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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.

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. 1 International Music Day Happy #InternationalMusicDay! The aim of this day is to harness the power of #Music to unite...

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...

September Character All Month

by Jill Tomey | September 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. Day in September Holiday How to Commemorate with Character 2 Labor Day On #LaborDayWeekend, we are #Grateful for the benefits...

A Song In Your Heart

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

Ask the group to name some songs that were written about places. After they have named several, explain that people write songs about places that mean something to them. It may be where they met someone special or did something totally new. Have each participant think...

Related Qualities – Kindness

by Jill Tomey | August 29, 2025 | Character Connection | 0 Comments

Kindness strengthens: Trustworthiness by laying the foundation for a relationship. Initiative by providing motivation to get started on a kind act. Loyalty by being kind to whom I am committed. Kindness is a lot like: Gentleness Kindheartedness Considerate Benevolence...

Kindness Quotes

by Jill Tomey | August 29, 2025 | Character Quotables | 0 Comments

Loving the quote images?Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more like them throughout the month! "Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate."-Albert Schweitzer "As...

Cartoon “Character”

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

Discuss famous cartoon characters from Looney Tunes to Disney. Once you have named several characters, allow time for each person to decide which cartoon character they would like to be and what their most visible and positive character trait would be as that cartoon...