History
Character Counts! is a coalition founded by the Josephson Institute
of Ethics, a non-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian coalition of
schools, communities, and non-profit organizations working to
advance character education by teaching the Six Pillars of
Character: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness,
Caring and Citizenship
In 1999, a citizen of Queen Anne's County proposed to the Community
Partnerships for Children, our local management board, to hold a
public forum to discuss the issue of violence to children. First on
the list was to provide children in our county with after-school
programs and second was to promote character development in our
children. Since after-school programs were currently being offered
and the Community Partnerships was an active member with this
effort, the Community Partnerships for Children began gathering
information pertaining to character development and methods to bring
this idea to the community. By proclamation of the Queen Anne's
County Commissioners, an Advisory Council was formed to partner with
the people of Queen Anne's County to support and embrace character
development in all aspects of our lives.