Illinois

 

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Rosanne Gulisano

rosanne@bucketfillersforlife.com

Rosanne Gulisano joins the Bucketfillers For Life team as Co-Director of the Illinois Region. She is the founder and facilitator of Lifestories: Creating a Memoir, a memoir-writing workshop, and has been writing and speaking about memoir-writing since 1999. Her workshops are filled with humor and inspiration, and have encouraged people of all ages to write their life story. Additionally, Rosanne is the author of the book, From Intention to Reality: A Guide for Writing Your Own Life Story.

Rosanne lives in St. Charles, Illinois and is married to Matt. They have two grown daughters and four young grandsons. She serves on the board of the St. Charles, Illinois, Heritage Center where she volunteers with the Junior History Club and facilitates the History Book Group.

JoaniJournalJoani Foster

joani@bucketfillersforlife.com

Joani Foster joins the Bucketfillers For Life team as Co-Director of the Illinois Region. She has worn many hats in her life.

As a weekly columnist for the Sun-Times Suburban News, Joani touched the lives of thousands of people by putting a smile on their faces and sometimes a tear or two in their eyes with her award winning stories. As a public speaker, she lectures on “Being Ageless.” Her purpose is not to advise people that they can avoid the inescapable passage of time, but to find a way to achieve agelessness in body, mind, and spirit as a triune process. Joani also teaches Yoga to both young and old. Her original classes for children and the styles she created have won her accolades within the Yoga community. Joani is also certified in working as a Yoga instructor for children with special needs, and in working with hospice, she creatively adapts all these skills for those battling cancer.

MattMatt Gulisano

matt@bucketfillersforlife.com

Matt Gulisano has had a long career as a business executive, spending years in both sales and administration. He was formerly president of a manufacturing company with 120 employees, and is now president of his own importing company; he has traveled extensively in Asia and South America sourcing products for a variety of industries.

Matt is the marketing arm of the Illinois Bucketfillers for Life Region, contacting schools and organizations to spread the message of Bucketfilling to Illinois’ children and adults. He also provides administrative support to presenters Rosanne Gulisano and Joani Foster.

Matt lives in St. Charles, Illinois, is married to Rosanne, and has two grown daughters and four active grandsons. He serves on the St. Francis High School Alumni Board in Wheaton, Illinois, raising funds for scholarships for deserving outstanding high school students.

To contact the Illinois Regional Training Center you can call, write or email:

Matt Gulisano
P.O. Box 341
Wasco, IL  60183
Phone: 630-587-1930
matt@bucketfillersforlife.com

“Thank you for bringing the bucket filling philosophy to our school. I believe we have started something very special here. This is a wonderful peace-building, tolerance teaching, self-esteem enhancing concept. Thank you for sharing your heart-warming philosophy with all of us. We look forward to working with you again next year.”

Lindsay Smither, Principal
Lakes Elementary School, Hartland, MI
"My 6th grader came home today and wrote the most beautiful examples of why he loves and respects his little brother. I’m not sure what kind of event you had at school today, January 28, 2009, but this truly is the most amazing experience we had at home in a long time. I just wanted to take a moment to say that it was great. My boys fight like siblings do, some days more than others. Today (my son) wrote about (his brother). (His brother) listened with tears in his eyes, sensitive to the fact that his big brother really does love him. I have to say that this is one of the most memorable events experienced at Crissman. Totally awesome! Thanks."

A Grateful Parent
Crissman Elementary School
Utica School District
Shelby Township, MI
“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