Our Top 15 List
- Drop off a plant, cookies, or bagels to the police or fire department.
- Offer to return a shopping cart to the store for someone loading a car.
- Give a bag of groceries to a homeless person.
- When drivers try to merge into your lane, let them in with a wave and a smile.
- Laugh out loud often and share your smile generously.
- Buy books for a day care or school.
- Give blood.
- Tell your children why you love them.
- Give coffee to people on their way to work in the morning.
- Leave a treat or handmade note of thanks for a delivery person or mail carrier.
- Write a card of thanks and leave it with your tip. Be sure to be specific in your thanks.
- Let the person behind you in the grocery store go ahead of you in line.
- Write a note to the boss of someone who has helped you, praising the employee.
- Be a good neighbor. Take over a baked treat or stop by to say “Hello.”
- Give the gift of your smile.

February 5, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Hug your grandchildren! They grow up way too fast!
February 19, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Visit an elderly person at a nursing facility. They love to have visitors!
February 25, 2010 at 8:09 am
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