Random Acts of Kindness

This month we will be focusing on giving and the trait of fairness.  Fairness is about having what you need, it does not always look equal.  It involves listening to and understanding what others are saying and feeling.  you must keep an open-mind and consider views that may oppose yours.  The important thing is you use the same standard for everyone.  To practice we will be discussing paying it forward.  We will look at our own strengths and think about how we can use those fairly with others.  Here are some ideas to continue our activity at home.

1. Donate a coat or mittens/hats to charity (leaving a happy note in the pocket)
2. Donate to the local food bank
3. Send cards to your neighbors, soldiers or a community senior center
4. Leave change in the vending machine
5. Sort through your toys and donate any that you no longer play with to charity or your local church
6. Leave positive chalk messages around where you live
7. Write a letter to your sibling telling them what you appreciate about them
8. Leave a beautiful homemade bookmark in your library book and give one to the Librarian
9. Deliver cookies to your neighbors or a community senior center
10. Tidy your bedroom without being asked
11. Writenotes and mail them to any houses with great christmas lights saying thank you for lighting up their house for you to see
12. Sit next to someone you normally don’t at the lunch table and be nice to them
13. Be a holiday helper – volunteer to deliver local christmas cards or ring the bell for the Salvation Army
14. Make a bird feeder and hang it up for the winter
15. Send a care package to someone in the military
16. Pass on some of your books to friends or the library
17. Leave out water for the birds
18. Write thank you cards for your teacher, coach, Cubs leader or people that have influenced you in a positive way
19. Clean up the area where you live by picking up litter.  Make sure you wear gloves and do it with an adult.
20. Help around the house without being asked 
21. Donate pet food to a local shelter
22. Put together a shoebox for your local church
23. Write a thank you note for the trash collectors and mailman
24. Deice your neighbors' windshields in the morning
25. Take poinsettias to your nearest nursing home
26. Make a christmas card for the school office 
27. Offer to help an elderly friend or neighbour with their christmas decorations
28. Make a thank you card for the bus driver
29. Cook dinner for your family
30. Offer to pack the shopping bags of the person in front of you and behind you at the supermarket
31. Invite a new friend for a play date or out to play
32. Walk someone elses dog
33. Give out a complement
34. Give out free hugs today
35. Hold the door open for people all day
36. Smile all day
37. Let someone go in front of you in line
38. Introduce yourself to someone new at school and chat with them
39. Call or Skype an elderly relative and have a nice chat to them about what school was like when they were young
40. Donate to charity