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Assembly

45-50 minutes – Pre-K through 3rd Grade

DSC00896The entertaining aspects of role plays with student and teacher volunteers hold the children spellbound as they learn about the power of choice in their lives.

We are all given the freedom to make daily choices from the clothing we wear and the food we eat to our grades in school and how we treat others.

When you choose to be a Bucketfiller, you bring love and happiness into your life and into the lives of others. Bullying is bucket dipping and this choice brings sadness and loneliness to your life and the lives of others. Which do YOU choose?

“Bucketfillers For Life presented a fun-filled, yet thought-provoking assembly for our K-3 students. It was meant to get the children excited about being Bucketfillers. The assembly did just that! This was a hit for all of our students, and a true gift to our school.”

Shana Barnum
3rd Grade Teacher
Dansville Elementary School, Dansville, MI

Classroom Workshops

90 minutes – 4th Grade and up
(Featuring the original and powerful Why I Love and Respect You exercise)

In fourth grade and above, the students begin to examine their lives and their choices more intensely. There are many opportunities for discussion and questions as they realize their own accountability for the quality of their existence. True stories exemplifying results of choices, role-plays with student volunteers, laughter and sometimes tears lead up to the often life-changing exercise “Why I Love and Respect You”. Students, parents and teachers are deeply touched by this workshop.

“You really touched me. My mom liked it a lot too. I am going to keep filling up buckets because it makes me feel good about myself and others. You really changed my life. Now I can help change some other people’s lives.”

Samantha
5th Grade Student

Annual BFL Maintenance Program

A Bucketfilling School remains a Bucketfilling School through our Maintenance Program. The power of the concept stays strong when everyone is aboard. To assure this, we will custom design the appropriate Annual Maintenance Program for your school, giving you the maximum sustainable impact for your investment. The success of this program is proven by the enthusiasm of the many schools that have been on the Bucketfillers for Life Maintenance Program for several years.

“This is our 3rd consecutive year with the Bucketfillers For Life program. Follow-up is crucial to make sure the message is reinforced. There is great value in BFL’s Maintenance Program, and it enables my staff to carry the message forward in between visits much more effectively.”

Bill Cain, Principal
Village Elementary School, Hartland, MI

BFL Latest News Updates

Kelly Nickel's BFL Region Expanded to Include the Entire Western U.S.! To contact Kelly, go to the Regional Centers tab, then click on Western U.S.

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February Newsletter Now Available

Hey Chicagoland! We are proud to support the wonderful and positive musical programs of Raisin Rhyme and Radio Rock!

BFL is Nationwide

To help you create your Bucketfilling school or organization, we will travel anywhere in the US

To facilitate that we are expanding our Regional Training Centers.

In addition to Michigan, we now have centers in New York, Western Penn -Eastern Ohio, California, Central Ohio … with more coming.

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"Our bucketfilling assemblies and workshops have been some of the most impressionistic initiatives we have undertaken! Our students have learned how to articulate and share their feelings with others using positive communication, they know how they can make a difference in someone’s life every day with their words or actions, and they have openly shared what they’ve learned with their families and loved ones! We have received touching compliments and letters of thanks from parents about the “amazing conversations that occurred between their children following these assemblies”. Coupled with a positive school-wide behavior plan that we implemented last year, Bucketfilling has now become part of our school culture. We will continue to host workshops each year to maintain this positive energy in our school community."

LouAnne Pisha, Principal
Crissman Elementary School
Utica School District
Shelby Township, MI
“You have a bucketfiller convert! I must admit that I was skeptical about the impact your programs would have. But this has been absolutely terrific.”

MaryLee Kersten-Day, Special Education Paraprofessional
Grundy Center Elementary School
Grundy Center, Iowa
“It’s a wonderful program for the kids to do. The Bucket-Filling experience has really played an important role and impacted the atmosphere in my classroom in such a positive way! I overhear students on a daily basis trying to fill one another’s buckets. It’s nice to hear and see!”

Richard Parker, 5th Grade Teacher
Farms Intermediate School, Hartland, MI