Kindness Ideas

There are so many ways that you can be kind to others.

It doesn't take a lot of effort or time to impact positively another person’s day in a meaningful way!  

Deliberate, planned expression of kindness helps everyone, enhance our relationships, and adds to the quality and abundance of life.

Here are a few to get you started!

• Collect books for your local library.
• Make a donation to your favourite charity.
• Eat lunch with a new colleague, co-worker or school mate.
• Volunteer to do grocery shopping for a senior.
• Return your shopping cart (and someone else’s) to the cart stall.
• Surprise someone with flowers or a special treat.
• Call your parents, sibling, or someone else to get caught up.
• Visit a friend or neighbour, co-worker in the hospital.
• Start a conversation with someone whom you do not usually speak with.
• Make a donation to an animal shelter.
• Give a homeless person a hot drink and muffin.
• Offer to shovel snow or mow a lawn for someone with mobility issues.
• Volunteer at your child’s school, your church, in your community, or a seniors home.
• Leave a note of appreciation.
• Drop off warm clothes or toiletries to a shelter.
• Clean up a park or sidewalks in your community.
• Sign up for organ or tissue donation.
• Bake a special treat and take it to work to share.
• Buy one thing for a Food Bank each time you go grocery shopping.
• Run an errand for a senior in your neighbourhood.
• Help someone who is lost with the directions.
• Acknowledge service providers and tell them they are appreciated.
• Set aside time to volunteer for a worthy cause.
• Leave a bit earlier so you have time to be friendly on the road.

Be Kind. Make a Difference. Today.