Blessing the MOV with kindness!
During the month of November, we want to spread kindness throughout the valley and beyond. The idea is simple. Enclosed in this month’s box Discipleship in a Box and below on this page, you will find a list of 100 Acts of Kindness. The challenge is to do as many of them as you can during November.
We want people to know that we are grateful for them, that they are loved, and that they matter. You can do the Acts of Kindness alone or with friends and family.
We’d love to hear your stories about Kind-vember and see your pictures of the random acts of kindness. Email us at mystory@northpbc.org and tell us how many Acts of Kindness you did, how Kind-vember affected you personally, or the reaction of the person on the receiving end of your kindness. On social media, use the hashtag #kindvember to share pictures and encourage others.
100 Acts of Kindness
1. Bless a stranger by putting snack money in an envelope and taping it to a vending machine.
2. Leave an encouraging note on someone’s car.
3. Give a stranger a compliment.
4. Pay for someone’s food or drink behind you in the drive thru.
5. Call a friend from church that you haven’t seen recently to check on them. Don’t text this time.
6. Donate food to the food pantry.
7. Leave an encouraging note on co-worker’s desk, or on a receipt for your waiter or waitress, or in a neighbor or friend’s mailbox or door.
8. Help a friend with something… maybe a chore, babysitting, pick up groceries for them, etc.
9. Bring a co-worker, friend, or neighbor their favorite drink as a surprise.
10. Send a thank you note to touch someone that touched your life.
11. Give a server a larger tip than you would normal leave.
12. Make or buy cookies for someone.
13. Give a meal to someone that is homeless or that is struggling financially.
14. Deliver a treat or small gift to a first responder (police, firefighter, paramedic).
15. Deliver a treat or small gift to a doctor or nurse.
16. Invite someone to attend church with you in person or invite them to watch online.
17. Leave a note and/or treat for your mailman, UPS, or FedEx driver for delivering your mail.
18. When you experience good customer service, compliment the worker to their manager.
19. Hold the door for someone.
20. Donate items to the Friendship Kitchen (take out containers, soda, Lysol wipes or money).
21. Donate an hour of your time to serve at church.
22. Pick up litter around the church campus or offer to help clean an area inside the building.
23. Encourage or pray for a teenager.
24. Read a book to a child.
25. Tape a coupon on a product at the grocery store to bless a random shopper.
26. Let someone go ahead of you in the checkout at the grocery store.
27. Donate items to The Clothing Closet (diapers, wipes, an outfit, shoes, socks, etc.).
28. Leave quarters in a few Aldi’s shopping carts.
29. Pay for someone’s toll or add money to someone’s parking meter.
30. Pray for a friend and their family.
31. Offer to pray with someone that is sick or struggling with a medical condition.
32. Spend time talking to someone that you know is struggling with loneliness.
33. Pick up litter around your neighborhood or a nearby park.
34. Help a neighbor with yard work.
35. Help a friend or family member put up seasonal decorations. Take it a step further if you want and buy them a decoration.
36. Carry someone’s groceries for them.
37. Sweeten a co-worker or a friend’s day with a candy bar and a note attached letting them know much they mean to you.
38. Call a neighbor and ask if they need anything from the store when you are headed to the store.
39. Donate items to North Place (Paper towels, postage stamps, cleaning supplies, shampoo, dryer sheets, Dawn dish soap).
40. Check on an elderly neighbor.
41. Check on a single parent to see if there’s anything you can do to help them.
42. Send a birthday card to friend or family member that you haven’t seen in awhile.
43. Make someone laugh.
44. Thank or encourage a teacher.
45. Smile and say hi to 3 people you don’t know.
46. Support a local business that you haven’t tried yet.
47. Thank a serviceman or woman or veteran for their service.
48. Praise a child.
49. Give someone a hug.
50. Pray for a pastor.
51. Send someone a Bible verse via text or a card to encourage them.
52. Surprise a family member or a friend and take them somewhere they like to go just to spend time together.
53. Tape a bag of packaged microwave popcorn to a RedBox machine (Red Box machines are located at Walmart, CVS, Kroger, Dollar General around town.).
54. Tell someone how much they mean to you or why you appreciate them.
55. Donate a book to a library or pass along a book that you are done with to someone that might enjoy it.
56. Compliment a parent on their child’s behavior.
57. Donate coloring books and/or crayons to a hospital or homeless shelter.
58. Donate your change to a good cause.
59. Offer to pick up lunch for someone if you are going out for lunch.
60. Buy a pack of cards or stamps to give to a friend that enjoys sending cards to others.
61. Ask someone to join you for coffee or a meal so you can get to know them better.
62. Offer to take someone’s grocery cart back for them.
63. If you see someone struggling to carry something, offer to help.
64. Give up a close parking spot so someone else can have it.
65. Brighten someone’s day by giving them a flower or a plant.
66. Buy a $5 gift card and give it to a stranger.
67. Buy a stranger dessert at a restaurant.
68. Donate disinfectant wipes to a teacher you know or drop some off at a school.
69. Donate pet food, treats, supplies, old towels, or blankets to the Humane Society.
70. Brighten a child’s day by buying them ice cream.
71. Let someone go in front of you in traffic.
72. Pray for the person beside you at a stoplight.
73. Forgive someone.
74. Give someone one of your favorite recipes. If you want to go a step further, make the recipe to go along with the written recipe.
75. Give your umbrella to a stranger.
76. Run an errand for an elderly friend or neighbor.
77. Check on a friend that has lost a loved one recently.
78. Give a Bible to someone that needs to know the love of Christ.
79. Offer to take a task or errand off a friend’s to-do list to help them not feel so overwhelmed.
80. Share a skill or talent you have with a friend.
81. Introduce yourself to a neighbor that you don’t already know.
82. Smile at everyone you see today.
83. Give a friend a “just because” gift.
84. Cheer someone up.
85. Be a good listener when a friend or family member talks to you.
86. Ask someone to take a walk with you just to spend time together.
87. Give a toy to a child that is less fortunate.
88.. COVID has made people feel isolated. Brighten the day of someone you know that lives alone and plan a porch visit to show them you care.
89. Buy treats for a friend’s pet.
90. Send a get-well card to lift the spirits of someone that is sick or recovering from surgery.
91. Ask a cashier or server how their day is going.
92. Go to lunch or coffee with a friend and give them your full attention. Put your phone away.
93. Buy a kid a coat to participate in our upcoming Miracle of Coats.
94. Invite a friend, co-worker, or family member to participate in a devotion on the Bible App with you.
95. Send a friend or family member a picture (via text or in a card) to remind them of a great memory you have with them.
96. Recycle your plastic, paper, and cardboard.
97. Donate socks, hats or gloves to a homeless shelter.
98. Give a college student or teen driver gas money.
99. Tell someone in your life that you love them and why. They just may need to hear it today.
100. Encourage others to participate in this Acts of Kindness challenge. Pass the list on via social media, take a picture and text the list to someone, pick up an extra copy of this list at church and pass it along.