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- Say thanks—just thanks—to your parents, for no particular reason.
- Leave a kind, funny, or inspiring note in a library book you’ve read.
- Make a friend laugh: Wrap up a roll of bubble wrap and “surprise leave it” for a buddy.
- Tell a joke. Credit the person who told it to you.
- Be a study buddy—or help a younger kid with homework.
- Clear your own dishes. Then surprise your parents and clear theirs, too.
- Let your brother go first.
- Leave a dollar in a vending machine slot.
- Start a jeans drive. Toss in your favorite pair.
- Collect toiletries for service members. Add a card that says, “Enjoy my favorite shampoo.”
- Return carts at big box stores (yours and ones other shoppers left behind).
- Make your sister’s bed one morning. Turn it down that night.
- Pay for an extra ticket or bottle of water at the movies. Hand it to the kid who’s next in line.
- Let someone board the bus ahead of you.
- Clip coupons for mom. Help her find those items at the market.
- Pitch in: Take out the garbage after a giant family dinner, BBQ, or holiday celebration. Do it without complaining.
- Help a senior citizen pack and load groceries.
- Make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for a local shelter.
- Invite someone outside your crowd to sit at your table at lunchtime or explore the library shelves with you after school.
- Collect food and canned goods for a local food bank. Invite your friends to help you so you can double, triple, or quadruple the amount.
- Be kind to a classmate you don’t know.
- Clean your room—without being asked to.
- Deliver a compliment a day—and mean it. Deliver two if you see it makes friends and family happy.
- Donate musical instruments, sports equipment, and electronics you are no longer using.
- Praise a friend who gets the answer right in class.
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