Ideas
Random acts of kindness ideas
Simple, practical ways to do something kind for a stranger today. Do one, leave your Pass It Around card behind, and let the kindness keep travelling.
Everyday kindness
- Pay for the coffee of the person behind you in line
- Give up your seat on the bus, train or plane
- Let someone with only a few items go ahead of you at the checkout
- Return a shopping cart for someone with their hands full
- Hold the door and smile
- Help someone carry heavy bags or a stroller up the stairs
On the road
- Stop to help a stranded motorist, safely
- Feed a parking meter that is about to run out
- Let a driver merge in front of you
- Give clear directions, or walk with someone who is lost
Neighbours
- Shovel a neighbour's driveway or sidewalk
- Mow the lawn or rake the leaves for someone who can't
- Bring a meal to a new parent or someone who is ill
- Check in on an older neighbour who lives alone
- Leave a thank-you note for your mail carrier or garbage collectors
At a restaurant
- Pick up a stranger's tab
- Leave a generous tip with a thank-you note
- Pay for a family's dessert
- Thank the cook and the dishwasher, not just the server
Community
- Donate to a local food bank or animal shelter
- Bring treats to a fire station, ambulance base or hospital ward
- Visit a nursing home and spend time with residents
- Donate blood
- Pick up litter in a park
- Give books to a little free library
School and work
- Write a note thanking a teacher, coach or coworker
- Sit with someone who is eating alone
- Share your notes with a classmate who missed a day
- Cover a shift or a task for a coworker who needs a break
- Welcome the newest person on the team