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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

CLIFTON PARK -- Jayden Fogarty is a bucket filler. He knows what it means to fill someone's bucket with kind words and generous gestures instead of being a bucket dipper, someone who is mean and a ...

Buckets and bonnets were everywhere at The Salvation Army Royal Oak Women's Auxiliary annual luncheon and silent auction, "Bonnets in Bloom," at Birmingham's Townsend Hotel on May 11. "We gave ...

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 ...