Character Education Now Inc. (CEN) is a non-profit organization that works closely with students, parents, teachers and staff within the Taylor County, Florida school district. CEN provides support and encouragement to all of these parties through several different programs and events throughout the school year.
CEN was founded in 2010 in Perry, FL by Paul Nawlin. Paul, a pastor for more than 25 years, kept hearing time and time again from parents, business owners, pastors and others in the community how character was lacking in our youth today and how helpless they felt to overcome this problem. Paul decided then that sitting and talking about a problem so dire wouldn't help anybody; and so, CEN was born.
The experience that Paul brought to the table - leading churches, teaching at schools, working closely with the school system, and working with the Boys & Girls club - put him in a very unique position to know what the teachers and school staff, as well as the parents, were struggling with concerning the students in Perry. From these struggles for respect, attention, attendance, and overall performance came the four core programs that are the foundation for Character Education Now Inc.: Words of Wisdom, Character Under Construction, Making Wise Choices and Adopt-a-Grade/Staff.
