So a few months ago I turned 42 and I thought it would be great to do 42 random acts of kindness: an idea I stole from someone on Pinterest. I planned a few acts in case things didn't present themselves. Here are some of the things we did:
1. We gave a gift card to the person at Starbucks and asked them to pay for everyone's drinks. (they sang "Happy Birthday" to me!!
2. We saw a homeless person and gave him some money.
3. We taped some gift cards to books at Barnes and Noble with a note. They sang Happy Birthday to me too!!
4. We bought balloons and took them to the children's floor at Greenview Hospital.
5. While we were there we left a copy of To Kill A Mockingbird in the waiting room with a note telling people to pass it on.
6. We put notes on cars with lollipops telling people to have a nice day.
7. We baked cookies and gave them to the local fire department. (I'm pretty sure they were a little frightened to eat them. I'm not known for my cooking skills)
8. We gave some cookies and a thank you note to our mail lady.
9. We bought flowers and took them to a nursing home.
10. We spent time talking to each person that we gave flowers to. They seemed so happy to have someone to listen to them.
11. We taped quarters to a vending machine (and the stalked them in the parking lot to see if how long it would take people to use them!)
12. We donated items to Goodwill (then had to go back and dig one special item out of a bin that apparently was more important to someone than we had initially thought.)
13. We gathered up shopping carts in a parking lot.
14. We gave a Kroger gift card to someone.
15. We handed out more "have a nice day cards" or if you are Hannah your note said "Stranger Hell"
16. We put some coins in a playground for children to find (we are really hoping a small child did not find them and choke on them!)
17. We handed out lollipops.
18. We saw a man holding an advertising sign and we took him a hot chocolate.
19. We put some more notes on cars.
20. We bought someone's lunch at Panera.
21. Donated to the Ronald McDonald House.
22. Donated a gift card to a person in the Toys R Us parking lot.
23-39 Handed out lollipops to strangers.
40. Wrote a note to our sweet neighbor
41. Let people in front of us while driving.
42. Held the door for people when we entered buildings. It was so super fun!! I hope to do this every year!
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