Good Deed Ideas

Do a Good Deed Today

Here are some simple and easy good deeds you can do for anyone anywhere today:

• Smile at the next five people you see and say hello

• Hold a door open for somebody

• Let someone ahead of you in the grocery line if they just have a few items

• Sit and talk to someone while waiting for an appointment instead of being on your device.

• Take fresh cookies to ____( a neighbor, fire station, police station, local school)

• Take water bottles to the construction workers, road crew, etc.

• Read a story to a child

• Give a compliment to a stranger

• Hug your parent/child and say thank you for being you

• Send a card/email to someone you know that works hard and tell them how you appreciate them

• Notice a kind deed your child does and tell them you are proud to see the type of person he or she is becoming

• Pick up trash on your playground/in your neighborhood

• Take the grocery cart back to the store for someone

• Give a flower to a stranger

• Invite a shy friend to play/visit with you

• Donate a toy to the homeless shelter

• Give an hour of your time to a good cause

• Give your change to a homeless person

• Help an elderly person with some yardwork

• Write a note to your clergy leader telling three things you appreciate

• Offer to wash a neighbor’s car

• Give to the food bank

• Join the bone marrow registry/Give Blood/ Take a CPR class

• Make amends with someone

• Pay for the car behind you at the fast food restaurant

• Offer to babysit free for a busy couple you know

• Donate school supplies for a student/teacher

• Write a positive note for someone. Leave it on their desk or in their lunch bag

• Buy a bike/bike helmet for a needy child

• Buy groceries/gift card for a hungry person

• Set up a scholarship for a bright but poor high school graduate

• Pay the repair bill to get a poor person’s car working again

• If you are a professional person (dentist, lawyer, medical personnel, accountant, etc.) donate your time for free to a needy person