activity ideas for combining CC! Week with Red Ribbon Week, ideas for Pillar Friday, and ideas for character development beyond CC! Week.
Wondering what others are doing for CHARACTER COUNTS! week? Recently we spoke to Leslie Mowers, a crime-prevention specialist at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and the CC! Coordinator for the city of San Clemente, California. Mowers began the San Clemente CC! Jamboree in 1997. That year about 50 people attended. Now the fair hosts over 90 booths and as many as 2,000 people.
Are you ready for the celebration of a lifetime? We eagerly await the third week of October in Friendswood, Texas, because it offers us a chance to cheer for character and renew our commitment to a healthy, drug-free lifestyle.
Be part of the biggest celebration of good character in the world! We’ve posted three installments of free resources to help you plan your National CHARACTER COUNTS! Week activities. The latest installment includes a CC! Week song, a video excerpt and lesson plan, and a segment from the Auto-B-Good storybooks, all free!
Want to be part of the biggest celebration of good character in the world? We have posted the second installment of free resources to make it easy for you to participate. Help yourself!
We’re proud to announce that Suzanne Wentley, outreach worker and grant writer at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Martin County, Florida, has won our first National CHARACTER COUNTS! Week photo contest for the photo above. She will receive a $200 Best Buy gift card. We were overwhelmed with the submissions. The images highlighted the breadth »
