50+ random acts of kindness for everyone

Being kind should not be reserved for one certain day – it should be shown every day! Kick off your holiday season early and celebrate #WorldKindnessDay this Friday, November 13.

Pay it forward! Usher in the holiday spirit of giving with an act of kindness.

Kids – you can:

• Share your candy
• Say thank you
• Stick up for other kids on the bus (especially if they’re shy or being teased)
• Make a get-well card for someone who is sick
• Sit with someone who’s alone at lunch
• Invite a kid to play at recess
• Do a chore without being asked
• Pick flowers for someone
• Leave heads-up pennies on the sidewalk
• Share your toys
• Make a hug coupon
• Help make dinner
• Call Grandma and Grandpa
• Take care of someone’s pet (with Mom or Dad’s help of course)
• Make a gift for your best friend
• Say I love you

Teens – try this:

• Share your time
• Express your thanks
• Hold the door open for complete strangers (and of course your friends and family too!)
• Look someone in the eye and say hello
• Have a birthday party and in lieu of gifts, ask for donations for a food shelf
• Rake your neighbor’s yard
• Have a great conversation with someone
• Put your phone away and converse when at the table or among a group of people
• Clean your room without being asked
• Carry someone’s grocery bags for them
• Volunteer
• Read a book to your younger sibling
• Call instead of text your conversation
• Acknowledge a great teacher you have
• Play with the dog or cat – they love your attention!
• Say I love you – and truly mean it
• Visit kids in the hospital

Adults – model this:

• Share your fortune (time, money, talent – whatever you’ve got!)
• Be thankful to others
• Smile at people – don’t rush from meeting to meeting with your head down and mind elsewhere
• Tell someone a joke to make them laugh
• Kiss your family – or your friends (use caution when kissing a complete stranger!)
• Bake cookies for anyone
• Invite your neighbors over for pizza
• Plug the parking meter for someone
• Buy coffee for the person behind you
• Send cards to a serviceman or woman
• Write an email or handwrite a letter to an old friend
• Donate clothing
• Volunteer more
• Buy a lottery ticket for someone
• Allow others to walk through the door before you
• Give flowers to someone special
• Read – to anyone who will listen
• Play cards with residents of a senior center
• Tell your kids how proud they have made you
• Donate to a local charity
• Support your local fire department
• Say I love you – and be sure your actions show it

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