101 Random Acts of Kindness
Kindness is contagious. Pay an act of kindness forward, share a kindness story and tag us on social media, or just tell a friend. Your voice helps us reach someone who needs love.
Leave money on a vending machine for someone
Bake cookies for the elderly
Serve at a homeless shelter
Do a 5k for a good cause
Help at a veterinarian office
Pick up litter on the beach
Let someone go in front of you in line
Give a stranger a compliment
Make dinner for a family in need
Insert coins into someone’s parking meter
Buy flowers to hand out on the street
Leave letters of encouragement on people’s cars
Buy a movie ticket for the person behind you
Pay for someone’s meal at a restaurant
Write letters to soldiers
Donate Christmas gifts to an orphanage
Participate in a fundraiser
Use your allowance to donate to a charity
Hold open the doors for people
Thank a teacher with a gift
Donate your old clothes to the Salvation Army
Help a senior with their groceries
Shovel a neighbor’s driveway when it snows
Walk a neighbor’s dog
Babysit for free
Plant a tree
Do a favor without asking for anything in return
Take someone new in your neighborhood on a tour of the city
Show the new kids around your school
Buy an ice cream cone for a child
Learn to say hello in a different language to different people
Prepare a meal for your family
Pay for a stranger’s library fees
Send Valentine’s Day cards to everyone in your class
Spend a day at a homeless shelter
Give drinks out to people on a hot day
Send a letter to a good friend instead of a text
Bring in donuts for your co-workers
Help a child or older person cross the street
Water a neighbor’s lawn/flowers
Snap a photo of a couple
Give someone a gift card that you don’t intend to use
Wash someone’s car
Read to kids at the library for story time
Plan a surprise birthday party for someone
Perform a concert at a retirement home
Help do chores at a farm/harvest ranch
Save your pop tabs for a children’s hospital
Leave your waiter a generous tip
Start mentoring a younger child
Spend time with your grandparents
Make a family member breakfast in bed
Hold the elevator for someone
Pay for someone’s dry cleaning
Pack someone a lunch for the day
Write a kind or encouraging message on a napkin
Do a sibling’s chores without them asking
Offer to take a shopper’s cart to the line outside
Help someone who has a flat tire
Let someone else pick what to watch on TV
Send care packages to soldiers overseas
Rake the leaves for your neighbors
Mow the lawn for your neighbors
Take the day not to complain
Write a list of things that you adore about a friend
Pay for someone’s morning coffee
Participate in Pack-A-Backpack for a child
Instead of posting negativity online, spread some encouragement
Share your favorite Bible verses or quote and post them to the company billboard
Give up your seat on the bus to another person
Pay for someone’s bus/cab fare
Offer someone your pen
Lend a friend a favorite book/movie
Recommend someone your favorite book/movie
Take your younger siblings out to play in the rain
Make hot chocolate for your family on a cold day
Take the time to appreciate the sunrise and sunset
Write someone an encouraging poem
Send coloring books to sick kids in the hospital
Celebrate your own best friend appreciation day
Help tutor a struggling student
Pay for another student’s lunch
Offer to give a friend a ride home
Take the time to listen to someone
Recycle things that you see on the road
Help sick animals find homes
Make someone a homemade blanket or scarf
Feed the birds in the park
Leave some change on a wishing fountain
Help out the janitors at school
Donate your hair after a haircut
Give your umbrella to a stranger
Volunteer to work some overtime at your job
Ride your bike or walk to work
Offer compliments to strangers and friends and family
Buy your waiter/waitress dessert
Wash a neighbor’s dog for free
Buy groceries for the person behind you
Reconnect with old friends
Hide money in random places for strangers to find
Be kind to yourself!
