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This week 7-14 February is an “Acts of Kindness” Week.
Plan to intentionally extend love to those around you and help us make our world a better place!
Here are some ideas to get you started. Why not check off a few that you could do next week and put a plan in place to make them happen.
You could be a bright spot in someone’s day.  

• Send a note/leave a note
• Make a call
• Thank a retail clerk
• Make a porch drop off
• Play a Zoom/online game with someone
• Send flowers to someone for no reason
• Run an errand for someone
• Feed the birds
• Leave happy notes wherever you go
• Drop off hygiene items for the Light House at OCC
• Order someone a meal/have pizza delivered
• Give an unexpected compliment
• Snow blow/shovel someone’s driveway
• Support a local business
• Let someone cut in front of you in line
• Pay for the car behind you at a takeout window
• Slow down so someone can merge in front of you in traffic
• Let someone else take that prime parking spot
• Put your phone away when a family member or friend is talking to you
• Donate flowers to a nursing home
• Leave a great coupon next to that item in the grocery store
• Pick up a piece of litter on the street and throw it out
• Pass along a compliment to a service worker’s boss
• Take the time to write a great online review for a restaurant you love
• Leave a positive comment on a news article or blog post
• Give an extra tip when getting take out
• Bring treats to your local fire station
• Write a thank you note to your mail carrier
• Smile at someone who looks sad
• Participate in the Coldest Night of the Year walk
• Become an organ donor
• Bring in a prepackaged treat and leave it in the break room at work. (It’s extra fun if you do it anonymously.)
• Compliment a colleague to your boss
• Post sticky notes with uplifting messages on the office bathroom mirrors
• Stay late for a co-worker who needs to get home
• Write a thank you note to someone who has helped your career
• Add a positive comment to the conversation if things are getting negative
• Scrape the ice off a neighbour’s windshield after you’ve finished doing yours
• Make a double batch of the cookies you’re baking and bring some next door
• Make dinner for a someone who has just had a baby or surgery
• Write a thank you note to your child’s teacher or to a teacher who made a difference in your life
• Tell the principal how much you love your child’s teacher
• Be on time
• Call your mom or dad just to say I love you
• Tell a friend what you love about their children
• Send a message to a friend letting them know you appreciate them
• Reconnect with an old friend you’ve lost touch with over the years. Share a memory you carry with you.
• Forgive someone who has wronged you
• Make amends with someone you have wronged
• Bring your neighbour’s garbage cans up for him/her
• Turn off the water when you brush your teeth and give the earth some kindness
• Let your spouse sleep in when it’s his/her turn to get up early with the kids
• Donate to a friend’s favourite charity in their name
• Give a friend a book you think they would like
• Send a print of a photo you took of a friend or their child
• Write a letter of encouragement to a child you know is having a hard time
• Send a friend a helpful or inspiring article that made you think of them
• Write a sweet, encouraging note and put it under your child’s pillow or in a place they’ll easily find it
• Be a good listener
• If you need to go to the grocery store or pharmacy, call someone and ask if they need anything
• Make a music playlist for someone with songs you think they’d enjoy
• Respond to a social media post with a positive, uplifting comment