'Random Act of Kindness' Ideas

Please don't forget to include the card with your RAOK!

  • Buy someone's lunch

  • Shovel a neighbor’s driveway when it snows

  • Walk a neighbor’s dog

  • Babysit for free

  • Buy an ice cream cone for a child

  • Give someone a gift card that you don’t intend to use

  • Walk a neighbor's dog for free

  • Buy a movie ticket for the person behind you

  • Pay for someone’s meal at a restaurant

  • Leave your waiter a generous tip

  • Rake the leaves for your neighbors

  • Pay for someone’s morning coffee

  • Buy your waiter/waitress dessert

  • Wash a neighbor’s dog for free

  • Buy groceries for the person behind you

  • Volunteer at an animal shelter

  • Make a card for your favorite teacher

  • Pay the toll for the car behind you

  • Buy a warm meal for someone in need

  • Buy a gift card to hand to someone on your way out of the coffee shop

  • Visit a nursing home — read books to or play board games with residents

  • Write a thank you note to your mail carrier

  • Send a care package to a service member

  • Bring treats to your local fire station

  • Make a double batch of the cookies you’re baking and bring some next door