(remember you can do this by yourself, with family, with a church group, co-workers, school group, sweet play date, as a girl's outing, etc)
-tape coins to vending machine, toy machine, car wash/vacuuming station
-pay for car behind at star bucks, drive thru, toll plaza, dry cleaners
-pay for car behind at star bucks, drive thru, toll plaza, dry cleaners
-deliver candy canes to homes with christmas lights
-call hospital (kids floor, etc) to see what they would like
-deliver balloons to hospital patients
-pick a person/family to buy a meal for at a restaurant
-pay someone’s late fees at the library
-donate money to pay a needy family’s electric, gas, or water bill
-go grocery shopping and take food to soup kitchen
-bring a treat to a neighbor you do not know very well
-send a handwritten letter, personal message through Facebook to someone you do not talk to much, a family member, old friend, someone who has touched your life
-give treats/warm drinks/gift card on a cold day
to the person who collects your trash/recycling
-think about the people in your life that you forget to thank and tell them/do something sweet (mail carrier, kids teachers, school secretary, lawn man, babysitters, dry cleaners, school cafeteria/janitors, etc )
-give a grocery store gift card to someone in the grocery store
-pay for someone’s co-pay at a doctor’s office or walk-in clinic.
-leave a Walgreen’s/CVS/etc gift card for the pharmacist to give to a deserving someone filling a prescription.
-leave a big tip to a deserving waiter or waitress
-Send a little something to a soldier who won’t be home for the holidays - ask around, someone usually knows someone. Adoptaussoldier.org
-Make a donation to the Make a Wish Foundation
http://www.wish.org/about/our_mission or other charities
-Offer to babysit for a friend
-schedule a play date with a new friend
-be a bell ringer or bring treats to one
-SMILE at everyone you come in contact with
-help an elderly person with their groceries - might be helpful to ask store when Senior Citizen discount day is
-call a nursing home/assisted living facility and see if they have any ideas of something nice to do (visit with residents, participate in facility activities)
-pay for a family’s photo with Santa at the mall
-select a book(s) from your personal library and donate to a school/homeless shelter, etc.
-Start asking people if they know of someone or an organization that you could help - it’s amazing how much you will learn if you just ask!
-Clean out closets and toys to donate OR schedule a toy swap with friends OR ask around for a deserving family/child
-Take donuts to the fire station/police dept
-Deliver reindeer food to friends
-Bring something nice to people who have to work on Christmas Eve/Christmas Day (gas station/drugstore)
-Give out Walmart gift card to a deserving someone or family
-Bring treats to the animal shelter
-Have your child(ren) draw/paint/color a picture and give it or mail it to someone unexpected
-Plan a small surprise lunch/dinner outing for a friend or spouse
-Leave a note on someone’s car
-Leave a little surprise for a friend or family member
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