• Give an unexpected compliment.
• Plant a tree.
• Let someone cut in front of you in line.
• Pay the toll for the car behind you.
• Slow down so someone can merge in front of you in traffic.
• Let someone else take that primo parking spot.
• Give someone your seat on a crowded bus or subway.
• Put coins in an expired parking meter.
• Give up your seat on a plane so other travelers can sit together.
• Hold the door open for someone.
• Buy a warm meal for someone in need.
• Help someone struggling to carry their grocery bags.
• Stop to assist someone who looks lost.
• Say something encouraging to a parent who is struggling with rambunctious kids in a restaurant or grocery store.
• Offer to return a stranger’s grocery cart to the front of the store.
• Keep plastic bags filled with snacks and sample-size toiletries in your car to give to the homeless. 
• Donate flowers to a nursing home.
• Help clean up a mess.
• Hand out disposable water bottles to people working outside on a hot day.
• Buy a gift card to hand to someone on your way out of the coffee shop.
• Leave a great coupon next to that item in the grocery store.
• Pick up a piece of litter on the street and throw it out.
• Pass along a compliment to a service worker’s boss.
• Take the time to write a great online review for a restaurant you love.
• Pay for the meal of the people at the next table. Leave before they realize what you’ve done.
• Help someone carry groceries.
• Leave a positive comment on a news article or blog post.
• Learn CPR.
• Leave change in the vending machine.
• Give an extra tip and write an encouraging note along with it.
• Keep an extra umbrella in your car to give to someone stuck in the rain.
• Buy lemonade from a child’s lemonade stand.
• Visit a nursing home. Read books to or play board games with residents.
• Send a care package to a service member.
• Bring treats to your local fire station.
• Write a thank you note to your mail carrier.
• Talk to a stranger at a party who looks like they don’t know anyone.
• Smile at someone who looks sad.
• Be kind to others.

• Participate in a charity walk or run.
• Give blood. 
• Donate your old cell phone or other electronics to charity.
• Sign up for a bone marrow registry.
• Become an organ donor.
• Donate gently used clothes to a charitable thrift shop.
• Give old blankets, sheets and towels to an animal shelter.
• Donate your unused frequent flyer miles to a charity partner of your airline.
• Sign up for a shift at your local soup kitchen.
• Play with animals at a local shelter. 
• Donate your old glasses.
• Clean out your closet and donate clothes.
• Leave a treat for your mailperson.
• Contribute used books to the library or school media center.
• Organize a donation drive for coloring books, toys and art supplies for a hospital pediatric ward.
• Volunteer your time.

• Donate a vacation or sick day to a colleague who’s struggling with illness or caring for a sick loved one.
• Tell your boss one thing you love about him/her.
• Bring in a favorite treat and leave it in the break room. (It’s fun if you do it anonymously.)
• Compliment a colleague to your boss.
• Deliver coffee to an office assistant.
• Say "good morning".
• Post sticky notes with uplifting messages on the bathroom mirrors. 
• Stay late for a co-worker who needs to get home.
• Invite a co-worker who is alone over the holidays to your home to celebrate.
• Share your knowledge freely.
• Send a surprise package to someone.
• Mentor someone.
• Ask someone how they are doing.
• Write a thank you note to someone who has helped your career.
• Make friends with someone new to the company.
• Add a positive comment to the conversation if office chatter becomes negative.
• Tell a joke to lighten the mood when a co-worker is handling a tough assignment.

• Introduce yourself, even if, and especially if you’ve lived near each other for a while but haven’t met.
• Compliment a neighbor on a feature of their home.
• Scrape the ice off a neighbor’s windshield after you’ve finished doing yours.
• Mow their lawn, rake their leaves or sweep their sidewalk as a surprise.
• Make a double batch of the cookies you’re baking and bring some next door.
• Plan a neighborhood block party so everyone can get to know each other better. 
• Walk your neighbor’s dog when he has to stay late at the office.
• Offer to babysit a neighbor’s child for free.
• Put someone's trash cans away.
• Build a “little free library” box in your yard. Put books in it for your neighbors to borrow, and invite them to donate their books.
• Give a dog treat to a dog on a walk with someone.
• Make dinner for a neighbor who has just had a baby or surgery. 

• Write a thank you note to a teacher who made a difference in your life.
• Tell the principal how much you love your child’s teacher.
• Offer to read to your child’s class during story time. 
• Offer to make copies or do other chores for your child’s teacher.
• Create a new bulletin board for a teacher. 
• Send in glue sticks, pencils, sticky notes and paper towels for your child’s classroom in the middle of the school year as supplies dwindle.
• Plan a surprise gift or lunch for a teacher during Teacher Appreciation Week. 
• Raise money for a project on your teacher’s classroom wish list.
• Send in hand sanitizer and tissues during flu season. 
• Send in tissues for spring allergy season.

• Be on time. 
• Call your mom or dad just to say I love you.
• Research your family tree and share what you learned with other family members.
• Tell a friend what you love about their children.
• Call a grandparent just to say hi.
• Attend an event, such as a dance recital or sporting event, of a friend’s child.
• Send a message to a friend, letting them know you appreciate them.
• Reconnect with an old friend you have lost touch with over the years. Share a memory you carry with you.
• Forgive someone who has wronged you.
• Make amends with someone you have wronged.
• Give someone you love a big hug.
• Do chores for a family member who could use some extra free time.
• Let your spouse sleep in when it’s his/her turn to get up early with the kids.
• Donate to a friend’s favorite charity in their name.
• Give a friend a book you think they would like.
• Send a print of a photo you took of a friend or their child.
• Write a letter of encouragement to a child you know is having a hard time.
• Send a friend a helpful or inspiring article that made you think of them.
• Figure out a friend or family member’s half birthday (six months from their full birthday) and surprise them with a little treat on that day.
• Write a sweet, encouraging note and put it in your child’s lunch box or under their pillow.
• Do not forget yourself! Schedule a pedicure or massage, spend a few hours reading a great book or make time for another activity you love. Being kind to yourself. It will give you the energy and strength to be kind to others!