• Day 1 — Send a note of appreciation to someone I care about (done)
• Day 2 — Smile at ten strangers (done)
• Day 3 — Hold the door open for ten strangers (done)
• Day 4 — Give the gift of music (done)
• Day 5 — Donate books to the library (done)
• Day 6 — Offer up free babysitting hours to friend (done — offering… the hours are still yet to be redeemed)
• Day 7 — Make something for someone for no particular reason but I can… (done– pillow case — see below)

I sewed this all myself! How cute is that?

I am a nice person in general. I try to do random acts of kindness all year long. =) So, there you have it. Week accomplished. And what did you do for random acts of kindness?

For seven days during RAK Week we invite you to take the Extreme Kindness Challenges.

We will suggest a new Act of Kindness each day. Choose a time when it works for you to do the Act of Kindness, but be sure to do it at least once each day for seven days. If you don’t want to do our idea but instead decide to do a challenge of your own, that counts too!

Our mission is to inspire you to act and share. We know that act of Kindness is our Ticket to a Kinder World!

So, for the next seven days I will check in with the site and see the suggestions and try to follow them. Day 1 was to send a note of appreciation to someone you love. I sent three! =) Fun stuff. Thanks Melissa (from OperationNice) for suggesting this site! =) And I am taking you up on your offer to do the challenge!

This time I chose a particular name (first and last) from random things I love and left the state open… and I came up with a lady with the loveliest name ever.  I mailed it yesterday! How fun is this? I found some postcards but I am already down to three. Postcards are perfect because you don’t have to fill them up like cards but rather just simple messages. =) I think I should design some postcards and have them printed up. This might help conserve money. =)

It is fun to be nice!

1. Read a book to a friend (little or your age)
2. buy flowers for someone
3. note good behaviors
4. leave notes of encouragement in random places
5. be there to listen
6. vocalize friends strengths
7. hug a friend even if you don’t like hugs
8. go to the movies in the middle of a random day with a friend
9. paint someone a picture
10. register to vote with someone
11. sing out loud
12. play games
13. get active in something you care about
14. eat healthier with a friend/family member
15. be there to listen to venting
16. let emotions happen (your own or others)
17. dance around together
18. clean up our planet with a friend
19. smile at a stranger (not all strangers thought)
20. plant a garden
21. take an unplanned driving trip
22. write someone a card (for no special reason)
23. give change to those who ask
24. be active in the progression of your friends lives
25. laugh. laugh. laugh.

Wonderful! Thanks again!

You can read part 1 here, part 2 here and part 3 here.

1. Open the door for people
2. Help people with groceries
3. Help a kid get through a bad day
4. Stick up for a kid in trouble
5. Help a kid get his ball out of a tree
6. If people have their hands full carry something for them
7. If someone loses something help them find it
8. Pick up trash
9. Recycle
10. If a kid is lost help him get home
11. Get something that is high up in a tree
12. Help a kid if he is hurt
13. Call 911 if a kid is seriously hurt
14. Bring the recycle down to the car
15. Make a kid’s day better
16. Make more activities for kids to do
17. Let every kid play with you
18. Help the disabled
19. Let people in line behind you go before if they are in a hurry
20. If you’re in line and someone has more stuff, let them go because its nice
21. Lift a kid up to reach something
22. Help a kid even if he says he is fine
23. Talk with a kid that has had a bad thing happen to him
24. Help solve a fight
25. Give a kid a dollar just because it would brighten his day

Part 1 can be read here.

Part 2 can be read here.

Part 4 can be read here.

This is Persnickety’s list… yes, there may be overlapping ideas but that is ok … please, send us more!

Pack someone lunch, or a snack, to take with them.
Slip a note in someone’s lunch telling them 5 reasons you like them.
Tell someone you appreciate them, just because they are who they are.
When someone asks for spare change, give it to them.
Give more than your spare change when you are able.
Bake cookies for someone.
Bring homemade treats to work.
Buy a $5 gift card to give the person in line behind you, or more if you can.
Buy coffee for the person in line behind you.
Bring home fresh flowers, and some for a neighbor or friend.
Leave sticky notes around for your loved ones, tell them you love them, appreciate them, and enjoy their company.
Take groceries to someone’s house to make them dinner.
DO the dishes after having dinner at a friends house.
Take a care basket to a sick friend, soup, herbal tea, cough drops and Kleenex.
Leave change in the candy/vending machine at the store, for the next child that comes along.
Write a letter to someone you know and mail it to them.
Give away coupons you are not using to people in the store.
Bring a child balloons, just for fun.
Donate your magazines and books to a retirement home or nursing facility.
Bring someone something you know they like, just because you thought of them today – a favorite drink, dessert, flowers.
Hug your family when you come in the door.
Let people do nice things for you too, and just say “thank you”.
Do someone else’s chores for them.
Wake up a little early, and make breakfast for your family, even if you have to pack it for them to eat on the go.
Smile at people, acknowledge them.
Pay someone’s bus fare.
When you have a positive customer service experience, be sure to tell their boss. If you are in a hurry, take their name and call later.
In the parking lot, offer to take someone’s cart back for them.
Offer to help someone load or unload their groceries.
Say hello to your neighbor.
Read to someone, a child, a friend.
When you think of an old friend, call them to say hello.
Send someone a “thinking of you” card.
Send thank you notes.
Volunteer – even an hour or two a month.
Ask someone you know to go for a walk.
Play a game with your family.
Bring home sparkling cider to celebrate your family.
Mail coupons to someone for something you know they buy, or somewhere you know they shop.
Ask a friend or coworker to lunch.
Make time to help people when they ask.
Ask someone about their day, strike up a conversation, and listen.
Remember the last nice thing someone did for you – now do that for someone else.
Offer to do someone’s grocery shopping for them.
Offer to run an errand for someone, to give them some freed up time.
Mail postcards when you go on vacation.
Mail postcards from your hometown to people far away.
Give someone a neck and shoulder massage.
Take popsicles to your childs class on a hot day.
Tip really well, and write “THANK YOU” on the receipt.

Read part 1 here (the original post). Read part 3 here (the 2nd response). Read part 4 here (the 3rd response).

1. Give someone flowers, anyone, strangers or someone you care about… near or far… pick them up at the grocery store, the florist, your garden or FTD them to a long-distance friend
2. Write an unexpected letter for no other reason than to say hello and ask someone how they are doing
3. Ask questions and listen, really listen, to the answers
4. Participate in StoryCorps even if it unofficially done at your own home with a $7 microphone on your computer or tape player. (Ask a friend or family member to join you!)
5. Offer to do the dishes when everyone is tired
6. Pick up trash in your neighbor’s yard or in your apartment courtyard
7. Help someone with their groceries
8. Clean up after yourself
9. Fold the laundry
10. Ask if anyone else would like anything while you are up or out
11. Order or bring enough lunch for two and share
12. Make a lunch and bring it to leave in the fridge at work with “THIS LUNCH WAS MADE FOR ANYONE WHO IS HUNGRY — ENJOY” (add a nice quote or note inside!)
13. When making a sandwich for someone, cut it into fun shapes, even if they are 92 years old, they will love it
14. Offer to run errands for a sick or elderly family member or just someone who is super busy
15. Paint a picture for a friend
16. Draw people pictures
17. Sing aloud bravely, it will encourage others to do the same
18. Dance with anyone who will dance with you even if there is no music…hum it!
19. Decorate a gift box for holidays
20. Make your own greeting cards, personal and appropriate for the person and the occasion
21. Cover for someone so they can sleep in just a little while longer
22. Invite friends or family over for tea or water and a chat
23. Call someone you haven’t called recently
24. Laugh heartedly and encourage others to do the same
25. Give out Smile Cards
26. Give a waitress or barista an extra generous tip — 35%, 50%, 75% … 100%
27. Pay your rent early
28. Volunteer in your community
29. Read aloud to someone
30. Sweep the sidewalk in front of your apartment, house and your neighbors
31. Plant flowers and share them
32. Put up a tree swing
33. Plant a tree
34. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope with your outgoing letters and cards
35. Send / share your favorite recipes with family, friends or strangers
36. Make your favorite dish for someone else, bring it to them or invite them to your house to enjoy it
37. Drop off the ingredients and instructions to your favorite dish with someone you haven’t seen in awhile
38. Learn to knit and make a scarf for everyone you can next Christmas
39. Pick your favorite songs and record them to a disc and give it away — or leave it on a park bench
40. If you are not using a coupon, leave it on a public display board for someone else or go to the store where it can be used and give it to some random shopper about to make a purchase
41. Start a coat drive for the coming winter, or a blanket drive, or a food drive, or a book drive
42. Pack an extra lunch and give it to someone homeless
43. Stop and say hello to homeless people, they are humans too, ask them questions… they have a story
44. Smile at everyone you see today, a big, genuine smile, they are contagious
45. Forgive someone, everyone (even if you cannot continue to be in their lives)
46. Share your favorite book with a friend
47. Donate just a little money
48. Donate a little more of your time
49. Share, anything with anyone
50. Make a birdfeeder and hang it in a place others can enjoy watching the birds eat
51. Invite a friend to the park
52. Clean out your car and take someone on a drive
53. Offer to wash a friend’s car or bicycle
54. Clean out your closet and donate it to a local homeless shelter or YWCA for women and children who must leave everything behind to be safe from violence
55. Keep a list of things you appreciate about someone you love and then give it to them for their birthday or Christmas or your anniversary
56. Write your favorite stories / memories of one person in a journal and then give it to them
57. Take pictures of something fun or beautiful and share them
58. Find a dress or shirt or skirt you no longer wear, repair it, add a bird or some other felt decal to it and give it as an upcycled present
59. When you rent an interesting movie, invite others to watch it with you: family, friends, neighbors
60. Pay a small bill for someone else
61. Listen attentively
62. Write thank you notes and hand deliver them whenever possible
63. Schedule mini-vacations with those you love, explore the local areas
64. Find out the freebie days at local museums and art galleries and invite a friend
65. Buy the food or drink for the car behind you in the drive-thru or the person behind you in line
66. When you see someone crying, ask if they are ok, and listen when they respond
67. Send postcards to someone who lives far away or cannot be with you wherever you go
68. Build a snowman in someone else’s yard
69. Play with the children in your life, listen to them, laugh with them, have fun with them, read to them
70. Make a date with a child you know, ask them to read to you or cook their favorite meal with them — let them do most of the work
71. Switch roles with someone in your life for a day or even half a day
72. Turn your work in a little early, finish that project just a little bit early
73. Go that extra mile for someone or something
74. Share your favorite quotes or stories with people
75. Tell the ones you love how much you love them and why, often
76. Cut out giant colorful letters “WELCOME HOME” and hang it in a prominent spot
77. Greet people enthusiastically
78. Hug others often, offer hugs even more
79. Pay for someone else’s fare (on the bus, to a movie, a concert, on a ferry)
80. Let someone else take that parking spot, enjoy the walk, they may be in a hurry
81. Allow others the opportunity to be helpful
82. Be vocally and visually grateful
83. Send good morning texts, messages, make the phone call or stop by just to say hello and wish them a good morning — do it often
84. Donate your old electronics responsibly  (you can give your old cell phones to the local shelters for domestic violence victims, if you are not familiar with one — email me below with your city and state or country and I will find one or more options for you)
85. Refill the ice trays or water bottles, change the paper towel or toilet paper roll
86. Make scrapbooks of special times with your family and friends and give them to them
87. Recycle, reduce, reuse
88. Leave an encouraging note in public (i.e. “Everything is going to be alright, maybe not today, but eventually)
89. Start a book discussion group in your local area or online
90. Post genuine comments on someone else’s blog or webpage without linking to a product or a page where you hope to sell your product
91. Think of 100 additional ways to be thoughtful and share them in response to this blog (http://www.crowgyrls.com/)
92. Attend special events, even if you do not feel like it, we all need support and a cheering section
93. Invite a friend or family member to take a class with you
94. Apologize quickly and whole heartedly
95. Play 20 questions at dinner or what if questions (i.e. If the house was on fire, what one thing would you want to take with you and why?) and listen to the responses, engaging in conversation about each answer
96. Learn another language
97. Buy a snack or soda from a vending machine and leave it behind
98. Donate blood and sign up to be a bone marrow donor — go a step further and sign up to donate your organs in the unlikely event of your death, you don’t need the organs once you are dead but someone might
99. Do some research for someone else, for anyone else and share it with them (a simple guide to recycle properly, safest ways to invest, how to plant a tree, make a family book with stories from all the living people and pictures, if possible, and get it printed for each member of the family for their birthday or Christmas)
100. Share your books, movies and games with others at sites like Bookmooch.com and Swaptree.com

Let’s be the change we hope to see in the world… please, share your list or ideas with me as well…

Read part 2 here (Persnickety’s list) and/or read part 3 here (nephew’s list) and/or read part 4 here (Madhattress’ list).