Kindess Challenge 2017
Bring some positive energy to your family, your neighborhood, and the world!
The purpose of the Kindness Challenge is not only to spread joy in the holiday
__1. Pay for the drink of the person in the car behind you
__2. Donate toys or books to a homeless or battered women’s shelter
__3. Take treats to your local police station
__4. Take treats to your local fire station
__5. Shovel a neighbor’s sidewalk
__6. Take food to a food bank
__7. Volunteer at Feed My Starving Children or soup kitchen
__8. Send a card to someone who needs it
__9. Learn about the holiday traditions of someone whose culture is different from yours. See if you can participate in one (making holiday treats, attending a service, etc).
__10. Send a card to your (or your child’s) teacher thanking them
__11. Do an extra chore for your sibling/parent
__12. Take a meal to someone in need
__13. Donate old blankets or dog toys to an animal shelter
__14. Donate a coat/gloves/mittens to a coat drive
__15. Make someone a handmade gift
__16. Take a food gift and card to a neighbor. Preferably one you don’t know, or the one you like the least.
__17. Serve your spouse/parent breakfast in bed
__18. Take a care package to someone who is sick with tissue, soup
__19. Invite someone out for coffee who needs a friend
__20. Pick the most harried-looking person at the grocery store and give them a $5 coffee gift card
__21. Pay for someone’s things at the Dollar Store (most people spend less than $10)
__22. Let someone go ahead of you in line at a store checkout
__23. Make a bird feeder with your kids that can be left somewhere - pine cone with peanut butter rolled in birdseed - and leave them in trees while on a walk
__24. Send a card to a deployed soldier (www.amillionthanks.org or something similar)
__25. Offer cleaning help to an older neighbor/relative
__Bonus: Buy a goat for a village (www.oxfamgifts.com or something similar)
__Bonus: Sponsor a child at an orphanage (www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/ or something similar)
