A List of Acts of Service
• Donate gently used clothes to a local shelter
• Write positive reviews for small local businesses
• Offer tech help to a senior who needs it
• Bring treats to your local fire or police station
• Volunteer to read books to children at a library
• Assemble hygiene kits for people experiencing homelessness
• Leave a generous book tip for your favorite author
• Help a neighbor with yard work or snow removal
• Make a handmade card for someone in the hospital
• Share fresh garden produce with someone in need
• Visit someone in hospice or palliative care
• Offer to run errands for a sick friend
• Organize a mini trash pickup in your neighborhood
• Give up your seat to someone who needs it more
• Pay for extra time on a stranger’s parking meter
• Leave a note of encouragement on a bathroom mirror
• Bake cookies and drop them off at a shelter
• Start a “take one, leave one” food pantry box
• Offer to help someone fill out difficult paperwork
• Share a kind social media post about a friend
• Bring a warm drink to someone working outdoors
• Volunteer at an animal shelter or rescue
• Give someone a ride to a job interview
• Send a small gift to someone “just because”
• Help someone apply for a scholarship or grant
• Sit and truly listen to someone’s story
• Create care kits for teachers or school staff
• Lend your skills to a nonprofit or cause
• Give water bottles to people working in the heat
• Help a student study for a test
• Send a supportive message to someone online
• Compliment someone’s parenting in a kind way
• Offer to walk a neighbor’s dog
• Let someone go ahead of you in line
• Bring donuts or fruit to a morning meeting
• Surprise someone with a handwritten poem or quote
• Volunteer at Tabitha’s Way or Hearts Knit Together
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