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St. Isidore Student Catherine Serio - one of the American Youth Character Award winners for 2009

(Updated 11/4/2009)

The Bloomingdale CHARACTER COUNTS! Coalition organizes an annual CHARACTER COUNTS! Celebration Night activity in Old Town Park in mid-October every year.  The 2009 Celebration was held on Tuesday, October 20 in Old Town Park.  This year's theme was Challenge of Choices.  Students from Erickson, DuJardin, Westfield Middle, Winnebago, St. Isidore School and Bloomingdale Park District performed and participated in a game of making correct choices.  

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St. Isidore was a farm hand. He was born near Madrid, Spain in 1070. He attended mass every morning at a Madrid church before he set out for work as a farm laborer.  Isidore and his wife vowed celibacy in gratitude for a miracle which saved their son from drowning in a well. They were known for their holiness and care of the poor. St. Isidore died May 15, 1130. He was canonized with other Spaniards - St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Francis Xavier, and St. Teresa of Avila on March 12, 1622.

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