Contact:  Linda Ladd, l-ladd@tamu.edu

Description:  Texans Building Character (TBC), developed by Texas A & M AgriLife Extension Service, is a character education program based on the six character pillars of CHARACTER COUNTS!^SM These pillars include (a) trustworthiness, (b) respect, (c)  responsibility, (d) fairness, (e) caring, and (f) citizenship. TBC can be applied to eight program models: school, 4-H, at-risk youth, livestock, workforce, sports, community, and megacommunity. A training for agents and 4-H volunteers on TBC is 16-hours.

URL:  http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/TexansBuildingCharacter.pdf