Random acts of kindness - What have you done lately?

Sinisterly
Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
edited November 4 in Chit-Chat
Random acts of kindness.

I got a homeless man a bag of food after everyone walked past him and ignored him, he was very thankful.
I asked him if he wanted the food first, of course. Didn't want to offend him if he didn't. He gladly accepted it :)

What have you done lately for someone else, be it a stranger or someone that you know?
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  • coretemp
    coretemp Posts: 1,796 Member
    helped 2 neighbours shovel their snow
  • ZombieGeezUs
    ZombieGeezUs Posts: 476
    Not kill them...Jk....sorta
  • FatHuMan1
    FatHuMan1 Posts: 1,028 Member
    helped 2 neighbours shovel their snow

    This. Blew twelve inches off my neighbour's driveway. Twice.
  • CompressedCarbon
    CompressedCarbon Posts: 357 Member
    helped 2 neighbours shovel their snow

    This. Blew twelve inches off my neighbour's driveway. Twice.

    ^^ This is why you are the popular neighbors.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    I have refrained from telling off a mean lady that I see on a daily basis and from pointing out all her glaringly obvious flaws. You're welcome gossipy ho! :flowerforyou:
  • F00LofaT00K
    F00LofaT00K Posts: 688 Member
    I woke up early on Friday to cook breakfast and brew coffee for my boyfriend.

    I helped a short, elderly lady get a product off of the top shelf while I was shopping.

    I saw a girl crying in her car at a gas station and asked if she was okay. She asked if I would mind giving her $5 USD in exchange for some Canadian money so she could put gas in her car. She was visiting family in the US and ran out of USD. Her gas light came on and she needed just enough to get to a place where she could exchange her Canadian money for USD. I just swiped my card at the pump and let her put about $10 in.
  • TropicalFlowerz
    TropicalFlowerz Posts: 1,990 Member
    make scarfs/blankets for children in need.
  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    make scarfs/blankets for children in need.
    Awww, my fave yet!! :heart: :heart:

    I still need to put some money back for the local orphanage.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    Made extra food for Thanksgiving and went around feeding homeless people in my area and giving them hot coffee.

    Bought and donated toys at Walmart for the firefighters Sparks of Love campaign.

    I have more stuff planned for the holiday season, but haven't done it yet.
  • happysherri
    happysherri Posts: 1,360 Member
    Donations $$

    And I let a car over in traffic - this counts because I usually just curse when I drive :-)
  • sd_dilligaf
    sd_dilligaf Posts: 146 Member
    Made 160 bag lunches on Thanksgiving including turkey sammiches with stuffing and cranberry and lettuce from our garden, banana, almonds, water, and a homemade cookie. My oldest daughter got us organized and the six if us and two friends executed the plan. THEN we cooked our dinner and we were extra grateful.
  • JeffTCole
    JeffTCole Posts: 140 Member
    Stuffed my Harley full of stuffed animals and rode in the Christams parade. Gave the toys to the kids along the route. Do this every every year.The desire for a toy overcomes the fear of a biker dressed in leather.
  • __Jamie__
    __Jamie__ Posts: 109 Member
    Made a note/passed on details of an *kitten* driver who I saw back into somebody's car in a car park/parking lot, damaging their tailgate, then drive away... The woman returned to her car as I was writing her a note & was very grateful. To begin with she was in disbelief that anybody would make the effort to stick around & pass on this sort of information. It's nice to be nice, it cheered my Sunday up seeing her smile! Plus she was pregnant, so hopefully it saved her the stress of finding the damage later & having to worry about paying to get it fixed!
  • _Tink_
    _Tink_ Posts: 3,845 Member
    I carried and gave birth to a baby for another woman.
  • darkrose20
    darkrose20 Posts: 1,139 Member
    Gave a friend gas money. Refrained from cussing out patients...but that might not count, since I have to do that to keep my job.
  • darkrose20
    darkrose20 Posts: 1,139 Member
    I carried and gave birth to a baby for another woman.

    WIN
  • JenniTheVeggie
    JenniTheVeggie Posts: 2,474 Member
    I was returning my cart at Aldi (you need a quarter to "rent" a cart). A lady was trying to figure out the carts and I told her you need a quarter to get one out. She started digging in her purse but I told her to just take mine. Minor but she was so happy and appreciative. :smile:
  • wild_wild_life
    wild_wild_life Posts: 1,334 Member
    Crap I can't think of anything! You guys have set the bar really high.

    I will do something tomorrow.

    Good topic.

    Oh I gave my co-worker a ride home from the dentist after she had a tooth pulled even though I had to stay late at work to make up for it.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    I carried and gave birth to a baby for another woman.

    WIN

    I feel like a meanie
  • ElizabethFuller
    ElizabethFuller Posts: 352 Member
    You are all so good! I must try harder!:flowerforyou:
  • _Tink_
    _Tink_ Posts: 3,845 Member
    I carried and gave birth to a baby for another woman.

    WIN

    I feel like a meanie

    :flowerforyou: Anything but. :)
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    I carried and gave birth to a baby for another woman.

    WIN

    I feel like a meanie

    :flowerforyou: Anything but. :)

    You're sweet, and seriously I'm awed by what you did. That takes a hell of a lot
  • Marshmaster
    Marshmaster Posts: 19 Member
    I applaud every one of you that have acted an act of kindness.

    Ringing bells for Salvation Army, opening doors, and sending thankful "I appreciate your service" note cards to stress-filled retail employees are some of my acts.
  • Bucky83
    Bucky83 Posts: 1,194 Member
    Most recently, I've gone through a toll road and chose to also pay for the car behind me. I don't know if it was entirely altruistic though... he was hot. He gave me a thumbs up when he overtook me further ahead.
  • wild_wild_life
    wild_wild_life Posts: 1,334 Member
    Most recently, I've gone through a toll road and chose to also pay for the car behind me. I don't know if it was entirely altruistic though... he was hot. He gave me a thumbs up when he overtook me further ahead.

    I did that once -- well the car ahead paid for mine so I paid for the one behind me. It made me unreasonably happy.
  • fulleroaks
    fulleroaks Posts: 15
    I adopt a family for Christmas each year, providing groceries and gifts for the kids. This year's family is a 25 year old single mom with five kids. Their wish list includes diapers, socks, underwear, etc. It always makes me sad, but I'm a sucker for poor kids. I was one for so long.
  • nygiants1313
    nygiants1313 Posts: 120
    saw a dog wandering around a few towns over from me the other day...I picked it up and brought it to a vet hospital where they scanned the chip inside the dog and it came up with an address in which I brought the dog back home to its rightful owners
  • thatonegirlwiththestuff
    thatonegirlwiththestuff Posts: 1,171 Member
    Girl in back of me last night was short $2 for her cover charge to get into the bar. I gave her the money. While not a huge act of generosity, I did also cover my best friends ENTIRE bar tab. I'm just sweet like that. Or a push over. Huh. I'll have to think about this one.
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
    When my sister found a 12-hr old kitten in the gravel outside her house I took him and bottle-raised him instead of letting her take him to a shelter. They would have put him down, he was so helpless they wouldn't have had the resources to take care of him. Once he became viable we decided to keep him. :smile:
  • anro86
    anro86 Posts: 790 Member
    Mostly recently, I stopped and purchased the newspaper that the homeless community in our city hand makes and sells on the side of the road. The gentleman was very nice.

    I volunteer to co-lead with the girl scout troop. This is for me as well, as my daughter has joined, and I want to help all the girls, but my little one is benefiting from it also.

    Next week at church all of our tithe money will be going to the typhoon recovery in the Philippines and I am planning to donate more than usual for that cause.

    I have a trip to an orphanage in Baja, Mexico coming up in February- just to help play, interactive, cook for, clean, and bond with the kiddos there. My 7 year old will be coming with me.

    Last year when I was walking through target a young man stopped me and asked me if I could help him purchase diapers and formula for his two young sons, he even showed me pictures. I didn't have any cash on me, only my debit card, so I told him I would go to the register with him and just swipe my card (he already had what he needed picked out). I haven't bought diapers/formula in a pretty long time- so I was thinking 30-40 dollars. It was 110. After I paid, I knew I didn't have enough left over to by the things I had come there for- but I felt pretty good about helping. Except for when, after browsing the store for a while, I saw him using the same story on someone else as I was walking out. I felt pretty used after that :frown:
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