[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 13168-13169]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              TRIBUTE TO 
                          FLORIDACHARACTER.ORG

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                          HON. DAVID W. JOLLY

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 20, 2016

  Mr. JOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I wish to recognize FloridaCharacter.org for 
promoting morality in schools, families, communities and workplaces 
throughout our community.
  FloridaCharacter.org helps young people everywhere strive to be 
ethical and engaged citizens irrespective of their backgrounds. They 
are a nonprofit organization that works with districts, schools and 
other organizations to help foster a culture where young people thrive 
both academically and morally. They provide the necessary resources for 
educators, community activists, workplaces, and parents to create a 
productive environment.
  Due to the extraordinary success of their model, FloridaCharacter.org 
provides tutorials to organizations across the world who wish to

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institute similar values in their communities. This template is named 
``The 11 Principles of Effective Character Education'' which 
appropriately sums up their philosophy on character education. 
FloridaCharacter.org also helps people exchange ideas and resources 
through a network of organizations, schools, and individuals while 
discussing potentially beneficial approaches to further their work.
  I would like to thank FloridaCharacter.org for being such an 
upstanding organization that works to encourage integral values such as 
honesty and respect, in parallel to an exemplary education. I thank 
FloridaCharacter.org for their passion and exceptional work, and ask 
that this body join me in recognizing them as well.

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