- Ask the person behind you in the lunch line if you can buy their lunch
- Ask an elderly neighbour if they need a ride anywhere
- Call your local animal shelter and ask them if they have a ‘donation wish list’ – if they do, buy something from their wish list or give them money
- Clean out your closet and donate any unwanted clothing to a homeless shelter/women’s shelter
- Get a group of friends together and pick up bottles/cans/garbage from your local park and recycle them
- Hold the door open for people
- Say “please” and “thank you”
- Coordinate a neighbourhood toy drive and deliver it to a hospital or fire-station
- Help someone to cross the street
- Give or buy a blanket for someone who is homeless
- Adopt an animal from a local shelter and give it the unconditional love it will give you
- Have a yard/garage sale and donate the money to the charity of your choice
- Collect stuffed animals from friends and family and deliver a children’s hospital
- Ask friends and family to buy socks/shoes and distribute them to the homeless
There are so many things that we can do to support those who are less fortunate than us – all you need is a little time, creativity and the desire to spread love, compassion and joy into the world. You don’t have to limit your acts of kindness to people – there are so many not-for-profit agencies that require donations to help animals and our environment, such as;
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (P.E.T.A.) www.peta.org , WWF (World Wid Fund for Nature or World Wildlife Fund) www.wwf.ca, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) www.cpaws.org , Greenpeace www.greenpeace.org or lookup up the address of your local environmental or animal group and make a donation to them.
Together, we can make the world a more positive one!