FORT BENNING, Ga. - They give hugs. They collect donations. They smile at people. Those are some of the simple ideas behind being a bucket filler, said Linda Turner, the counselor at Loyd Elementary ...

Kirsten Russell of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County leads a reading session with Tuttle Elementary first-graders as part of Embracing Our Differences’ “Bucket Fillers Reading Day.” ...

Recently I visited Gocio Elementary for “Be a Bucket Filler” reading day sponsored by Embracing Our Differences, the local nonprofit whose work focuses on diversity and inclusion. Like the ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A school in Mobile has seen a big drop in bullying and a rise in kindness thanks to its Bucket Filling program. When school starts at Forest Hill Elementary, classes begin their ...

Madison Elementary School in Rahway is embracing the "Bucket Filling" philosophy for character education. The concept is based on the book, Have You Filled a Bucket Today, by Carol McCloud. The ...

Helping a classmate pick up a dropped pile of books. Giving a few words of encouragement before a test. Holding the door open for a teacher. These acts of kindness and others receive special ...

February 17 is Random Acts of Kindness Day. To encourage kids and adults to show kindness to everyone they meet, local authors like Cindy Williams Schrauben are traveling to schools across the state ...

The Charles L. Spragg School of Egg Harbor City uses a new positive character program for students called Bucket Filling, which is a visual representation and language used to describe a person who ...

According to "The Bucket Man" Merrill Lundgren, the message about filling people's buckets by saying or doing nice things, is more important than ever during these tough economic times. The Genoa ...

If you love to share the joy of reading with young people, Embracing Our Differences hopes you will volunteer for its “Bucket Fillers” reading initiative, which will take place on Nov. 15 at 80 ...