Check out the photos from the 2009 Character Community Awards Banquet!

The Town of Richmond Hill and the other eight York Region municipalities are committed to keeping and enhancing our communities as places where families are strong, homes and streets are safe, education is effective, businesses are productive and neighbours care about one another.

Get Your Very Own Character T-Shirt!
Have you seen the Character Community t-shirts around town and would like one for yourself? Well, you can now buy your very own in not only adult sizes (S-XL at $15 each), but youth sizes (XS-XL at $12 each) as well! Please contact Risa Healey to order your t-shirt at (905) 771-5489 or rhealey@richmondhill.ca.

What is a Character Community?
A Character Community is one in which elected officials, community leaders in the education, business and faith communities, law enforcement, media sectors and citizens-at-large promote the importance of good character. A Character Community has leaders who model the character attributes.

Character Attributes
OPTIMISM (January) |  INITIATIVE (February) | PERSEVERANCE (March) | RESPECT (April) | RESPONSIBILITY (May) | HONESTY (June) | INTEGRITY (July) | COMPASSION (August) | COURAGE (September) | INCLUSIVENESS (October) | FAIRNESS (November) | HUMOUR (December) |

Mission Statement
We will work together to make York Region a Character Community by nurturing positive character attributes.

Vision Statement
In York Region, people recognize and promote the importance of good character. They treat others as they would like to be treated, show respect, are accountable, fair, honest and courageous, have empathy, persevere, show initiative and act with integrity.

How To Join!
To get your organization, group or business involved please complete the appropriate application below:
Character Community Organization Application [PDF] 
Character Community Business Application [PDF]

Character Community E-News
To access Character Community E-News monthly newsletters, please click on the issue you would like below:

2009  
April 2009 Issue
March 2009 Issue
February 2009 Issue
January 2009 Issue

2008 
December 2008 Issue
November 2008 Issue
October 2008 Issue
September 2008 Issue
August 2008 Issue
July 2008 Issue
June 2008 Issue
May 2008 Issue
April 2008 Issue
March 2008 Issue
February 2008 Issue
January 2008 Issue

2007
December 2007 Issue
November 2007 Issue
October 2007 Issue
September 2007 Issue
August 2007 Issue
July 2007 Issue
June 2007 Issue
May 2007 Issue
April 2007 Issue
March 2007 Issue
February 2007 Issue
January 2007 Issue

2006
December 2006 Issue
November 2006 Issue
October 2006 Issue
September 2006 Issue
August 2006 Issue
July 2006 Issue
June 2006 Issue
May 2006 Issue
April 2006 Issue
March 2006 Issue

Past Event Photos
Character Community Day - October 17, 2007
Character Community Day - October 18, 2006
Character Community Day - October 19, 2005
Character Community Ice Logo - December 20, 2004
Character Community Staff Launch - October 20, 2004
Character Community Meeting - May 4, 2004
Alexander Mackenzie H.S. Character Signs - February 7, 2003

You can also visit the Region of York's Character Community Website at www.charactercommunity.com.