Be Nice. Do Nice. Challenge

1. Buy someone breakfast
2. Buy someone brunch
3. Buy someone lunch
4. Buy someone dinner
5. Take your parents out to eat
6. Take your grandparents out to eat
7. Take your siblings out to eat
8. Take your kids out to eat
9. Buy someone coffee
10. Buy a toy for a kid
11. Buy someone flowers
12. Donate to a charity
13. Pay for someone’s manicure/pedicure
14. Pay for someone’s haircut
15. Pay for a spa day
16. Bake cookies for someone
17. Go grocery shopping and donate food to homeless shelter
18. Buy lemonade @ lemonade stand
19. Pay for someone’s laundry @ laundromat
20. Pay for someone’s gas
21. Treat someone to the movies
22. Buy someone’s snacks @ movies
23. Pay for car wash
24. Pay for people’s parking meters
25. Leave positive sticky notes for people to read
26. Buy school supplies to donate to schools in need
27. Help someone move
28. Pay for bus ride
29. Pay for train ride
30. Pay for cab ride
31. Leave a generous tip @ a restaurant
32. Tape dollars to a vending machine
33. Pay for someone’s dry cleaning
34. Buy nice cards and give to those you care about
    
35. Pay for someone’s toll on highway
36. Put together a care package for military overseas
37. Buy Girl Scout cookies
38. Bring coffee to the office
    
39. Pay for person behind you in drive thru
40. Go grocery shopping for elderly
41. Donate food or toys to animal shelter
42. Leave a dollar in the toy aisle of the dollar store
43. Buy a gift card to a food store/restaurant and give to homeless
44. Call your mother
45. Call your father
46. Call your siblings
47. Call your grandparents
48. Call your aunts
49. Call your uncles
50. Give your leftovers to a homeless person
51. Donate old clothes
52. Tell your family you love them
53. Tell your friends you love them
54. Tell a teacher you appreciate them
55. Hold the door for somebody
56. Hold the elevator for somebody
57. Help an elderly person cross the street
58. Give out free hugs
59. Offer to help an elderly person with their groceries
60. Create a holiday to celebrate someone you love
61. Compliment a stranger
62. Write a letter to a child who is sick in the hospital
63. Send flowers to a hospital
64. Send flowers to a nursing home
65. Send dessert to another table at a restaurant
66. Pay for another table’s meal
67. Give up your seat on park bench
68. Put a surprise note in your child’s lunch box
69. Put a surprise note in your spouse’s lunch for work
70. Give your mail carrier a cold water bottle
71. Give your mail carrier a treat
72. Give your mail carrier a coffee
73. Give out water bottles to people working out
74. Offer to take someone’s grocery cart back into the store
75. Clean up litter
76. Send cards to nursing homes
77. Make dinner for a family in need
78. Send a text to a relative you haven’t spoken to in awhile
79. Send a text to a friend you haven’t spoken to in awhile
80. Plant a tree
    
81. Encourage someone to pursue their dreams
82. Give blood
83. Make blankets for the homeless
84. Be a designated driver
85. Shovel your neighbor’s driveway/ sidewalk when it snows
86. Donate used books to the local library
87. Walk dogs at an animal shelter
88. Wash someone’s car
89. Clean up a beach
90. Clean up a park
91. Volunteer at a veterinarian office
92. Teach someone how to swim
93. Teach someone how to play a sport
94. Teach someone how to cook
95. Donate your hair
96. Sing holiday carols at a nursing home
97. Let someone in front of you in line
98. Offer to run errands for someone
99. Leave letters of encouragement on people’s cars
100. Buy an ice cream cone for a child
101. Buy a candy bar for a child
102. Buy a toy for a child
103. Give your unused coupons to someone at the grocery store
104. Become an organ donor
105. On trash day, wheel your neighbor’s trash cans to the curb
106. Volunteer to read to children at a library
107. Volunteer to read to the elderly at a nursing home
108. Take your spouse on a date
109. Take your kids on a special trip
110. Surprise your spouse with coffee in bed
111. Surprise your spouse with breakfast in bed
112. Recycle
113. Foster an animal
114. Leave a nice note on someone’s desk
115. Organize a collection to help someone in trouble
116. Lend a friend a favorite book
117. Lend a friend a favorite movie
118. Do laundry for your roommate
119. Make dinner for your roommate
120. Help your roommate clean their room
121. Help tutor a struggling student
122. Help someone shovel the snow off their sidewalk
123. Send an encouraging text/email
124. Leave some change on a wishing fountain
125. Help out in the kitchen
126. Donate used towels/blankets to an animal shelter
127. Leave quarters at the Laundromat
128. Make someone a music playlist
129. Offer to take a photo for somebody
130. Take time to give someone who looks lost directions
131. Stop and help someone with a flat tire
132. Have jumper cables in your car to offer to jump start cars
133. Donate old prom dresses
134. Donate lightly used makeup to women’s shelters
135. Get a team together to repaint the local playground
136. Replace the nets on school yard basketball courts
137. Let your spouse/roommate watch their TV show
138. Print copies of photos and send them to the people who are in them
139. Give warm clothes & boots to the homeless
140. Keep an extra umbrella at work and lend it out when it rains
141. Cut out an article and send it to someone, “this reminds me of you”
142. Send a song to someone, “this reminds me of you”
143. Reach out to someone who has made a difference in your life
144. Donate gently worn shoes to the homeless
145. Donate gently worn shoes to foster homes
146. Donate gently worn shoes to schools
147. When donating coats put encouraging notes in the pockets
148. Bring a meal to a new mom and her family
149. Offer to clean up for a new mom and her family
150. Invite someone over for dinner
151. Do a 5k for a good cause
152. Buy flowers to hand out on the street
153. Leave nice comments on social media
154. Leave nice comments on blogs
155. Leave nice comments on articles
156. Send your friend a letter instead of a text
157. Send a family member a letter instead of a text
158. Buy your server dessert
159. Give up your seat on a crowded bus
160. Give up your seat on a crowded train
161. Give up your seat on a plane so a couple/family can sit together
162. Offer a ride to someone who is car-less
163. Send coloring books to sick kids in hospitals
164. Send coloring books to elementary schools
165. Help out the janitors at school
166. Prepare a meal for your family
167. Prepare a meal for your friends
168. Go to your friend’s kid’s game
169. Go to your friend’s kid’s recital
170. Go to your friend’s kid’s play
171. Start mentoring a younger child
172. Water your neighbor’s flowers
173. Pack someone a lunch for the day
174. Mow the lawn for your neighbors
175. When you see a well behaved child compliment the parents
176. When you see a well behaved dog compliment the owners
177. Rake the leaves for your neighbors
178. Help at a veterinarian office
179. Let someone else have their way without putting up a fight about it
180. Make hot chocolate for your family on a cold day
181. Build a fire for your family on a cold day
182. Send a surprise book to someone
183. Send a surprise movie to someone
184. Set a day to unplug with your entire family
185. Have a friends dinner, no phones!
186. Have a play-date with your kids and leave the phone at home
187. Collect soda tabs for charity
188. Do a load of laundry for new parents
189. Do the dishes for new parents
190. Clean up a mess you didn’t make
191. Write a thank you note for someone who helps you
192. Donate your loose change to charity
193. Spend the day at a homeless shelter
194. Leave pennies heads up for people to find for good luck
195. Leave a $5 gift card for a stranger to find
196. Bring thank you notes to your local police station
197. Bring thank you notes to your local fire station
198. Bring thank you notes to your local animal shelter
199. Anonymously buy a pack of diapers for a mom
200. Pay for a soldiers food
201. Pay for a police officers food
202. Remind people of their importance even after failure
203. Treat an elderly neighbor with dinner
204. Start a conversation with someone standing alone at a party
205. Bring gift baskets to patients at the hospital
206. Bring gift baskets to the local police station
207. Bring gift baskets to the local fire station
208. Bring gift baskets to your child’s school for all the teachers
209. Bring gift baskets to your local animal shelter
210. Buy soda or a candy bar for the cashier when you’re checking out
211. Take care packages to patients at the hospital
212. Leave a gas gift card for someone at the pump
213. Make care bags for the homeless
214. Smile at a stranger
215. Write a recommendation for a coworker or connection
216. Send a gratitude email to a coworker who deserves more recognition
217. Be Nice to yourself
218. Help a mother with her baby stroller
219. Become a Big Brother or Sister
220. Bring cookies to your local librarians
221. Bring coffee to your local librarians
222. Volunteer at your local free library
223. Donate arts & crafts supplies at your local free library
224. Tip the musician
225. Tip a street performer
226. Donate your old eyeglasses so someone else can use them
227. Write a kind message on a mirror with dry erase marker
228. Write a kind message on a car window with dry erase marker
229. Try to make every person in a group conversation feel included
230. Have a treat delivered to a friend
231. Have dinner delivered to your family
232. Have lunch delivered to co-workers
233. Have coffee delivered to a friend
234. Volunteer to coach your child’s sports team
235. Volunteer to coach a youth sports team in your area
236. Bring your partner coffee in bed
237. Compliment someone in front of others
238. Talk to someone at work who you haven’t spoken to before
239. Talk to someone at school who you haven’t spoken to before
240. Frame your friend’s favorite lyric or quote and give it to them with a nice note
241. Dog or cat sit for free
242. Help clean up a local dog park
243. Donate sports equipment to a rec center
244. Donate sports equipment to a school
245. Donate athletic apparel to a rec center
246. Donate athletic apparel to a school
247. Tell someone why they’re important to you
248. Reduce air pollution by carpooling
249. Send a gift to your doctor
250. Bring treats to the local police station
251. Bring coffee to the local police station
252. Say yes at the store when the cashier asks if you want to donate to a cause
253. Offer to take a new coworker out to lunch
254. Show a new coworker around and the places to get lunch
255. Bring dog or cat food to an animal shelter
256. Help someone with a project
257. Help someone who is struggling with heavy bags
258. Buy someone a book they’ve been wanting
259. Buy someone a t-shirt they’ve been wanting
260. Buy someone a movie they’ve been wanting to see
261. Leave your extra change at a bus stop
262. Be Nice to the customer service rep on the phone
263. Bring soup to someone who is sick
264. Do the dishes even if it isn’t your dirty dishes
265. Donate children’s toys to a school
266. Donate children’s toys to a hospital
267. Donate children’s toys to a doctor’s office
268. Let someone cross the road
269. Offer someone a pen when they need it
270. Spend time with your family
271. Have dinner with your family every night
272. Let your family know you value them
273. Take a day not to complain to others
274. Live by the Golden Rule
275. Take time to remember other people’s names
276. Leave your neighbors a note that tells them how much you admire them
     
277. Give gifts or thank yous to your children’s teachers
278. Volunteer to serve a meal at a local shelter
279. Donate diapers to foster homes
280. Donate diapers to low income families
281. Give away unused coupons at the grocery store
282. Invite someone who would be alone around the holidays for dinner
283. Volunteer in your child’s classroom at school
284. Name a star after someone
285. Read a book to someone
286. Write a poem for a friend
287. Relay an overheard compliment
288. Donate new pajamas to foster kids
289. Give your mom a shout out on your birthday
290. Buy parking passes for hospital visitors
291. Buy train tickets for commuters
292. Buy bus tickets for commuters
293. Clean the inside of someone’s car
294. Clean someone’s house
295. Leave diapers and wipes in a public restroom for moms
296. Ask an elderly neighbor if they need help around their home
297. When shopping pick things up that have fallen off the shelves
298. Set the table for dinner
299. Clear the table after dinner
300. Volunteer at your local soup kitchen
301. Volunteer at your local YMCA
302. Volunteer at your local Boy’s & Girl’s Club
303. Make a get well card for someone
304. Donate flowers after an event to a nursing home or hospital
305. Buy a $5 gift card and tape it to a random shopping cart
306. Organize a block party for a new neighbor
307. Give coupons to local favorites to new neighbor
308. Get a gift for your children’s coaches
309. Organize lunch for the staff at your children’s school
310. Leave happy notes on the sidewalk with sidewalk chalk
311. Research your family tree and share what you learned with other family members
312. Leave power bars/granola bars in the gym locker room
313. Do a load of laundry for someone
314. Bring a case of water and orange slices to your kid’s sport practices
315. Bring coffee for the other parents at your kid’s sport practices
316. Reconnect with an old friend you’ve lost touch with over the years
317. Let your spouse sleep in when it’s his/her turn to get up early with the kids
318. Let your spouse go to bed early and you clean up
319. Drop off treats at your local post office
320. Drop off coffee at your local post office
321. Drop off treats at your local fire station
322. Drop off coffee at your local fire station
323. Donate to a friend’s favorite charity in their name
324. Donate to a family member’s favorite charity in their name
325. Order magazine subscriptions for a nursing home
326. Send something to a caregiver of an elderly
327. Figure out a friend/family member’s half birthday and surprise them with a little treat
328. Send someone lunch at work
329. Send someone a coffee at work
330. Spend time with your grandparents
331. Spend time with your extended family who you don’t see as much
332. Recycle things that you see on the road
333. Help sick animals find homes
334. Perform a concert at a retirement home
335. Perform a concert at an elementary school
336. Perform a concert at a children’s hospital
337. Walk a neighbor’s dog
338. Pay for someone’s dry cleaning
339. Help tutor a struggling student
340. Take time to appreciate the sunrise and sunset
341. Write a list of things you like about a friend
342. Donate your holiday gifts
343. Instead of birthday gifts ask people to donate to a charity
344. Tell someone you’re happy to see them
345. Tell a joke or make someone laugh
346. Tell a pregnant women that she’s glowing
347. Tell your boss that a coworker is doing a good job
348. Arrive on time
349. Let a car merge
350. Donate prepaid phone cards to a women’s shelter
351. Decorate kindness rocks
352. Say “Thank you”
353. Say “Please”
354. Leave a box of tennis balls at the dog park for dogs to play with
355. Offer that old cell phone, laptop, TV, or computer to someone in need
356. Recommend somebody for a job opening
357. Say “Thank you” when someone lets you cross the street
358. Buy your significant other flowers
359. Buy your significant other a gift card to his favorite restaurant
360. Give your loved ones a hug
361. Carry someone’s bag for them
362. Say “Bless you” when someone sneezes
363. Praise someone’s work, including kids
364. Say “Have a Nice day” to someone
365. Comfort someone who looks upset
366. Share and encourage kids to do the same
367. Organize a fundraiser
368. Buy a gas gift card and leave it at the pump for someone to find
369. Compliment a friend
370. Compliment a family member
371. Give snacks or water to the bus driver
372. When donating books to a library leave encouraging notes inside
373. Bring flowers to your teachers
374. Tell a manager how good your service was
375. Put money on a stranger’s layaway bill
376. Say “Thank you” when you see service members
377. Make busy bags for families with children
378. Put a small bin in your car to collect recycling
379. Introduce yourself to your neighbors
380. Let your neighbors know that you’re there for them if they need any help
381. Be thoughtful
382. Be empathetic
383. Help people if they are moving
384. Volunteer at a department of corrections
385. Hold your tongue - take your negative energy and put it into something good
386. Have clothing that your friend always compliments you on? Give it to them or buy them one that’s the same or similar
387. Help someone whose car has broken down
388. Offer to go to the store for someone that is unable
389. Connect people to each other
390. Be patient
391. Be someone’s cheerleader
392. Tell your boss how much you like working for them
393. Tell your boss how much you’ve learned from them over the years
394. Bake a cake for the birthday person
395. Recognize the good in others
396. Stand up for the underdog
397. Instead of throwing away lost items put them in the “lost and found” bin
398. Create a happy book with all good memories of you and a family member or friend and send it to them
399. Fill up the gas tank for a loved one
400. Leave a Nice note in the car for your loved one
401. Compliments someone's hairstyle / cut
402. Offer to stay late for a coworker
403. Create a “dress-up” box for a kid
404. Pick up the tab when out to dinner with a group of people
405. Be understanding
406. Go to your friends art opening
407. Keep the plans you wanted to cancel
408. Be inviting- ask others to do things with you
409. Be understanding  and helpful to traveling parents with cranky kids
410. Pack extra snacks and offer them to your co-workers or friends
411. Compliment people on their homes
412. Compliment people on their outfits
413. Respond timely to others
     
414. Lend your expertise
415. Help an elderly neighbor decorate their house for the holidays
416. Listen to your friends good news
417. Selflessly promote others
418. Call your in-laws
419. Have you discovered something that changed your life? Share what you know
420. Spread an act of Niceness that was done to you
     
421. Be kind to your server
422. Send an encouraging email
423. Send an encouraging text message
424. Send an encouraging letter
425. Text someone good morning or good night
426. Write down someone’s best qualities and give it to them
427. Start using reusable water bottles and coffee mugs
428. Start a community garden
429. Share your study guide
430. Give someone the benefit of the doubt
431. Give out lemonade on a hot day
432. Make a handmade card for someone
433. Leave pumpkins around for people on Halloween
434. Paint positive messages on pumpkins
435. Bring reusable bags to the grocery store
436. Make an effort to learn something new about a coworker
437. Build a birdhouse and fill it with birdseed
438. Create bookmarks with positive notes and give them to libraries or leave them inside books
439. Bring someone a souvenir when you go on a trip
440. Endorse a skill for someone on LinkedIn
441. Hold a Teddy Bear drive and then donate to a local shelter in need
442. Share your favorite recipe
443. Talk about a charity or non-profit you love to spread the word for others to donate
444. Leave happy notes around your house
445. Set up a lemonade stand and donate the profits
446. Slip a nice note in your friends bag
447. Organize the bookshelf or workspace
448. Fill a kindness jar for a family member or co-worker
449. Tell someone why they are special to you
450. Make a kindness video to share with others
451. Let someone listen to the music they like during a car ride
452. Let someone else pick the movie to watch
453. Let someone else pick the restaurant for dinner
454. Buy lottery tickets and give them out to people on the streets
455. Let someone into traffic when it looks like they’re in a rush
456. Let a debt go that someone owes you
457. Knit blankets or hats that can be given to a children’s hospital
458. Send someone an ecard for a special occasion
459. Leave a newspaper or book at a coffee house for the next person
460. Forgive someone who has wronged you
461. Buy an inspirational book for someone who needs encouragement
462. Make a special date with your child(ren), just you and them. Take them somewhere special!
463. Enter someone in a contest that you think deserves more recognition
464. Always keep your word
465. Learn more about a topic you know someone loves so you can talk to them about it
466. Do research on a topic someone loves and print it out to send it to them
467. Pick up clothes at department stores that you see have fallen off hangers
468. Be honest
469. Throw someone a surprise party
470. Be an exercise buddy for someone who wants to lose weight
471. Give balloons out to children you pass on the street
472. Invite someone new to dinner
473. Help others with acts of kindness
474. Take the time to talk to someone about their new business venture
475. Support and encourage someone who has a new business venture
476. Support a local business
477. Write a positive review of a place you enjoyed
478. Bring a newspaper to someone’s doorstep that is sitting at the top of their driveway
479. Help a neighbor with their garden
480. Pick up trash in your neighborhood
481. Leave a bag of popcorn and a dollar (in quarters) taped to a Redbox machine
482. Leave a dollar (in quarters) taped to a vending machine
483. Refill an expired parking meter
484. Leave extra coupons in front of the corresponding items for strangers at the store
485. Take your neighbors garbage bins back
486. Pay for the toll of the person behind you
487. Set up an account with Amazon Smile
488. Reach out to someone you know is having a rough time
489. Make a sunrise date with someone you care about
490. Offer to take a neighbors dog for a walk when they are busy
491. Bring a board game to play at a senior center
492. Tell a joke and make someone laugh
493. Buy a movie ticket for the person behind you
494. Bring coloring books and crayons to a family shelter
495. Introduce two friends that you think would get along
496. Leave a Nice note on a random car
497. Leave a Nice note on someone’s desk
498. Leave flowers on a stranger's doorstep
499. Send someone a gratitude journal
500. Surprise the office with cupcakes
501. Surprise the office with donuts
502. Support your local farmers and markets
503. Host a car wash and donate the funds

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