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Our Core Resources grow character no matter what facet of life you’re focusing on.

We offer a collection of quotes on each Character Quality, and include images that are great for using in newsletters or posting on social media.
Our Teambuilding blog offers over 30 different activities, including some which can be used virtually.
The Character Connection posts show how each Character Quality is connected to others, recognizing the Qualities that strengthen it and the Qualities that it in turn strengthens.
Character All Month Long offers opportunities to teach and celebrate character throughout each month.

December Character All Month

by Jill Tomey | December 1, 2025 | Character All Month | 0 Comments

See NationalToday, AndTodayIs, NationalDayCalendar or DaysOfTheYear for more information on these and other holidays to celebrate this month. Date in 2023 Holiday How to Commemorate with Character 1 Rosa Parks Day "One person can change the world." -Rosa Parks. What...

The Gauntlet

by Jill Tomey | December 1, 2025 | Team Building | 0 Comments

If the group is large, you may want to divide it into several gauntlets. If the group is young, you may want to divide the boys and girls. This will take considerable room. Create a gauntlet of participants by forming two lines, facing one another. Space the people in...

Related Qualities – Authenticity

by Jill Tomey | November 25, 2025 | Character Connection | 0 Comments

Authenticity strengthens: Justice by being transparent about your motives concerning issues of justice. Trustworthiness because being transparent invites trust. Loyalty by being committed to others for transparent reasons. Forgiveness by apologizing with a sincere...

Authenticity Quotes

by Jill Tomey | November 25, 2025 | Character Quotables | 0 Comments

Loving the quote images?Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more like them throughout the month! “What's a man's first duty? The answer's brief: To be himself.” -Henrik Ibsen “When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people's...

November Character All Month

by Jill Tomey | November 1, 2025 | Character All Month | 0 Comments

See NationalToday, Checkiday and Happy Days 365 for more information on these and other holidays to celebrate this month.7 1 Extra Mile Day How will you go above and beyond on #ExtraMileDay? You are an agent of #Change no matter how small the action. #Generosity ...

Group Thumb Wars

by Jill Tomey | October 30, 2025 | Team Building | 0 Comments

Line up your group in 2 lines facing each other. The players facing each other are partners. Have the partners spread out from the other partners so they don’t easily hear another partner group sharing. If you have an odd number of players, then one person has a “bye”...

Related Qualities – Cautiousness

by Jill Tomey | October 21, 2025 | Character Connection | 0 Comments

Cautiousness strengthens: Responsibility by carefully thinking before acting and considering consequences. Kindness by being less likely to speak or act in a way they will later regret Decisiveness by taking the time to gather information, analyze potential outcomes,...

October Character All Month

by Jill Tomey | October 1, 2025 | Character All Month | 0 Comments

See NationalToday, AndTodayIs, NationalDayCalendar or DaysOfTheYear for more information on these and other holidays to celebrate this month. Always 1 International Music Day Happy #InternationalMusicDay! The aim of this day is to harness the power of #Music to...

Platforms and Promises

by Jill Tomey | October 1, 2025 | Team Building | 0 Comments

Set the stage for an election with your group. You can choose or create a position that all the participants will run for such as “President”, Principal” or “Activities Director”. You may also allow each person to run for whatever office they choose encouraging...

Cautiousness Quotes

by Jill Tomey | September 22, 2025 | Character Quotables | 0 Comments

Loving the quote images?Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more like them throughout the month! "Carelessness about our security is dangerous; carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous." -Adlai E. Stevenson "Caution is not cowardly. Carelessness is...