Take the Random Acts of Kindness challenge
Here’s the challenge: Every day, we want you to commit one random act of kindness. Big or small, we think you’re the key to making this world a better place. Think you’re up to it? We’ve got 20 ideas to get you started.
1. Help an elderly neighbor with his groceries
2. Bring a home-baked goody to your bus driver
3. Send an anonymous thank-you card to your favorite teacher
4. Donate used children’s books to a classroom
5. Set out Mom’s weekday breakfast before she comes downstairs
6. Invite the quiet girl in class to join your group for a project
7. Read to kids at your local library
8. Return a rogue shopping cart to the store
9. Toss the litter you see on the sidewalk into a trashcan
10. Start a recycling initiative
11. Leave a generous tip
12. Sprinkle salt on your neighbor’s sidewalks before or after a storm
13. Offer up a smile and a friendly greeting to people you pass
14. Clean your room before Mom asks you to
15. Cut the drama and be genuinely kind to a frenemy
16. Collect canned food for a food bank
17. Hug your dad, in public, just because
18. Send a postcard to a far-away friend
19. Burn your fave playlist onto a CD for your buds
20. Share a toy, game or book with a younger sib
Got any more sensational suggestions for a random act of kindness? Dish ‘em out, girlies!