The Bloomingdale CHARACTER COUNTS! Coalition's annual Celebration Night was held on Tuesday, October 13 in Old Town Park. This year's theme was the Pillar of Responsibility. The event kicked-off with the Presentation of Colors conducted by the Bloomingdale VFW Post 7539 and Bloomingdale Boy Scouts, followed by the Westfield Middle School Chorus and Band's performance of America the Beautiful. Village Trustee Michael Hovde Jr. read the Joint Proclamation proclaiming CHARACTER COUNTS! Day in the Village of Bloomingdale.

The evening included the presentation of the 2015 American Youth Character Awards, (award recipients pictured right with their respective school official).  The audience was entertain by performances by students from Erickson, DuJardin, Westfield Middle, and St. Isidore schools, and also by the Bloomingdale Park District Beamers. The evening concluded with all students singing the "Rainbow Connection" followed by the CHARACTER COUNTS! Shuffle, led by Mark Dwyer, the principal at DuJardin Elementary School.