Be a Blessing: 50+ Random Acts of Kindness

• Bake cookies or other treats for your family members, neighbors, friends, classmates, and/or teachers

• Leave an encouraging Bible verse for someone who could use hope

• Call or email someone you've been meaning to contact you haven't spoken to in a while; let them know how much you appreciate them

• Buy flowers & give them to someone

• Teach someone something you're good at

• Make an encouragement jar filled with Bible verses, prayers, compliments, and uplifting notes for someone you love

• Send a card to a long-distance friend

• Give out gifts with a free hand & heart

• Tutor a student who needs extra help

• Donate things you don't need anymore, or buy things to donate. Places could include: thrift stores; shelters; pregnancy centers; libraries; schools; children's hospitals, foster-care organizations; food pantries; family resource centers; community groups, etc. (Ideas below)

  • Clothing

  • Shoes, underclothes, and winter gear

  • Diapers

  • Gift cards

  • Personal-care products

  • Pet supplies and food

  • School supplies

  • Non-perishable food

  • Baby supplies

  • Toys and puzzles

  • Books

  • Household goods

• Add books to a little free library. Perhaps put in a few copies of the Gospel of John (request for free here: https://livingwater.org/)

• Create a piece of art & gift it to someone

• Compliment a stranger

• Organize a free performance, especially if you enjoy performing

• Do someone else's chore for them

• Leave a generous tip for someone who has served you well

• Make a bird feeder; feed the birds

• Offer to pray with someone who is going through a difficult time

• Draw and write inspiring pictures and messages with chalk

• Help a friend or family member break a bad habit

• Write a poem or short story, and dedicate it to someone you know would love it

• Bring a meal to someone who is sick, recovering, or grieving

• Make and give food to the hungry

• Plant flowers or start a garden

• Make kind, encouraging, and thankful cards in bulk to places like:

  • Senior Centers

  • Nursing Homes

  • Homeless Shelters

  • Pregnancy Centers

  • Children's Hospitals

  • Retired Veterans

  • Teachers

  • First Responders

  • Organizations (like Meals on Wheels)

  • Hospice Centers & Patients

  • Military Service Members

  • People in Rehabilitation Centers

  • Cancer Treatment Centers & Patients

  • Hospital Staff & Healthcare Workers

  • Disaster Relief Organizations

  • Animal Shelters & Rescue Workers

• Write and leave kind notes around in public (if allowed)

• Leave a positive review online

• Make someone's favorite meal or snack

• Paint kindness rocks. Leave them in outdoor public places, or near your house

  
  

  

  
  

• Help lead someone to Jesus

• Pray for someone

• Make homemade gifts from recycled or repurposed materials.

• Organize a neighborhood food, clothing, or school-supply drive

• Help an elderly neighbor with yard work, snow removal, or household tasks

• Write a handwritten thank-you note to someone whose work often goes unnoticed

• Thank your loved ones

• Offer to let someone go ahead of you in line

• Leave a positive note in a library book :)

  
  

  

  
  

• Volunteer to help someone who is elderly or disabled with technology.

• Hold the door open for a stranger

• Pick up litter

• Volunteer your time somewhere. (Ideas below.)

  • Food pantries & food banks

  • Homeless shelters

  • Soup kitchens & community meal programs

  • Senior centers & nursing homes

  • Animal shelters & rescues

  • Libraries

  • Sages and Seekers (https://sagesandseekers.org/)

  • Schools & tutoring programs

  • Youth programs

  • Children's programs & camps

  • Pregnancy resource centers

  • Hospitals & hospice organizations

  • Veterans' organizations

  • Habitat for Humanity & housing organizations

  • Community gardens

  • Parks, nature centers & environmental cleanup projects

  • Disaster-relief organizations

  • Charitable fundraising events & races

  • Churches & community organizations

  • Organizations serving people with disabilities

  • Local nonprofits that help families in need

    
    

    

  
  

• Pay for the person behind you at a drive-through or coffee shop

• Invite someone to church who may be looking for a community

• Listen to others & be a good friend

• Smile and say hello to people you pass

• Plant a tree

• Stand up for someone who is being bullied, mocked, or excluded

• Use a skill you have to help someone for free

• Offer to babysit for a tired parent

• Ask God each morning to show you one person you can bless that day

And that's all, my friends! If you have more ideas, please put them in the comments below. I'd love to hear them! :)

-Julie