If you don’t already know, I have kindness challenge going on, I’m even giving away some goodies to help you keep on spreading kindness. I thought today would be a great day to share a couple ideas for some random acts of kindness. My challenge runs from now until after Thanksgiving. I’m hoping some people will decide to be the good on Black Friday and share a few random acts of kindness, please. Anyway, tomorrow is World Kindness Day, so why not share an act of kindness tomorrow? If you share your good deed on social media or blog about it tag me and link it here. #RandomAOK 😉
- Open a door for someone
- Give someone a compliment or leave sweet compliment notes on peoples’ cars
- Bake a treat for a friend or you child’s teacher
- Pay for the person in line behind you
- Leave coupons next to that particular item
- Donate books to your child’s school or your local library
- Leave change in gumball machines
- Let someone cut in front of you
- See a child behaving well, tell their parent and that child 🙂
- Leave a treat or note for your postal worker
- THANK YOU NOTES!
- Help someone with their groceries or put their cart away
- Leave a dollar in the dollar section at Target
- Tape some popcorn on a Redbox kiosk
- Make care bags for our homeless (socks, chapstick, hand warmers, gloves, nutrition bars)
- Send a package to our troops. Want to get rid of your Halloween candy? Click here
- Leave encouraging notes to moms at the diaper station
- Donate old clothes
- Leave a tip with a compliment in a tip jar
- Donate blankets to your local fire station
- GIFT CARDS!! Share ’em 🙂
- Give someone a copy of your favorite book or send one to a soldier.
- Smile or Wave
- Say hello
- Volunteer your time helping at a school, hospital,food pantry or nursing home.
- Handout balloons
- Leave positive messages on a mirror at home or in dressing rooms.
- Tape change to vending machines
- Donate toys
- Send cards to the forgotten elderly
Pay it forward, y’all!!
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Amber
November 12, 2015 at 3:08 pmFantastic ideas!
I smile and wave at people often and most of the time they look frightened.
MrsA0K2001
November 14, 2015 at 2:38 pmThank you, Amber.
HAHA! I get the same reaction sometimes. 🙂
XOXO
Chastity
November 12, 2015 at 3:15 pmThis is such a great idea! Your idea about sending a card to the elderly makes me really miss my grandma. I saved all of her cards she had sent to me and I read them daily. This is the first year I don’t have any cards from her or that I’ve sent to her.
You make the world a better place. xoxo
MrsA0K2001
November 14, 2015 at 2:46 pmAwww shucks, Chastity, THANK YOU!!
I know this year had to be tough on you without your grandma, I’m sorry. Thankfully, you have her cards as reminders of her. Maybe, sending a card to someone in her honor on her birthday could be a tradition?
Sending you tons of love!!!
XOXO
Michelle
November 12, 2015 at 9:48 pmThese are wonderful ideas! Just think, if every person did just one of these a day, how the world would be a better place. Great idea and random acts of kindness should be everyday. Wouldn’t you agree?
MrsA0K2001
November 14, 2015 at 2:48 pmI totally agree!! It feels so good to do for others, just because. That’s a great challenge, Michelle, do a good deed daily. I love that!
XOXO
Sonya
November 12, 2015 at 10:40 pmLove all these ideas 🙂 I love it when people leave coupons by the items that I need. I call them coupon fairies. They truly make my day. We plan on donating some toys very soon. Our house is overflowing with toys that my kids are too big for, but that are in great condition.
MrsA0K2001
November 14, 2015 at 2:59 pmCoupon fairies are AWESOME!!
Toy donations are awesome too!! 🙂
XOXO
Holly @ While I'm Waiting...
November 13, 2015 at 8:51 amLOVE!!! Happy World Kindness Day! Let’s go out and share some kindness!
MrsA0K2001
November 14, 2015 at 3:01 pmI hope you had a Happy World Kindness Day, Holly! I’m sure you made the best of it with that sweet heart of yours. We need to be good out there, our world truly needs it right now, and always.
XOXO
Tamara
November 13, 2015 at 8:00 pmI love #13. I’m going to Target this weekend and I’ll do that! I’ll try to leave it at kid level too. I think that would really brighten someone’s day.
So today there was a guy riding by me on his bike on my way to Starbucks. I thought he said hi to me but wasn’t positive but I smiled and said hi. And he almost crashed his bike saying, “Thank you for smiling at me!”
Aw!
MrsA0K2001
November 14, 2015 at 3:03 pmThat is too cute!! 🙂 Thanks for making me smile 🙂 : )
AWESOME!! You’re going to make a kiddo very happy this weekend! Maybe you’ll inspire others to do the same, I hope.
XOXO
Jessica
November 14, 2015 at 8:49 amJust yesterday at the wholesale club, someone left a coupon right on top of the diapers we needed. $3.00 is a big deal with three babies at home. 😉 I’m also a big fan of driving with a little kindness- let someone merge in front of you, let someone turn in front of you, or let them have that space up front. Walking a bit further is better for my backside anyway. 🙂
MrsA0K2001
November 16, 2015 at 12:10 pmThree kids club! I know exactly what you mean, Jessica, every single penny counts when you’re raising three babies. This weekend at B&BW the cashier told me to split my purchases so she could give me a coupon for my second purchase, she gave me a TEN DOLLAR coupon!!! Because of the sale and the coupon I saved $30!! That was such a sweet act of kindness, I kept thanking her. 😀
I’m with you we could all be nicer on the roads, I try my hardest to stay calm and nice there.
I would love for you to join the challenge I’m having on my blog. 🙂 We’re trying to spread kindness.
XOXO
Keisha | The Girl Next Door is Black
November 14, 2015 at 1:16 pmThis is such a lovely idea, A! Thanks for giving examples too. Even the smallest gestures can make someone’s day. I love the idea of leaving a $1 in the section at Target and leaving change in a gumball machine. Can you imagine being a kid, salivating over the gumball machine and finding a shiny quarter waiting for you in the slot? #17 is so sweet. Love this!
MrsA0K2001
November 16, 2015 at 12:23 pmThank you, thank you, thank you, Keisha!!
I planned to fill all the gumball machines this weekend and guess what… I forgot my stinkin’ change!!! 🙁
Leaving a dollar in the dollar section is one of my favorites, I try to leave the dollar near the kid items- it goes fast. 🙂
I plan on doing #17 this week. I know how hard it can be to wrangle kids in public, it’s nice to hear you’re doing alright.
Thanks for stopping by, wishing you a beautiful week!
XOXO
Healing Mama
November 15, 2015 at 10:57 amThese are great ideas! Ever since seeing your Periscope I’ve made an effort each day to do an act of kindness.
MrsA0K2001
November 16, 2015 at 12:41 pmThank you, Healing Mama!!! Reading that just made smile, thanks for that!!! And thank you, for being so encouraging to me while I was kind of freaking out on Periscope. 🙂
XOXO
Bev
November 16, 2015 at 6:44 amIt’s amazing what big difference a small act can do. I recently had someone go out of her way to hold the door open for me as I was wrangling all my show stuff out of the venue and I clearly had my hands full. I was so grateful for her help!
MrsA0K2001
November 16, 2015 at 12:48 pmKindness doesn’t have to be big for it to be big, those little acts mean so much. It really doesn’t take much to be kind, and that was a great example of that. 🙂
XOXO
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L. E. Mastilock
November 24, 2015 at 1:26 amOur world definitely needs more kindness! Great ideas!
MrsA0K2001
November 24, 2015 at 4:16 pmThank you!
XOXO
Katy
February 20, 2017 at 8:57 amOoh, I really love #17, Leave encouraging notes to moms at the diaper station. You never know when someone needs a lift!
#MMBH
Barrie Bismark
February 20, 2017 at 2:35 pmGreat ideas! we can all use a little more kindness in our lives!
#MMBH