HERE ARE SOME IDEAS FOR RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON:
1) Address 10 envelopes with the names and addresses of people you randomly select from the phone book. Fold a $1, $5, or $10 bill in a white piece of paper that says "Happy Holidays" on it, place it in the envelope and mail it to those people anonymously. You never know how this money might help someone in need. (I don't recommend sending more than $10 as there are also lots of mail thieves out there too so be cautious of that!)
2) Speak to the MANAGER at your local Denny's or Coco's restaurant (or something along those lines) and tell them you want to buy a hot breakfast, lunch or dinner for an elderly couple that comes in the restaurant on Christmas &/or New Year's Day. This will probably cost you about $20.00 -$30.00 with beverage & tip for two people. Then give a check to the Manager (payable to the restaurant) and trust that he/she will follow through with your request. (You also might want to slip the Manager a $5 tip for his/her help with your R.O.A.K.!)
3) Give the people who are in service to you throughout the year a $10 Gift Certificate or Gift Card for Starbucks, Jamba Juice, etc. i.e. your mail man, grocery clerk, security guard at the bank, pool man, cleaning lady, pet sitter, baby sitter. These people often get over-looked!
4) Volunteer!!! Help out for one entire day at a food bank, soup kitchen, mission, Goodwill or Salvation Army store. Get your kids involved in this with you!
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| Father Joe's Village Volunteers! http://fatherjoesvillages1.reachlocal.net/volunteers.htm |
5) Make some home-made batches of cookies, muffins or breads (i.e. banana, lemon-poppyseed, etc.) Put them in pretty Holiday containers and leave in front of a few of your neighbor's doors. Some people do not bake and really appreciate home-made goodies.
6) MY FAVORITE: Make some big batches of home-made soup i.e. Butternut Squash, Vegetable Minestrone, Beef & Barley, etc. Pour into medium or large, sterlized mason jars and attach a recipe for the soup around the lid. Put the soup in a pretty HOLIDAY gift bag and deliver anonymously to some of your local neighbors that you don't normally talk to, or, new people that have moved to the neighborhood.
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| Homemade Vegetable Beef Soup (Great for Canning) |
| HOMEMADE VEGETABLE BEEF SOUP | |
1 c. dried pinto beans 1 c. cooked diced roast beef 7 whole potatoes 4 carrots 2 onions 2 stalks celery 1 ear corn 1 (15 oz.) can tomatoes 1 c. diced green beans or diced asparagus stems 1 beef bouillon cube or 1 c. beef gravy 1 tsp. salt 1 1/2 tsp. sugar Water In large saucepan, place pinto beans and cover with water. Soak overnight. Add roast beef chunks. Peel and cube potatoes and carrots. Chop onion and celery. Cut kernels off ear of corn. Add all ingredients to pinto beans along with green beans or asparagus, beef gravy or bouillon cube, tomatoes, sugar and salt. Add enough water to cover all ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Cover and let simmer approximately 6 hours. Add more water to make the soup the proper consistency. Serves 8-10. | |
HAVE FUN WITH THESE IDEAS AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE SOME OF YOUR OWN WITH ME!
Here's a great story on Yahoo today about a Secret Santa:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101215/ap_on_re_us/us_secret_santa
Here's a great story on Yahoo today about a Secret Santa:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101215/ap_on_re_us/us_secret_santa
RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS...
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