History  A Year At A Glance 2007

January 2007

   The Council's 4th kick Off Breakfast/Meeting was a great success, with special speakers, Jo Buckles, Lu Young, Lisa Hamilton, and county judge Ed Philman. The entire membership voted unanimously to have the ALERT Academy unit 36 here for a work week. It was planned to have them serve the widows, elderly, and disabled veteran. Arnold and Geri Jackson, owners of "Faith Place" at Otter Springs, invited the unit to tent camp on the grounds at the RV park With financial contributions from local individuals and businesses food was obtained as well as bottled water and implements to serve the food. The Gilchrist Rotary Club invited the unit to a luncheon meeting on Monday night after they arrived. Three churches invited a few men from each unit to attend their Wednesday Night Family Supper and to speak about the academy. There was a Youth Rally on Friday evening a week after the unit arrived. That Saturday Evening there was a covered dish dinner for the team at the lodge of "Faith Place." The members of the Character council attended as well.

February 2007

   The council sponsored the Alert Team Unit 36, from Big Sandy TX. which performed demolition work and cleanup and small repairs for widows, elderly couples, and disabled veterans of Gilchrist County. There were over 100 individuals and businesses as well as five local churches who pitched in to make the week such a marvelous success. There were 514 sandwiches made, 54 loaves of bread consumed, 80 pounds of ground meat was cooked and served as well as 3 turkeys, 5 pounds of oatmeal, 10.5 pounds of cheese, 240 mouth-watering biscuits with honey60 oatmeal raisin cookies, 6 cases of canned fruit, 28 gallons of juice and tea, and 10 cases of bottled water were inhaled by these hard working young men. A special bond was created between those who came to serve and those who served them. It was a week which will never be forgotten!

March 2007 - July 2007

   Regular Membership meetings were held. The Town of Bell City Council was encouraged to sign a resolution to be a "City of Character" The resolution was signed in April 2007. Three meetings per year were established to be held at the Bell Community Center on various dates at 6pm.

August 2007

   The 5th annual "Community Character Forum" was sponsored by the C.C. Doug Murr, a national "Character First" Associate Advisor and Mrs. Rose Mary Flagler, of Progress Energy Corp. were keynote speakers. Three teens from Bell High School J.R.O.T.C. also gave talks about why certain character qualities were important to them.

September 2007

   There are currently thirteen Council Committees which have chairmen and all are active in promoting the positive character agenda of the council.

October 2007

   The Character Council of Gilchrest County acted as primary sponsor for the Loomis Brothers Circus on October 26th and 27th. This event's purpose was to raise money so Character T-Shirts could be ordered and distributed to elementary school "Citizen of the Month" winners.

November 2007

For the 5th year in a row the Character Council sponsored a "Three Ring Toss" kids game booth at the 27th annual "Down Home Days" Arts and Crafts Festival. The festival was sponsored by The Church of the Nazarene.

December 2007

   The Character Council sponsored a float in the annual Bell Christmas Parade and won a trophy for the theme, "A Storybook Christmas." We can now boast of over 50 people on it's email and regular mailing list. (Click Here to Get On Our Mailing List & Stay up to Date!)

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