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March 16, 2022 BRYN MAWR, PA: CITRS is delighted to see the community support that is backing the ongoing efforts of the CITRS/CHARACTER...

August 5, 2021 BRYN MAWR, PA: CITRS has announced the roll out of the CITRS GROW Model, an effective Continuous School Improvement Model...

June 18, 2021 BRYN MAWR, PA: CITRS is proud to announce that Buffalo Public School District’s Hamlin Park Academy (School #74) and Early...

August 19, 2020 Bryn Mawr, PA: CITRS is proud to announce that all the organization’s programs, initiatives and our new app are aligned...

July 21, 2020 BRYN MAWR, PA: The Buffalo Public School District is the recipient of eight Promising Practice certifications by...

June 30, 2020 Buffalo, NY: CITRS released a comprehensive report by an external evaluator today regarding the first two years of a pilot...

We overheard a conversation between Clay Hamlin and Gene Miller, the co-founders of CITRS. Clay: “Hey Gene, how are you doing?” Gene:...

June 2, 2020 BRYN MAWR, PA: Buffalo Public School District’s Harvey Austin School #97 has been designated a National School of Character...

March 6, 2020 BRYN MAWR, PA – Buffalo Public School District’s Harvey Austin School #97 has been designated a State School of Character...

February 11, 2020 BRYN MAWR, PA: The nationally recognized CITRS/CHARACTER COUNTS! Comprehensive Character Development Initiative in the...

September 9, 2019 Gladwyne, PA: Over 100 golfers attended the fifth annual CITRS OPEN on Monday, September 9th at the Philadelphia...

May 1, 2019 Legacy Youth Tennis and Education is a CITRS client and a Philadelphia non-profit dedicated to preparing youth for success in...

The Buffalo Public School District’s (BPSD) Character Development Initiative is gaining momentum and people are taking notice. The...

Every year, the President, and U.S. Senate proclaim the third week in October CHARACTER COUNTS! Week. And every year millions of kids in...

September 19, 2018 Gladwyne, PA: Over 70 golfers came out in support of the 2018 CITRS OPEN on Wednesday, September 19th at the...

September 11, 2018 Gladwyne, PA: Close to 200 guests, sponsors, and donors attended the 2018 CITRS OPEN dinner on Tuesday, September 11...

CITRS, The Character Council of Western New York, and Character Counts! would like to thank all the guests and panel members who attended...

CITRS, The Character Council of Western New York, and Character Counts! are proud to announce that The Buffalo Public School District's...

CITRS and the Character Council of Western New York are hosting an event to raise awareness, support, and celebrate the success of the...

April 3, 2018 Villanova Basketball Team celebrated last night as the NCAA National Champions. Not only is this a major athletic victory...

Scholarly research coming out of Cal Berkeley by Dr. Larry Nucci asserts that to achieve successful character outcomes, character...

March 16, 2018 Mayor of Buffalo Byron Brown was featured as a guest speaker at BUILD Academy’s CHARACTER COUNTS! (CC!) Guest Speakers...

St. Cyril of Alexandria, an Independence Mission School and CITRS client, was named a State School of Character by Character.org. The...

CITRS and Character Counts! have partnered to implement a customized character development initiative for the Buffalo Public School...

Washington, D.C. – Character.org presented the first ever National Sports Organization of Character Recognitions, which “celebrate...

Washington, D.C. - CITRS CEO Clay Hamlin spoke about “Taking Character to Scale” at Character.org’s National Forum on Character Education...

Philadelphia, PA: Over 150 guests, teachers, and students came out to support the CITRS 2017 Annual Golf Outing & Dinner on Monday,...

Ongoing Initiative – CITRS has taken the lead in setting up the Character Consortium of Pennsylvania. Similar to the national work of...

Ongoing Initiative – CITRS and Character Counts have partnered to help the University of Pennsylvania’s Athletic Department take an...

Buffalo, NY A charge of character is sparking all over Buffalo. As support grows for the CITRS / Character Counts! Character Development...

October 15, 2016 Washington D.C. Character.org Board Member, Clay Hamlin, moderated a panel on Character and the Emerging Catholic School...

October 3rd 2016 Gladwyne, PA CITRS held its Annual Character Golf Outing & Dinner to help raise awareness for the Character Education...

August 12, 2016 The Pavilion at Villanova University CITRS recognized St. Cyril of Alexandria, an Independence Mission School, located in...

August 10, 2016 Queens New York, CITRS lead consultants Jeanne Craft and Brendan Petersen facilitated a workshop with New York Junior...

Great things are happening at the Independence Mission Schools in Philadelphia and character education is one of them! CITRS has been...

Tuesday, October 13, 2015 – The Inaugural CITRS Golf Outing & Dinner was a great success and raised significant funds for the...

Washington, D.C. CITRS team members, Jeanne Craft and Brendan Petersen partnered with Jessica Bailey, Senior Director of Education and DJ...

CITRS team members, Jeanne Craft, David Di Lucia and Brendan Petersen partnered with Jessica Bailey, Senior Director of Education at New...