Leo Buscaglia

About the Felice Foundation Many years ago, while traveling in Hong Kong, Leo Buscaglia met a Chinese refugee who, with his family, lived in extreme poverty. The young refugee's name was Wong. In order to find work, Wong needed to learn English. Dr. Buscaglia paid Wong's tuition to an English-language school. Years later, Wong wrote to Dr. Buscaglia. By then he was sufficiently employed to get his family out of the refugee camp. He was …

…Service uses his taped lectures as fundraising tools. In a 1986 interview, Buscaglia attributed the popularity of his books to the reputation he built before becoming an author. "I've spoken in every state in the union, meeting and hugging the people who later bought my books," he said. "I spoke to anybody who wanted to hear me, including 1,000 nuns who could pay me only with homemade bread." In Memory of Dr. Leo Buscaglia March 31 1924 - June 12, 1998