ABOUT
Our Mission: To actively build and nurture trustworthiness 
, respect 
,
responsibility 
, fairness 
, caring 
, and citizenship 
throughout our community.
Our Vision: Our community, living the principle that CHARACTER COUNTS!
Want to join us in helping to better Bloomingdale? Just ask!
Membership Dues
Meetings begin at 5:30 pm on the first Wednesday of the month.
For location of next meeting, please see calendar below.
Purpose
Calendar
COALITION MEMBERS/Board of Directors (Links; Past Chair*)
Bloomingdale Chamber of Commerce (Melissa Thorsen)
Bloomingdale Fire Protection District #1 (Matt Beyer)
Bloomingdale Lions Club (Jim King)
Bloomingdale Park District (Sandy Vangundy*)
Bloomingdale Police Department (Michael Roberts)
Bloomingdale Public Library (Kandy Jones)
Bloomingdale School District #13 (Linda Wojcicki* &
Deyana Matt* (IAEA’s 2014 Illinois Art Educator of the Year!))
Bloomingdale Township (Chelsea Gieseke)
Bloomingdale VFW Post 7539 (Bill Bahr*)
Bloomingdale-Roselle Rotary Club (Bill Bahr* - IBEX Systems)
St. Isidore Catholic School (Alma Figueroa)
Village of Bloomingdale (Barb Weber*)
Winnebago School (Cindy Gerwin)
Community-at- large (Liz Harper*, Becky Wyatt)
Contact Web master (Bill Bahr): billb at character60108 dot org
OFFICERS
Chair: Liz Harper (Community-at-Large)
Vice-Chair: Linda Wojcicki (Community-at-large)
Secretary: Becky Wyatt (Community-at-large)
Treasurer: Barb Weber (Village of Bloomingdale) and
Chelsea Gieseke (Bloomingdale Township)
Officer History
1998 Jerry Gordon
1999 Jerry Gordon
2000 Jerry Gordon
2001 Tom Schrieber
2002 Tom Schrieber
2003 Tom Schrieber
2004 Sandy Johnson
2005 Sandy Johnson
2006 Randy Sater
2007 Randy Sater
2008 Randy Sater
2009 Sherry Douglas
2010 Sherry Douglas
2011 Barbara Weber
2012 Barbara Weber
2013 Nancy Butler
2014 Nancy Butler
2015 Bill Bahr
2016 Bill Bahr
2017 Deyana Matt
2018 Deyana Matt
2019 Linda Wojcicki
2020 Linda Wojcicki
2021 Liz Harper
2022 Liz Harper
www.charactercounts.org 
www.character60108.org
As of 2004, the Bloomingdale CHARACTER COUNTS!® Coalition is a federally recognized
not-for-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization. Begun in 1996, it was officially founded in August of 1998.
Early history overview article.
Contributions
www.ibexsystems.com www.bahrnoproducts.com/veteransinfo.html www.bahrnoproducts.com/neighborhoodwatchtips.html
Be Honest
“Bloomingdale -- caring is in our CHARACTER....”
Brochure
Website
If you stare at this below, you’ll see 6 pillars and 1 character counting. 
Facebook
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