Thursday, December 11, Glendale’s Character and Ethics Project honored 17 adults and 12 Glendale Unified School District students for exhibiting excellent character in the community. Anyone in the community can nominate a co-worker, friend, or neighbor for an award by writing how they’ve exhibited one or more of these character traits:
- Respect
- Honesty
- Trustworthiness
- Loyalty
- Courtesy
- Self-Discipline
- Integrity
- Fairness
- Responsibility
- Cooperation
- Citizenship
- Compassion
Among the honorees were those in private industry, city employees, John Genna and Lt. Kim Lardie of the Glendale Police Department, and Craig Hammond and Kevin Lasota of the Glendale Fire Department. Arlene Vidor was honored for establishing the Glendale Historical Society and helping to create a formal process for establishing historic district designations in Glendale.
The 5th through 8th grade students honored at the ceremony had submitted the winning illustration of each trait (one for each month) for the project’s 2009 calendar, which was at the printer last week and will be ready soon.
Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to the project board for promoting the value of character and ethics in our community and in our schools.