FROM 1996 TO THE PRESENT: PASSKEYS FOUNDATION JEFFERSON CENTER FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION HAS WORKED IN COLLABORATION WITH NON-PROFITS, THE ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CIVIC AND/OR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS TO PRESENT CHARACTER, AND ETHICS EDUCATION, PROGRAMS, PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS FOCUSED ON VALUES-CENTERED EDUCATION FOCUSED ON SEVEN ETHICAL PERFORMANCE ASSETS OF AN INDIVIDUAL: PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, POSITIVE SELF WORTH, PURPOSE, PLAN, PAYING THE PRICE, PARTNERSHIP AND PERSISTENCE.THROUGH ITS CONSTANTLY EVOLVING PUBLICATIONS AND PROGRAMS BASED ON COMMON CORE VIRTUES THAT CUT ACROSS ETHNIC, CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS LINES, PASSKEYS FOUNDATION PURSUES ITS MISSION OF HELPING TO BUILD A NATION OF CHARACTER AT HOME, AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY.