Courage In the Community
vs. conformity
Overcoming fear to say and do what is right
To practice Courage, I will: 
- know the truth
- get help when I am afraid
- support others when they are right
- be willing to stand alone
- help those who are bullied or abused
“Courage Strengthens all other Qualities”
Name your top three Character strengths. How does your Courage help you succeed in those areas? Did you always have confidence in those Character qualities, or did you build it with your courage? It could have been built in small steps or significant steps. It could have been intentional or just part of growing up or maturing. Recognizing how you have used courage in areas you have success in can make it more available for future endeavors. You could use your Courage to strengthen a quality you want to use more. You could also use Courage to apply your strongest qualities differently.
What quality needs your Courage?
The Links below will take you to Resources you can use with the family or within community organizations
to teach the Character Quality of Courage.
The following activities are related to dates this month and can relate to any character quality or good character in general.
September Character All Month
See NationalToday, AndTodayIs, NationalDayCalendar or DaysOfTheYear for more information on these and other holidays to celebrate this month. Day in September Holiday How to Commemorate with Character 2 Labor Day On #LaborDayWeekend, we are #Grateful for the benefits...
First Day Of Autumn
Make a Character Tree to identify character-based behavior on which you can focus. You can either draw or print a picture of a tree. Write suggestions of good behaviors on cutouts of leaves. If you write in a bold black marker, the children can color them with fall...
Day of Encouragement
Day of Encouragement (Sept 12) was started in 2007 by a group of Searcy, Arkansas teenagers who felt that encouragement could help many teens face their problems. The Mayor of Searcy proclaimed September 12, Day of Encouragement. A similar proclamation was made by the...
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