Basics:
Follow your heart.
Look for someone who needs help.
Enjoy the good feeling that comes from giving.
Set a good example.
Buy two of something you enjoy and give one away.
Be supportive.
Take a break from the Internet and give in real life.
Respect everyone.
- Introduce two strangers.
- Pay a teen to mow an elderly person's yard.
- Talk to someone who looks lonely.
- Pay for the next person in line.
- Give your old magazines to a hospital.
- Offer to babysit one night for a friend.
- Leave a snack for a co-worker.
- Let someone in front of you in line.
- Leave your change in the soda machine.
- Give a pie to your local firehouse.
- Offer directions to someone who looks lost.
- If you buy a new gizmo, give the old one away.
- Leave a thank-you note at the police station.
- Bring flowers from your garden to co-workers.
- Donate 5 books to a shelter.
- Clean up litter on your street.
- Smile at two strangers a day.
- Mow the neighbor's yard.
- Send a thank-you note to a teacher.
From "Small Ways You Can Make a Huge Difference This Summer" by Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy in USA Weekend July 16-18, 2010
And adding:
20. Take flowers to a nursing station in the nearest hospital.
see also: 88 ways to make a stranger smile