
50+ random acts of kindness for everyone
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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