What is a great random act of kindness idea that doesn't cost any money to do it?

Question

I'm thinking about doing some good around the community, but am very low on cash...what do you think would be a great idea? Maybe even an act of kindness that someone has done for you?

Answer 1

These type of acts usually don't cost a thing but your time. Help out an older person, give homeless a meal, be a role model to a child in local YMCA.... list is endless

Answer 2

There are so many acts of kindness that you can do with no money. However a random act is not exactly random if you plan to do it. Other than that you can volunteer at a local homeless shelter, soup kitchen, womens center, second hand store, you can pick up trash along a highway or road, there is so much you can do to help out your community. I know that where i live they are always looking for volunteers at the non profit organizations and shelters. Also if you have a food bank in your community they always need help at there centers. As far as random acts you could help an elderly person cross the road, or help a child find its lost parents at a busy store. By the way it is great that you want to help your community, and i wish you the best of luck.

My Advice:
Just look around everywhere you go there is always some one that could use your help, you dont even have to look that hard.

Answer 3

Helping others out of the kindness of your heart doesn't cost a thing. I'm not talking about donations which are sometimes given in vain so that you can write them off on your tax returns. I mean simply seeing a person in need and helping them because they need it. These things should come natural to everyone.

God tells us to love our neighbors. Neighbor being everyone you see around you. You could hold the door open for someone, no matter what their age is . Be generous at a resturant and leave a big tip or even pay for someone elses meal are really nice things to do too, but just saying hi to a person you see on the street could make that persons day. Love is priceless so why should you have to pay to show it? You could volunteer for soup kitchens or donate some of your clothes to charity. Look through your closet and see what you could give away. And at christmas time you can also buy or make a gift for someone that you don't know.

By doing these things you will start to feel good about yourself and you will be blessed in return. But you shouldn't do an act of kindness for your own benefit. No matter how many good deeds a person does they can't work their way into heaven. This is want God commands of his people to do, do unto others as you would want them to do unto you. Remember that whatever you do to help someone, either it be just giving a bum some of your mcdonalds fries, if you do it in love the outcome will be beautiful.

Answer 4

1) if you see someone struggling to carry something, help them out.
2) leave a tip at the fast food window when you go.. it doesn't have to be much, but it will let that person know that you do care.
3) volunteer at the salvation army, or union rescue mission.
4) pick up litter along the road.. this may not be an obvious RAK, but it helps the environment and therefore, helps the people.
5) A simple and sincere "thank you"
6) hold the door for someone
7) smile at people who look like their having a rough day... not a cocky smile
8) Don't be in a rush.. just calm down, let cashiers take their time, let the waitresses bring your food at their own pace... doing things like sighing and looking at your watch makes people anxious... just relax.
9) Don't take the parking spot closest to the door.
10) Let someone merge into your lane.
11) Do your grocery shopping at a mom n' pop store instead of a super market. They're probably struggling to stay in business!
12) send a flower, just someone simple and cheap, like a carnation- to the residents at a nursing home. Or, even better, go to Goodwill, get each resident a cheap stuffed animal- like a quarter a piece, and make a card to accompany it... and give them out. Let them know that they are not forgotton.
13) If you have any musical talent, volunteer to put on a show for the residents at a nursing home.
14) volunteer at the nursing home.
15) Walk- don't drive.
16) Make conversation with people you encounter throughout the day.
17) stop and help someone that has car troubles.. even if you do not know anything about cars, sometimes you could lend a cell phone or some company to the person struggling.
18) Share your laundry detergent or fabric softner with the person next to you at the laundromat (if the person has to buy the one-use packages from the vending machines)
19) Go through your things, and pick out the things that you could live without. Give them to Goodwill or the Salvation army.
remember: the person that dies with the most toys, still dies.
20) volunteer services to a charity, or offer to teach a CPR class.

Answer 5

It's really amazing how far a smile or opening a door for someone can go. Random compliments to strangers (what a great hat! I love your blouse! you have a nice laugh!) can really make someone's day. It can even make someone's week.

The best thing about these little things is that they send ripples of goodwill through the community and lead to a surprising amount of positive energy and positive activity. What's more, all they require is that you pay a bit of attention to what's around you and speak up when you see something good, or lend an immediate hand to someone who could use it.

If you're looking for something bigger to do, go pick up the trash in your neighborhood park. Tutor a neighbor's child in a subject you're good at. Help an elderly friend or neighbor with the shopping. Volunteer at a community center or helpline. Take part in a charity walk-a-thon.

But never think a smile isn't a good thing to add to the pile of helpful deeds.

With a little thought and a tiny bit of effort, we can all do good every day.

Answer 6

I would look into the convolecent homes in your area. Some of our elderly people just need companionship and are so very grateful for a little conversation.
Another idea is to buy a few things that you love...hair products, make up, whatever it is that makes you feel good and donate that to a shelter for abused women....the smallest simplest things that we take for granted can really help them to feel a little better inside.
Your time is needed far more than your money. So if you can just give a little of that to someone else you will be doing your community a great service.
Your heart is in the right place. But a grand gesture isn't required at all for a random act of kindness. I simple hello to a stranger...maybe an elder in the grocery store is much appreciated. Go to the mall when they open and find an older person who is strolling the mall alone or sitting on the bench and talk to them. When you see someone who is disabled...don't look away, as so many do....strike up a conversation.....there are blood drives and meals on wheels who could use some of your services as well....there are schools who look for adults to come in and read for the children and local libraries as well. Maybe you know someone who is having a hard time financially...pick up some food and drop it off on their doorstep and leave so it is annonymous. There is so much you can do in the smallest of ways. Just allowing someone in front of you in the long line at the store or the parking lot is a kind deed and if you can think of something as simple as that to do daily you are in service to others.
God Bless!

Answer 7

1. Open the door for someone
2. Help someone elderly carry their groceries to their car
3. Volunteer at the local humane society
4. Volunteer to read to kids during reading hour at the local library.
5. Donate some old clothes or things that you don't need to a homeless shelter -- old movies and board games that aren't missing any pieces, Barbies and clothes, just things your kids (if you have any) have grown out of.
6. Volunteer at a soup kitchen.
7. Is or was there a subject in school you are or were particularly good at? Math, social studies, science, English? If so, see if there is a way you can volunteer as a tutor for that subject.
8. Help someone elderly clean their home.
9. Even better, volunteer time to someone elderly. Offer to brew up some tea and just sit and chat with them for a bit.
10. Or go to a nursing home; learn to play cribbage and chat it up with the folks there. Many elderly people have some very interesting stories to tell; I'm sure you'll be glad to hear some of them.
11. once again, with the elderly: actually help them shop for their groceries; if they can't really move about so well, it's nice to have someone that will help them shop for free than having to pay for home delivery with their already limited resources.
12. This is going to cost a little money, but, every morning, if you just make sandwhich or even just half of a sandwich --peanut butter and jelly, ham and cheese, just out of whatever you have on hand -- and give it to the first homeless person you see, I'm sure that would make a very happy person. I wouldn't suggest money though... they could use it to buy booze.
13. Also going to cost a little money: if you see a homeless person near a coffee shop, just dart into the coffee shop and buy them a small, hot coffee. This can do them a world of good, especially in the winter.

And, if you see any opportunity for a random act of kindness; such as, picking a toy up from the floor that a baby has dropped on the floor of the gracery store so Mom doesn't have to, helping someone shorter than you grab something from a shelf, that sort of thing.

Good luck... and I'm glad there are still people out there practicing the art of random acts of kindness :-)

God bless,
newsiesno1

Answer 8

That is a wonderful idea. You will be very fulfilled in doing so. There are lots of great things you can do that don't involve money, for example try living like this everyday. Smile, hold the door open for people, offer to help out in situations as you see fit. Volunteer at a food bank or homeless shelter. Make a friend with an elderly person the possibilites are endless. God bless you! If your genorosity is'nt met with appreciation don't let that discourage you. You will feel better and grow spritually stronger each day.

Answer 9

Great random act?

1. Get your butt out of the seat when there's an old people needed that seats than you. That's a random act. Nobody will tell you, just do it.

2. Help the lame, the crippled, the old people with crane and has a difficulty of walking by crossing the street. Don't wait others to tell you, you'd see them, then, do it.

3. Volunteer to children's charity and oldee people.

4. Help a friend move...without asking for pay. Help...means help, no money involved.

5. What else? Well, if you could see someone who's having difficulty? What would you do? Just watching or a mere nothing?

Well...well? What will you do?

Answer 10

There are many things as others have noted in answer to this. Some of the everyday things you could do is to offer help to any one having problems with shopping bags. Another is to hold doors for those behind you or anyone that appears to need that done. Words can go a long way as well when you see someone is having a bad day. Just lok around you and I am sure you will see some small act of kindness on your part can really put a smile on someone else's face.

Answer 11

A smile, a handshake, a compliment. Watch the looks on peoples' faces as you go down street saying "Good morning", "How are you" or anything kind or warm. Also, take a small stack of single dollar bills with you in your hand. Just pass them out. A dollar could mean so very much to someone wondering "Can I get a soda" or whatever. And a smile, a bit of humanity (NOT pity!) will remind the ones' you effect that much happier.

And maybe, just maybe, someone will see you, be an example and want to do the same thing as you do carrying on where you or when you stop. I sent you a link about anonymous gift giving - maybe it will put you on the right path. Also, there is one about a Santa I spotted on the news who walks down the streets handing out money for no reason other than to ask "Do you need it?"

Hopefully all this will help.

Always,


Jaime

p.s. "Glad you're getting so many good suggestions. Best wishes & hopefully someone will learn what to do for the betterment of others' lives too."