WHAT CAN YOU DO? PRACTICE KINDNESS. DONATE.
- Leave a server a large tip.
- Surprise a neighbor with flowers.
- Write a note to make someone smile.
- Buy the meal of someone sitting alone.
- Leave quarters at the vending machine.
- Buy the coffee for the person behind you.
- Write a kind message on the sidewalk with chalk.
- Surprise a neighbor with freshly baked cookies or treats!
- Let someone go in front of you in line who only has a few items.
- Leave a gas gift card at a gas pump.
- Throw a party to celebrate someone just for being who they are, which is awesome.
- Have a LinkedIn account? Write a recommendation for coworker or connection.
- Encounter someone in customer service who is especially kind? Take an extra five minutes to tell their manager.
- Try to make sure every person in a group conversation feels included.
- Smile at five strangers.
- Write a gratitude list in the morning and again in the evening.
- Pay the toll for the person behind you.
- Open the door for someone.
- Put your phone away while in the company of others.
- Run an errand for a family member who is busy.
- Send a ‘Thank you’ card or note to the officers at your local police or fire station.
- Purchase extra dog or cat food and bring it to an animal shelter.
- Write your partner a list of things you love about them.
- Return shopping carts for people at the grocery store.
- When you’re throwing something away on the street, pick up any litter around you and put that in the trash too.
- Put 50 paper hearts in a box. On each cutout write something that is special about your partner or a friend. Give them the box and tell them to pull out a heart anytime they need a pick-me-up.
- Tape coins around a playground for kids to find.
- When you hear that discouraging voice in your head, tell yourself something positive — you deserve kindness too!
- Say “hello” to strangers and smile. These acts of kindness are so easy, and they almost always make people smile.
- Learn the names the people you see every day. Greet them by name.
- Find opportunities to give compliments. It costs nothing, takes no time, and could make someone’s entire day. Don’t just think it. Say it.
- Email or write to a former teacher who made a difference in your life.
- Take flowers or treats to the nurses’ station at your nearest hospital.
- Write a positive comment on your favorite blog, website, or a friend’s social media account.
- While you’re out, compliment a parent on how well-behaved their child is.
- Buy a plant. Put it in a terracotta pot. Write positive words that describe a friend on the pot. Give it to that friend!
- Pay it Backward: buy coffee for the person behind you in line.
- Compliment the first three people you talk to today.
- Send a positive text message to five different people right now.
- Post inspirational sticky notes around your neighborhood, office, school, etc.
- Tell someone they dropped a dollar (even though they didn’t). Then give them a dollar.
- Donate old towels or blankets to an animal shelter.
- Say hi to the person next to you on the elevator.
- Leave unused coupons next to corresponding products in the grocery store.
- Place a positive body image notes in jean pockets at a department store.
- Set an alarm on your phone to go off at three different times during the day. In those moments, do something kind for someone else.
- Give away stuff for free on Facebook Marketplace.
- Return cans for someone and donate to cash to a good cause
