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Random acts of kindness

Get to know one neighbour you don’t
Give a food parcel to a Homeless Talk seller
If it’s raining, share your umbrella with someone
Carry shopping parcels for an older person to their car
Double your tip for the petrol attendant
Clear your cupboards and give old clothes to a charity or needy person
Write a thank you letter to your parents, grandparents or children>
Give a special gift to a special person even if it is not a special occasion
Give unused books to someone who needs them>
Give food parcels to orphan-households
Cook a meal for a neighbour
Keep soup packets and oranges in your car to give to beggars
Clean up the area outside your neighbour’s house
Volunteer to read to children at the local hospital
When you’re in need, allow others to help you
Visit an elderly person and offer to do a chore for them
Play ball with a child
Pay someone’s taxi fare
Offer to wash someone’s car
Thank people with a smile and wave who let you into traffic
Make a list with your neighbours of everyone’s email/cell numbers
Set up window boxes at work and plant herbs, flowers & vegetables
Take a plate of home-cooked food to your local police station
Buy a car guard a take-away meal
Invite a foreign family to your home for a meal
Smile at everyone you meet today
Offer to look after the child of a single parent for a day
Ask a homeless person their name
Offer to cut your neighbour’s grass/clean their pool
Speak to one person standing in a queue with you
Make contact with friends you have not spoken to for some time
Offer to make coffee/tea for people at work
Leave a note of encouragement on the desk of someone you work with
Buy someone milk and bread
Let someone take your parking space