Over 100 Ways To Do Good & Be Kind

1. Apologize first
2. Ask “What can I do to make your day better”
3. Always keep your word
4. Adopt a pet from a shelter
5. Answer the phone
6. Bake something for someone else
7. Be an athlete for Bibles with Open Doors
8. Be kind to someone who annoys you
9. Become an Organ Donor
10. Become a Sea Rescue Volunteer
11. Become a Volunteer or Help Raise Funds for Newkidz on the Block
12. Become a TWD (That Was Different) Activist
13. Befriend a stranger
14. Buy a candy bar for the cashier
15. Buy an inspirational book for someone
16. Buy food from Luke’s Cafe in support of Huis Zonnekus
17. Buy Three Avocado Coffee for Water
18. Buy the Big Issue
19. Become an Ocean Ambassador with Two Oceans Aquarium
20. Become a Sunflower Volunteer and/or Register as a Stem Cell Donor
21. Buy a box of cookies and offer them around to strangers
22. Buy vegetables from community urban gardens
23. Be patient with others
24. Cheer up someone having a rough week
25. Clean up after someone else
26. Collect and Donate Bread Tags for Wheelchairs
27. Compliment people (be genuine)
28. Call a friend instead of sending a text
29. Call your parents
30. Clean the bathroom after everyone has used it
31. Do a Charity Walk
32. Do a Random Act of Kindness
33. Donate a Baby Box
34. Donate Books – Durbanville Kinderhuis
35. Donate Blood
36. Donate Clothes at a St Luke’s Hospice Charity Shop
37. Donate Hair for Cancer
38. Donate Magazines to a doctors/dentist office
39. Drop off toys/towels at an animal shelter
40. Donate to or Volunteer at Nazareth House
41. Donate to a disaster fund
42. Do not judge
43. Dedicate a star to someone
44. Feed a Homeless Person
45. Finish a punch card and give it to someone else
46. Forgive someone
47. Find a Cause through ForGood to Volunteer at or Donate to
48. Get a MySchoolCard
49. Get Active for Bibles
50. Get involved as a Kennel Volunteer at Tears
51. Get my hands dirty at a Greenpop Nursery Day
52. Give new parents a night off
53. Give Back / Volunteer on Mandela Day
54. Get involved in one of the projects at Jesus to my Rescue
55. Give your mom the night off and offer the make dinner
56. Give someone recognition on your blog or website who deserves it
57. Give your partner/friend a back or foot massage
58. Give a bottle of wine to your hairstylist/beautician, etc
59. Help an Endangered/Injured Animal
60. Hold the door open for a stranger
61. Help a disabled person
62. Help someone who wants to lose weight by being an exercise buddy
63. Have a coffee at Brownies & Downies
64. Have a magazine subscription sent to a friend’s / elderly persons house
65. Invite someone to dinner
66. Invite a neighbour over for scones and tea
67. Join a Beach Cleanup
68. Join the Bible a Month Club
69. Join the Cows and help Support Children with Cancer
70. Join The Gideons International in their quest to distribute Bible
71. Knit Vests & Beanies for the preemies at Newborns Groote Schuur Trust
72. Leave a nice note & generous tip for your waiter
73. Leave an anonymous gift for someone you like
74. Leave an anonymous gift for someone you dislike
75. Leave change in a vending machine
76. Let someone ahead of you in line
77. Listen to someone who has a problem
78. Let your partner/friend sleep in
79. Leave some change at the coffee machine
80. Let people through in traffic
81. Let a debt go that someone owes
82. Leave positive comments on someone else’s blog
83. Leave positive comments on friends’ social media accounts
84. Mail a birthday card
85. Make a care package for someone in need
86. Make someone a cup of tea
87. Make someone else’s bed
88. Make positive observations about people
89. Offer to do a favour for a friend
90. Order Aspire Coffee and help someone with a disability
91. Offer to carry an elderly person’s grocery shopping
92. Pay it Forward at Massimo in Houtbay
93. Pick up some litter
94. Plant trees at a Greenpop Reforest Festival
95. Pledge a Birthday to support Charity Water
96. Pledge to reduce plastic trash
97. Pray for Bible Societies, Compassion
98. Put change into Someone’s Expired Meter
99. Put together a care package for a pensioner
100. Put your phone away
101. Pay for a friend’s coffee
102. Reach out to someone going through a tough time
103. Reach out to someone who has inspired you
104. Recycle
105. Respond to emails, texts, and phone calls from friends and family
106. Send a friendship card to someone
107. Send an old friend a birthday message
108. Send birthday cards to the elderly
109. Send someone a surprise in the mail
110. Show up even if you don’t want to
111. Sponsor a Child 
112. Support Cansa’s Shavathon
113. Support Red Sock Friday
114. Support Ster Kinekor’s Vision Mission
115. Support the Sanitary Pads Campaign
116. Support Vintage Coffee 
117. Support a Funny Money Vendor
118. Support I am Special Ministries
119. Smile and greet everyone, even if they don’t smile back
120. Say Thank You
121. Show affection to your friends and family
122. Say thank you when other drivers let you through
123. Share herbs from your garden
124. Share a good recipe
125. Save water
126. Support a new business
127. Take ice-creams for the lifeguards
128. Take gifts/flowers to an old age home
129. Take part in the Santa Shoebox Project
130. Teach a child to read with Help 2 Read
131. Teach a child to swim
132. Tell your parents that I love and appreciate them
133. Talk to a homeless person
134. Telephone a lonely person
135. Teach your kids kindness
136. Take the garbage out for a friend
137. Treat a friend to dinner and/or a movie
138. Tell your children that you love them
139. Sit with your child in front of a mirror and help them say affirmations
140. Volunteer at a Shelter
141. Volunteer at a Soup Kitchen
142. Volunteer at SANCCOB
143. Volunteer with Waves for Change
144. Volunteer, Pray or Give at Living Hope
145. Volunteer with Development Through Sport
146. Volunteer with Badisa
147. Volunteer with Align Ministries
148. Walk a Dog for a Rescue Company
149. Write and send a handwritten letter to someone
150. Wear or use a gift they gave you in their presence.
151. Write a thank you note to someone
152. Write a referral for someone who you know is looking for a job
153. Wash the dishes
154. Support NOAH (Home, Health, and Happiness for Every Social Pensioner)
155. Be a kind/patient driver
156. Get involved (volunteer/donate) with Habitat for Humanity
157. Join the Volunteer Wildfire Services
158. Buy an Amy Biehl Relate ‘R’ Bracelet
159. Get Involved / Pray for Global Education Ministries
160. Get Involved / Volunteer at Steps (Clubfoot Support)
161. “Adopt” an Elderly Resident at the Douglas Murray Home

A lot of the places mentioned above are based in South Africa, but there are so many more ways to do good and be kind all over the world. Most of them are so easy to do and you do not have to have money in order to do a good deed. The world has enough haters, let’s all do what we can to be a little bit kinder today and/or help someone less fortunate than us.

“Doing good holds the power to transform us on the inside, and then ripple out in ever-expanding circles that positively impact the world at large”
Shari Arison

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