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Non-Anonymous Pay It Forward Day Ideas
1. The next time a stranger says they like something simple on you (a bracelet, a scarf, a neck tie, etc.), if it’s not too sentimental to you, take it off and give it to them.
2. Let the person standing behind you in the “ten items or fewer” line go before you…if financially possible, tell the cashier to put their items on your ticket.
3. Visit an elderly neighbor’s house and ask them if they need to have anything repaired. If nothing, sit with them, anyway, and keep them company for a few hours. Ask them to tell you what the world was like when they turned twenty-one (or whatever age, but be specific…even people suffering with dementia hold onto long-term, old memories better than what happened in their lives the day before.)
4. Commit time to volunteer at a local library to read a dozen books a year to some small children.
5. Tell the manager of a restaurant how great your waiter/waitress was.
6. If you’re just that kind of person who loves keeping children, offer to babysit your friend’s children to give them a night of freedom to do something they haven’t done in a while.
7. Cook a casserole for a new mom. Caring for newborns is tiring and draining. Mom will appreciate the ability to eat something home-cooked without having to cook it herself.
8. Buy a book for a college student. It doesn’t have to be new, used ones work just as well, and you’ll be removing some of the debt that often plagues students for years into the future.
9. Clip a $5, $10, or $20 bill to a “Pay It Forward Card” and as you pass by someone’s table on the way out of the restaurant, drop or slip it on the table or simply hand it to someone sitting there. If they refuse to take it, give it to the next table.
10. Buy Lottery Scratch-Off tickets and put one in an envelope with a “Pay It Forward Card” inserted. Hand it to a receptionist on the way out of a business appointment. You just might change that person’s whole life.
11. Mow or rake your neighbor’s lawn while you are mowing or raking yours or shovel someone’s walkway or de-ice their car if you’re shoveling or de-icing your own.
12. Drive an older person in the neighborhood to the grocery store (they will love the opportunity to get out of the house, as well) or if they aren’t able to go themselves, take their list and go to the store for them. If at all possible, pay for their things.
13. At your office, thank the “little people”. Everyone’s part is essential and no one’s job is purposeless. Thank the mail guy, the girl who orders supplies, or the door person.
14. Share your umbrella with someone who doesn't have one on a rainy day.
15. Develop an inner city beautification program that gathers on the weekends to mow too high lawns, plants produce gardens, pick up trash, paint over graffiti, and repair fences.
16. Be a mentor.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Madison-TN/Tranquil-Elegance-by-Danyael/48186768749
2. Let the person standing behind you in the “ten items or fewer” line go before you…if financially possible, tell the cashier to put their items on your ticket.
3. Visit an elderly neighbor’s house and ask them if they need to have anything repaired. If nothing, sit with them, anyway, and keep them company for a few hours. Ask them to tell you what the world was like when they turned twenty-one (or whatever age, but be specific…even people suffering with dementia hold onto long-term, old memories better than what happened in their lives the day before.)
4. Commit time to volunteer at a local library to read a dozen books a year to some small children.
5. Tell the manager of a restaurant how great your waiter/waitress was.
6. If you’re just that kind of person who loves keeping children, offer to babysit your friend’s children to give them a night of freedom to do something they haven’t done in a while.
7. Cook a casserole for a new mom. Caring for newborns is tiring and draining. Mom will appreciate the ability to eat something home-cooked without having to cook it herself.
8. Buy a book for a college student. It doesn’t have to be new, used ones work just as well, and you’ll be removing some of the debt that often plagues students for years into the future.
9. Clip a $5, $10, or $20 bill to a “Pay It Forward Card” and as you pass by someone’s table on the way out of the restaurant, drop or slip it on the table or simply hand it to someone sitting there. If they refuse to take it, give it to the next table.
10. Buy Lottery Scratch-Off tickets and put one in an envelope with a “Pay It Forward Card” inserted. Hand it to a receptionist on the way out of a business appointment. You just might change that person’s whole life.
11. Mow or rake your neighbor’s lawn while you are mowing or raking yours or shovel someone’s walkway or de-ice their car if you’re shoveling or de-icing your own.
12. Drive an older person in the neighborhood to the grocery store (they will love the opportunity to get out of the house, as well) or if they aren’t able to go themselves, take their list and go to the store for them. If at all possible, pay for their things.
13. At your office, thank the “little people”. Everyone’s part is essential and no one’s job is purposeless. Thank the mail guy, the girl who orders supplies, or the door person.
14. Share your umbrella with someone who doesn't have one on a rainy day.
15. Develop an inner city beautification program that gathers on the weekends to mow too high lawns, plants produce gardens, pick up trash, paint over graffiti, and repair fences.
16. Be a mentor.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Madison-TN/Tranquil-Elegance-by-Danyael/48186768749
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