Random Acts Of Kindness You Can Do

Random Acts Of Kindness You Can Do

There are thousands of acts of kindness you can do, but just in case your stuck for ideas, this page should help you. Just pick them, and do them.

� Smile at people every day. Smile at the person at your bus stop, your family and friends, the person you buy some food off, whoever, smile at them.
� Give someone a compliment. Compliment them on something they're wearing, something they have done, something you love about them, something that you admire in their personality, a feature of theirs. Be sincere with it. If you receive a compliment, even if you do not think it is true, smile and say thank you.
� When mowing your lawn, mow the neighbour�s lawn as well.
� If there is a new neighbour in the street, knock on their door and introduce yourself. You might also like to make up a list of such things as what night the garbage bin goes out, the phone number of a good electrician and plumber, a good babysitter, the local volunteer organisations, your name and telephone number, and so on. This will give your new neighbour a pleasant welcome message.
� Babysit a night or two a week or month for a single mother or father you know, or offer to look after a couple's kids for free to let them have a night off.
� Drop a few coins in an area where children play, where they can easily find them. Do you remember how excited you felt, when as a child you found a coin lying on the ground?
� Donate blood, and encourage others to do so.
� Phone, write to or visit an elderly person. It could be a family member, or just a friend.
� Visit or talk to someone you haven't talked to for awhile.
� Laugh a lot.
� Encourage kind behaviour, and praise anyone you encounter being kind.
� Go to the assistance of anyone who appears to be in trouble - the person who doesn�t seem to have a coin for the parking meter; someone who looks confused, lost or traumatised; a shopper who can�t reach an item on a high shelf; a driver who might need to be guided into a parking spot; someone who is carrying a heavy or unwieldily parcel, and so on.
� Fundraise for your local school or church or other community group in your area. Even if you don't want to put on an event yourself, support other local events.
� If you have any surplus books in good condition, consider offering them to your local library or a senior citizen�s centre.
� Write letters of appreciation to groups who are helping the community, the environment, etc.
� Tell someone you love and appreciate them � and do it often.
� Avoid negative self-talk.
� Give surplus clothing, toys, etc. to charities.
� Never criticise anyone�s dreams of the future.
� Pick up any rubbish you see lying around.
� Get a group of people together and spend a day cleaning up a local area.
� Say "Bless you!" when anyone sneezes (particularly strangers � the response is normally humorous), and when someone does this to you, say "Thank you!"
� Wave and smile at children in school busses, and at children or dogs in the car next to you at the traffic lights, or if they are looking out the back window of the car in front of you. However, remember to keep your attention on the road while doing so!
� Always keep a promise � ALWAYS!
� Buy New Zealand made or whatever country you are in made goods.
� When you get someone who has given you good service, compliment them on it, and even write or tell their manager how pleased you were. This promotes even more good service.
� Don�t be reluctant to say "Sorry." With practise it comes easily, and the habit will endear you to your loved ones and friends.
� Forgive others, it may be hard, but you need to do it.
� Before you can forgive others, you must also forgive yourself.
� Send an anonymous scratch card, lottery or theatre ticket to someone you know � or a gift voucher, a funny card, a chocolate bar, or whatever you feel they would enjoy.
� Take pet food, pet toys, blankets and newspaper to your local animal shelter. They will appreciate it very much.
� Instead of getting your next pet from the pet-shop, go to your local animal shelter. They have lots of amazing animals to give away. Don't go in with a closed mind about what you want and don't necessarily want a young pet. Many young pets are adopted quicker then older ones, and older ones are usually more in need of a home. If you haven�t thought about getting a new pet, why not think about it now?
� Go to your local animal shelter and if your allowed, spend time with the animals, hug them, pet them and let them know even in the circumstances they're in, people still care for them and love them.
� Volunteer. Spend a few hours a day, week or month helping a worthy cause.
� Drop a few coins into a donation box.
� Learn some clean jokes and tell them to people.
� If you know someone who is having a hard time financially, pop a $5, $10 or $20 note in an envelope, disguise your writing or type the envelope, and post it to them. They will talk about it for weeks, remember it forever, and wonder who it was that sent it.
� Go to concerts and productions in your area and support the children, local theatre groups etc who are staging them.
� Give a friend or business associate a kind word, a small gift, or make them a cup of coffee, when they are on a downer.
� If you make a mistake, the best thing to do is own up to it, and take appropriate action.
� Feed a parking meter that is about to run out of time.
� If the person behind you in the shopping queue only has a few items, consider asking them if they would like to go ahead of you.
� Bake or cook something and give it to someone who might like it. You can do this anytime, but particualy do it in times of need or stress. Flowers are nice, but cooking and baking is usually more appreciated.
� Make awhole bunch of thank you cards, and send them to people who have helped you, or you want to thank. Keep some spare ones for other times.
� Take flowers to a hospital ward and give them to someone who hasn�t had any visitors. Ask the nurses or receptionists to deliver them.
� If you have a bunch of magazines you no longer need, donate them to a hospital or school or any other organisation.
� If a school collects supplies in your area, recycle, and give them bits of coloured paper and anything else you may have you no longer need.
� Plant trees to help offset the destruction of our forests.
� If you see a mother with a pram about to ascend or descend stairs, offer to help carry the pram.
� If you see someone having trouble loading groceries or anything else, offer to help them.

�Take an active interest in the young people from your area, and if the area lacks facilities for them, organise a group to do something about it, or approach a group who could do something about it, or write a letter to your council or local paper.
� Give small tokens of your love to family, friends, children and the elderly for no particular reason - for example: flowers or a flower, a card (particularly home made cards) a hug.
� Visit local aged care facilities and become a voluntary companion for a lonely patient. Ask the facility if you can use a skill you have. For example, it might be manicure and beauty care, reading books or papers, playing an instrument for entertainment, offering to write and/or post mail, taking them on shopping trips or short walks, playing cards. Also bear in mind that bringing children, as well as pets, into this kind of environment is a highlight for the frail and aged.
� Stop blaming others.
� Wash someone�s car as a surprise.
� Help your family by doing chores without being asked.
� If you are well off, consider putting some of it to use in helping others. That is wealth�s greatest satisfaction.
� Donate to the needy � money, clothes, food.
� At the onset of colder weather, donate warm clothing, blankets, etc. for the homeless.
� Clean someone�s home.
� Acknowledge every person you encounter.
� Advertise locally to help with odd jobs on a volunteer basis, for aged or handicapped people.
� Enter someone in a competition � they may win a prize! Make sure they are someone who won't get embarrassed.
� Volunteer for your local community group.
� Tutor someone or help someone who has trouble with school.
� If someone has a dog, offer to take the dog for a walk.
� Offer to house-sit for someone while they are away.
� Go to opportunity shops and purchase toys in good condition and donate them to charities for children.
� Surprise somebody with a small gift that they may be unable to afford.
� Give a long term hospital patient a gift of a writing pack including pen, envelopes and stamps. If they have trouble writing, offer to write letters for them.
� Be courteous in traffic and in parking lots. Drive carefully and obey the speed limits and road laws.
� If you see a lost animal or an animal that needs help, help it straight away.
� If you find something, make every effort to find the owner.
� Make up the difference if somebody in the queue in front of you doesn�t have enough money.
� Shout someone a movie or a meal.
� Take your neighbour�s washing off the line if it�s raining and they are not home, or put out/take in the rubbish bin/recycling box.
� Be the best role model you can be.
� If a friend is getting married, make up a basket of goodies, for example, a bottle of wine, a candle holder with candle, relaxing/romantic instrumental tape, massage oil, bubble bath, disposable camera and small photo album and note book.
� When travelling on public transport, offer your seat to someone.
� Donate home made goods to charity market stalls.
� If someone is home bound through sickness or injury, ask them if they would like you to buy some groceries for them when you go shopping, or post a letter for them, or buy some stamps.
� Say "Thank you" when you leave the check out, the bus, when someone holds open a door for you, at the theatre when you are given the ticket, and so on.
� When someone talks to you, really listen. Only give advice if they want it.
� Don't swear.
� When shopping, if you come upon an item that has fallen on the floor, pick it up and put it back on the shelf.
� Greet the check out person when your out shopping with a smile, address then by their name (most wear a name tag) and have a short chat with them.
� If you see a shopper struggling to reach an item on a high shelf, offer to fetch it for them.
� If you have trouble finding an item or a section in a supermarket or department store, always precede your question to staff with a "Excuse me" or a "Can you help me please."
� Leave a bouquet of flowers on a neighbour�s front step anonymously.
� Give someone seeds and other plants from your own garden.
� Offer to help someone with a job, mowing the lawn, helping with the garden, babysitting, cleaning etc.
� Give your work services for a day free. If this is not possible, for one day, donate all the money you earn to a charity, or some of it.
� If your a good photographer, ask a family or someone who would appreciate it if they would like you to take some portrait shots of them for you.
� Shovel snow or rake leaves for a neighbour, family or friends.
� Roll an elderly neighbour�s garbage cans back up the driveway at the end of trash pick-up day.
� Collect teddy bears. These can be given to hospitals for children or other places.
� Consider volunteering in a hospital where you can play games with patients, talk to people etc.
� If someone has a cold or isn't feeling too well, make them a pack with some food, a card, some flowers, something to do etc.
� 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.
� Purchase a copy of a book about kindness, read it, put your initials, city, and state on the inside, and pass it on.
� Pay the toll for the person behind you.
� Write something nice about your waitperson on the back of the bill.
� Smile and say thank you to the bus driver or toll collector.
� Hold the door of the elevator, subway, or bus for someone rushing to catch it.
If you play a musical instrument, visit a senior center or hospital and give a brief recital.
� Tape coins to a pay telephone with a note saying that anyone who needs it can use it.
� After reading a book you enjoyed, send a note of appreciation to the author.
� Make an anonymous donation to a charity that is actively helping your community.
� Carry inexpensive, pocket-sized rain ponchos in your car and hand them out to pedestrians who are getting drenched in a downpour.
� Learn first aid.
� Teach children about how it is important to look after people, animals and nature.
� Brush pets daily to keep their fur smooth, clean, and free of ticks and fleas. Trim their nails regularly.
� Ensure your pet�s safe return if it scoots out of the house by putting an identification tag, license tag, microchip, or tattoo on it. Offer ID tags as gifts for your friends who own pets.

� �Adopt� a lion, tiger, whale, or other animal. Many zoos, aquariums, and animal sea habitats have adoption programs. In exchange for financial support, you get a photo and bio of your new adoptee.
� To reduce air pollution, consider these options instead of driving: carpooling, taking public transportation, biking, or walking.
� Plant trees and plants in your yard and in other places.
� Recycle all aluminium, plastic, newspapers, papers, etc.
� Start a compost pile, and offer to take your neighbours compost too.
� Fix faucet leaks promptly, and don�t leave water running.
� Make signs with tips on how to save energy and water. Post these reminders in stores and other well-travelled areas.
� Make sure your car has a tune-up regularly. Unchecked cars can waste fuel and pollute the environment.
� Make or buy recycled paper and products.
� Take re-useable bags out shopping with you or wherever you are going, and refuse plastic bags where possible.
� Try not to buy any foam packing materials or aerosol products.
� Make birdhouses and feeders or other wildlife feeding stations. Make birdbaths as well.
� Begin recycling programs in your school, business, or neighbourhood, or analyse the ones already in place and suggest improvements.
� Hold a canned food drive and give the food to a food bank or shelter. Be sure to include some kindness cards or quotes with the delivery.
� Ask the mayor or city council to build a wheelchair-accessible park or to enforce laws requiring accessible ramps and doorways.
� Educate yourself. By getting a good education you are helping yourself and others. It doesn't mean you have to go to university or anything, just sound time reading and writing and learning.
� Help a friend in any way.
� Set up a website support group or webpage for a cause you are interested in.
� Email people jokes and things you think they may be interested in and that may make them laugh, smile or be happy.
� Prepare treats for neighbours, emergency workers, mail carriers, coworkers, military personnel, or other community members, along with a note of appreciation.
� Give a donation to a charity as a gift for someone you don't know what else to get them.
� Have a car-pool or offer to car-pool some kids to school for some parents you know.
� Get to know someone new.
� When you go out shopping, ask someone who may not be able to get something, if you can get them anything.
� Give money or compliment a busker.
� Make CDs, tapes, videos, or DVD's for someone. Put music or movies or whatever on them you think someone would like.
� When borrowing things and library books, treat them with care.
� When neighbours, family and friends go away, offer to the mow their lawn, collect their mail etc.
� Use whatever skill you have to help someone.
� Return shopping carts to the store.
� Drive a neighbor without a car to the market.
� Buy a subscription to your favorite magazine for a friend.
� Help someone start their car when it has stalled.
� Help someone find something they have lost.
� Pass on information you receive in the mail for things or events that you think another person might be able to use, instead of throwing them away.
� Share a comic strip or something funny with someone else.
� Plant some wildflowers along the roadside
� Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper about random kindness and your own experiences.
� Clean graffiti off of neighborhood walls and buildings
� Cook a nice dinner for all your housemates
� Get an extra ticket to a basketball game and bring a kid
� Spend time with the person that no one knows very well
� Hold a "honoring diversity" potluck lunch and have everyone bring ethnic foods
� Offer to switch a shift with a colleague when they need time off
� Extend a friendly invite to an introverted or shy colleague
� When you ring any establishment and the person who picks up the phone sounds happy, or has a nice voice, speaks clearly, and so on, compliment them about it. If they have been helpful in any way, tell them how much you appreciate their help. If they have gone out of their way to be helpful, ask their name and write a letter to the company, advising them what an asset that person is.
� In any disagreement, always act fairly.
� Let someone merge into the traffic line up you are in
� Research the internet for environmental issues and learn how to support the planet in a constructive way
� Slip paper hearts that say �Smile, it�s random acts of kindness week! Have a great day!� under the windshield wipers of parked cars.
� Use an instant camera to take people�s photographs at a party or community event, and give the picture to them.
� Send a letter to some former teachers, letting them know the difference they made in your life.
� Go to a children�s zoo or a park where feeding animals is allowed. Offer a bag of food to another family to feed the animals.
� Discuss the best things about the area where you live, the best places to shop and have fun, etc. Have someone take notes. Then type up the ideas to give to new neighbors who move in.
� Notify authorities immediately about pets left in hot cars. You may save a life.
� Cut up plastic six-pack rings. Place them in the proper trash receptacle so small animals don�t get caught in them.
� Talk to younger children about why catching wild creatures like frogs and turtles is not a good idea. Remind them that wild animals need to stay wild and free.
� Offer to wash your dog or a neighbor�s dog.