50 Random Acts of Kindness

Easy things you can do to brighten someone's day!

1. Invite your neighbors over for dinner

2. Call your grandparents

3. Mow your neighbor's lawn or shovel their sidewalk

4. Text an affirmation to a friend

5. Grab some coffee and catch up with a friend

6. Donate clothes you don't wear to Salvation Army or Goodwill

7. Tell your parents you love them

8. Take your brother or sister out for ice cream

9. Volunteer at a soup kitchen, food bank, or homeless shelter

10. Pay for the order of the car behind at the Drive Through

11. Babysit for free

12. Write a thank-you note

13. Bring in lunch or breakfast for your coworkers

14. Write letters to troops overseas

15. Visit residents in a nursing home

16. Share a positive message on your social media accounts

17. Wash someone's car for them

18. Use a dry-erase marker to write an uplifting message on the bathroom mirror

19. Clean the house, so other members of your household don't have to

20. Leave change on the vending machine or at the laundromat

21. Pick up litter in your community

22. Give flowers to your mom, sister, aunt, or grandma

23. Leave goodies in the mailbox for the postman

24. Email an old teacher and thank them for everything they did for you

25. Give someone a compliment

26. Leave a good tip

27. Check-in with a friend you haven't seen in awhile

28. Say you're sorry if it needs to be said

29. Have a yard sale and donate the proceeds to charity

30. Play with your dog or take him or her for a walk

31. Host a get-together and invite people who don't normally get invited

32. Write thank-you notes to the fire department or police department

33. Write kind messages or funny drawings on the walkway with chalk

34. Ask someone if they need help

35. Send a fun postcard to a younger niece, nephew, or cousin

36. Say hello and smile at everyone you meet

37. Bake some cookies for an elderly neighbor

38. Donate books to a children's center

39. Cook a meal for someone who is struggling or overwhelmed

40. Send a holiday card

41. Put up Christmas lights outside your home

42. Spend a little extra quality time with your family

43. Use Ecosia as a search engine to help plant trees

44. Play on freerice.com to help provide rice to needy families through the World Food Programme

45. Ask someone how they are really doing and be ready to listen

46. Give someone a hug

47. Volunteer to help at a Vacation Bible School or other community events

48. Become a mentor

49. Let someone go ahead of you in line

50. Let yourself get a good night's sleep!