The Kindness Challenge

Bella brought home a letter from school about The Great Kindness Challenge School Edition.  This is a campaign by KidsforpeaceGlobal.org and GreatKindnessChallege.org .  On the letter it says, "We challenge you to perform as many kind deeds as you can in one week.  Using the checklist below, check off your acts as you go.  Have fun!"


Take a look at the challenges on The Great Kindness Challenge.  Add some kind deeds of your own.  I thought this would be a great way to start off the week.  It makes me think of the words Bill and Ted (from "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure") would always say:  Be excellent to each other!

Here's a copy of one of the lists from GreatKindnessChallenge.org:

Smile at 25 peopleTake a treat to your local firefighters
Do a household chore without being asked
Pick up trash in your neighborhood
Take a board game to play at a senior center  
Read a book to a younger child
Say “Thank you” to a police officer
Entertain someone with a happy dance
Help an elder cross the street
Push someone on a swing
Pick up trash at the water’s edge (or anywhere)
Make a new friend
Write a thank you note to your mail carrier 
Walk a dog (or cat!)
Plant a tree
Say “Hi” to a homeless person
Learn to say “Thank you” in a new language 
Help clean up a park
Say “Thank you” to a lifeguard
Write a love note to your caretaker
Paint a picture and give it to someone
Host a lemonade stand and donate proceeds  
Recycle your trash
Hug your sibling or friend
Cut out 10 hearts and leave them on 10 cars

Donate needed school supplies
Thank a bus driver
Leave a flower on someone’s doorstep
Donate something to an animal shelter
Call your grandma or grandpa
Walk or bike instead of driving
Make a thank you card for your librarians
Thank an elected official for their service
Say “Good Morning” to 5 people
Be kind to yourself and eat a healthy snack
Deliver a special gift to a child in the hospital 
Draw a heart in the sand or dirt (or snow)
Send a card or gift to a military family
Make a wish for a child in another country  
Donate food to a food bank
Hold the door open for someone
Write a happy message with sidewalk chalk 
Leave a painted rock on a friend’s doorstep  
Make sack lunches for the homeless
Compliment 5 people
Make and display a “Kindness Matters” sign 
Call a radio station and wish them a nice day  
Sweep the sidewalk on your street
Help plant a gardenCreate your own kind deed 

They are pretty easy if you ask me.  (well, the sidewalk chalk here, in the winter, might be a little difficult).  Maybe we can add shovel someone's driveway.

Are you up for the challenge?

How many kind deeds will you do this week?