W. Penn / E. Ohio Region Programs

 

Assembly

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

The 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?

 

Classroom Workshop or Large Group Assembly

75-90 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

Teacher Orientation

60 minutes

Two of the greatest results experienced by Bucketfilling Schools are the common, uplifting language and the frequency of kind and caring acts that immediately permeate. Most schools expand on the Bucketfilling theme after our programs are complete; we see display cases, hallways and classrooms creatively decorated as reminders to choose bucket filling, not bucket dipping. Teachers are the ones who keep this going, so the most important and usually first step is to speak to teachers. We do so in a way similar to the classroom workshops, and the experience for teachers is an emotional and life-changing one.

Evening Workshop for Parents (60-90 minutes)

The importance of creating bucketfilling schools complements the importance of creating bucketfilling families. Parents and teachers work hand-in-hand in being role models for students. The chance for experiencing true happiness in life is enhanced if we live with empathy, with warm and caring hearts. This workshop teaches parents the same concepts taught to their children; parents experience the Love and Respect exercise in a way that etches memories few will ever forget.

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.