Changing the world one random act of kindness at a time.

Random Acts

Changing the world one random act of kindness at a time!

Acts Ideas for Schools

For Parents/Guardians

  • Meditation Mondays
    Start the school and work week with a family 10-minute mindfulness moment!
  • Shelter Snacks
    Make treats for a local animal shelter.
  • Slime Party
    As a family, make slime and donate it to a local preschool.
  • Coloring for Calmness
    Print off free coloring pages, then spend time together creating art and sharing what happened during the day.
  • Little Library
    Spread the joy of reading by donating to a little library!
  • Grow Kindness
    Show kindness to the environment by planting a garden.
  • Rock On
    Find rocks at a local stream or pond, then write encouraging messages on them. Place them around town to spread joy!
  • Community Car Wash
    Get some hoses and buckets together and wash some cars for free.
  • Clean Up
    Get some trash bags and clean up a local beach or park.
  • Give Thanks
    Write thank-you cards to neighbors, retail clerks, sanitation workers–people who don’t normally get thanks!
  • First Response: Thanks!
    Create a thank-you basket for a local group of first-responders.
  • Deliverer Deliveries
    Put treats out for the people who deliver your mail and packages.

For Students

For Teachers/Administrators

  • Free Rice
    When there’s spare time in class or meetings, encourage those in attendance to play trivia to feed people in need.
  • School Buddies
    Create a mentoring program between older and younger students.
  • Driven to Care
    Organize a drive (clothes, hygiene, canned food, toys) for those in need in your community.
  • Recycle Party
    Start a recycling program at your school to be kind to the environment.
  • Take As You Need
    Put hygienic products in the bathrooms and school supplies in a common space for people to take as they need.
  • Feed Flying Friends
    Create bird feeders to be kind to our ecosystem.
  • Welcome to the Fam
    Create small welcome baskets with school supplies for all new staff members.
  • Soldier Support
    Create letters for soldiers or care baskets for their families.
  • Pause-itivity
    Write notes of encouragement and hang them on a wall in a common place where students can take the encouragement they need in a day.
  • Kindness Club
    Build a Kindness Club for the school, promoting volunteerism and spreading positivity.
  • Door-to-Door
    Work as a class to decorate the door to spread an uplifting message.
  • Paper Chains
    Every time someone does something extra kind, write it on a slip of paper and create a documentation chain.

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