Bucket Fillers

$1,000 Raised for Mothers Helping Mothers! 🩷

We love filling buckets – and what a beautiful way to close out February Kindness Month!

Motivational Speaker Deena Brown and I hosted a table featuring all ten Bucket Fillers books. We were so touched by the parents, grandparents, and educators who stopped by to share their bucketfilling stories and support an important cause.

Together, we raised $500 for Mothers Helping Mothers in North Port, Florida – and thanks to a $500 match from the Louis & Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust, that gift doubled to $1,000!.

Thank you, Harbor Isles, and everyone who helped fill buckets and hearts in our community.
— Carol McCloud

What a great Christmas present!
This past week, Have You Filled a Bucket Today? was featured in Newsweek as one of the 5 Kids’ Books To Raise a Generation of Boys Who Respect Women.
This recognition means so much to us because Bucket Filling has always been about helping children understand kindness, empathy, and respect in simple, meaningful ways. To see that message acknowledged as part of an important national conversation is incredibly humbling.
From classrooms and homes to communities around the world, this movement has grown because of educators, parents, and children who choose kindness every day. Thank you for filling buckets, modeling compassion, and believing that small acts truly make a difference.
We are deeply thankful — and more inspired than ever — to keep filling buckets together. 🪣✨
👉 Read the full Newsweek article here:
https://www.newsweek.com/5-kids-books-raise-generation-boys-respect-women-11254541
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Grateful beyond words...
Saturday was my birthday, and my husband Jack took me out to an iconic family restaurant at the northern tip of Captiva Island, 95 miles from our home. The beloved Bubble Room Restaurant is known for its famous desserts, signature bubble bread, model trains, and festive bubble lights everywhere. Put it on your bucket list!
It was a beautiful day, so we drove our yellow 2007 Saturn Sky convertible. Our server Bob was fantastic, our dinner fabulous, the atmosphere festive, and then we came out at dusk to a car with flashing hazard lights and a dead battery.
Two incredible restaurant managers, Chris and Rachel, (who spent the last three years helping to repair and reopen the demolished Bubble Room after three hurricanes), went above and beyond, securing battery chargers, a charging vehicle, drinking water, and tools from the Upper Captiva Fire & Rescue District next door. That's when TJ, the Good Samaritan fireman, came over without hesitation, lending his automotive skills and calm reassurance. They fixed it! They didn't know us, but they generously stopped what they were doing and gave us an hour of their precious time to help.
We could still be on Captiva Island with a huge towing bill and a broken-down car if it weren't for this trio. We also want to thank the many couples and families who stopped as this group tackled and solved the tricky electrical problem. Chris, Rachel and TJ reminded us how wonderful bucket fillers are and how kind this world can be. Let's all pass it on.
Carol McCloud