The Kindness Mission suggestions for spreading the joy of kindness!
♥ For one week, act on every single thought of generosity that arises spontaneously in your heart, and notice what happens as a consequence
♥ Pay a compliment at least once a day ♥ Offer a couple of hours of baby-sitting to parents ♥ Sing at a nursing home ♥ Give the gift of your smile ♥ Call or visit a homebound person ♥ Carry groceries for a senior ♥ Give dinner leftovers to someone in need ♥ Rake your neighbors leaves ♥ Top up a parking meter that is about to expire ♥ Donate time at a senior center ♥ Bring cookies for your coworkers ♥ Leave enough money in the vending machine for the next person to get a free treat ♥ Deliver fresh-baked cookies to city workers ♥ Collect goods for a food bank. ♥ Volunteer to be a tutor in a school. ♥ Bring coworkers a special treat. ♥ Students can clean classrooms for the custodian. ♥ Buy a stranger a free pizza ♥ Distribute lollipops to kids. ♥ Have a charity day at work, with employees bringing nonperishable food items to donate ♥ Hand out balloons to passersby ♥ Give free sodas to motorists ♥ Be a good neighbor. Take over a baked treat or stop by to say “Hello” ♥ Transport someone who can’t drive ♥ Mow a neighbor’s grass ♥ Say something nice to everyone you meet today ♥ Send a treat to a school or day-care center. ♥ Volunteer at an agency that needs help ♥ Wipe rainwater off shopping carts or hold umbrellas for shoppers on the way to their cars. ♥ Volunteer to read in the classroom ♥ Give a hug to a friend ♥ Write a thank-you note to a mentor or someone who has influenced your life in a positive way ♥ Give coffee to people on their way to work in the morning ♥ Donate time at a senior center ♥ Give blood ♥ Drop off a plant, cookies, or donuts to the police or fire department ♥ Open the door for another person. ♥ Pay for the meal of the person behind you in the drive-through ♥ Write a note to the boss of someone who has helped you, praising the employee ♥ Leave a bouquet of flowers on the desk of a colleague at work with whom you don’t normally get along ♥ Call an estranged family member. ♥ Volunteer to fix up an elderly couple’s home. ♥ Pay for the person behind you in the movie line ♥ Give flowers to be delivered with meal delivery programs ♥ Give toys to the children at a a shelter ♥ Be a friend to a new student or coworker ♥ Renew an old friendship by sending a letter or small gift to someone you haven’t talked with in a long time ♥ Offer to return a shopping cart to the store for someone loading a car |
♥ Send a letter to a former teachers, letting them know the difference they made in your life.
♥ Send a gift anonymously to a friend. ♥ Organize a clothing drive for a shelter. ♥ Buy books for a day care or school. ♥ Slip a $20 bill to a person who you know is having financial difficulty. ♥ Take an acquaintance to dinner. ♥ Offer to take a friend’s child to ball practice. ♥ Help a neighbor weed or plant a garden. ♥ Select some people in your life who you feel need a special lift and send them a gift: flowers, tickets to a special event, or a gift certificate. ♥ Stop for a person waiting to cross the street. ♥ Call or write to someone you haven’t spoken to in a long time, just to say you’re thinking about them ♥ Smile and say “hello” to someone you don’t know. ♥ When you are waiting for service at the deli counter, trade “ticket numbers” with someone in a hurry. ♥ Help someone struggling with heavy bags. ♥ Give a lottery ticket to a stranger. ♥ Shovel your neighbor’s driveway or mow the lawn. ♥ Hold the door of the elevator, subway, or bus for someone rushing to catch it. ♥ Tape coins to a pay telephone with a note saying that anyone who needs it can use it. ♥ Next time you finish your punch card for a free cup of coffee or meal, give it away or ask the cashier to give it to someone who might need it. ♥ Visit hospitals with smiles, treats, and friendly conversation for patients. ♥ Stop by a nursing home, and visit a resident with no family nearby. ♥ Plant flowers in your neighbor’s flower box. ♥ Give another driver your parking spot. ♥ Leave a treat or handmade note of thanks for a delivery person or mail carrier. ♥ Give free car washes. ♥ Clean graffiti from neighborhood walls and buildings. ♥ Tell your boss that you think he/she does a good job. ♥ Tell your employees how much you appreciate their work. ♥ Let your staff leave work an hour early. ♥ Have a clean-up party in the park. ♥ Tell a bus or taxi driver how much you appreciate their driving. ♥ Give a pair of tickets to a baseball game or concert to a stranger. ♥ Leave an extra big tip for the waitperson. ♥ Invite someone new over for dinner. ♥ Buy a roll of brightly colored stickers and give them to children you meet during the day. ♥ Write a card of thanks and leave it with your tip. Be sure to be specific in your thanks. ♥ Let the person behind you in the grocery store go ahead of you in line. ♥ When drivers try to merge into your lane, let them in with a wave and a smile. ♥ Buy cold drinks for the people next to you at a ball game. ♥ Give groceries to a homeless person. ♥ Plant a tree in your neighborhood. ♥ As you go about your day, pick up trash |