Acts of Service Ideas

Go Play games with residents at a nursing home

Take baked goods to a Fire station and Police station

Cook a meal for Ronald McDonald House

Plant a tree

Volunteer at a pet shelter

Serve a meal at a homeless shelter

Volunteer to read stories to children at local library

Donate your frequent flier miles to a airline charity partner

Mentor someone

Take someone to lunch who has been having a hard time lately

Bring in treats at work

Donate to a charity that impacts someone who is struggling

Forgive someone

Do yard work for someone in the community

Buy a meal for a homeless person

Make time to get to know new members at church

Donate money to pay for someone's lunch balance at school

Clean up the local park

Send a care package to a needy college student

Put phone down and ask spouse on a date

Join a local non profit board

Fill bird feeders at the nursing home

Sign up to donate blood

Hold a door open for someone

Take time to leave a positive review for a local restaurant you love

Put a ‘Don’t Give Up’ sign in your yard

Find a Little Free Pantry or Free Fridge and drop off some food

Give an extra generous tip

Let someone go first in line

Give a teacher a thank you gift

Sign up to become an organ donor

Give a compliment to a stranger

Cook a double portion of your next meal and offer it to a neighbor or

a friend so they don’t have to cook

Offer to return someone’s cart for them

Send a kind and encouraging text message to a friend

Shovel your neighbor’s snow or rake your neighbor’s leaves

Give someone a hug