Creative Ideas on Giving
Below are some
examples of kind acts sent in by our
players. By passing the card along with
your act of kindness, you help create
a stream of kindness that keeps on giving.
TEACHERS: View the Giving Game classroom lessons!
- Buy a cup of coffee
for the person behind you at a coffee
shop
- Leave your newspaper
at a coffee shop for someone else to
read
- Cut an elderly person's
grass at no charge
- Donate money or books
to a local library
- Offer to baby sit
for a mother who needs a day away from
the kids. Give her money to buy her
lunch while she is out
- Make something creative
for someone
- Drop off a bag of
groceries with a friend who has been
recently laid off
- Leave a $20 tip for
an $8 dollar meal
- Buy a movie pass
for two and then give it to friends who could
use a night out
- Make a donation to
the zoo or other nonprofit organization
in a friend's name
- Have flowers delivered
to a new colleague
- Shovel a neighbor's
driveway
- Find articles in
the paper about people that are making
a difference in your community - and
do something nice for them
- Scrape a stranger's
windshield on a snowy day
- Put money in a parking
meter by a stranger's car when you see
the time running out
- Send an unsigned
card saying, "You make a difference"
- Send a helpful book
as a gift
- Send flowers with
a note: "As a token of appreciation
from someone who respects you"
- Send someone a ticket
to a lecture or course that he/she will
enjoy
- Send someone a tape
or CD of music they will enjoy
- Send a gift subscription
for a magazine
- Pay a highway toll
for the person behind you
- Send money
to someone who is experiencing financial
difficulties
"sparks."
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