32 Random Acts of Kindness for my 32nd Birthday

I am so excited to write this post.  I had so much fun doing 32 Random Acts of Kindness in celebration of my 32^nd birthday (goodness…I’m getting old). 

Five years ago, I did something similar for my birthday (see that post here) and it was such a rewarding feeling so I decided to do it again this year.

I loved getting my children involved in this because it is another way of showing them that serving and doing things for others is such a rewarding feeling. 

Below is a list of the 32 Random Acts of Kindness that I did in celebration of my 32^nd birthday.

1 – Mini muffins to the Fire Department

2 – Donuts to the staff at the local library

3 – Mini pies to my daughter’s orthodontist staff

4 – A box of candy to the Police Department (they gave us a shout out on their Facebook page afterwards!)

5 – Butterfingers candy to the Village Hall

6 – Hid $1 bills in the toy section of Dollar Tree

7 – Gave the lovely women at the local food pantry a fruit arrangement (my awesome sister made the arrangement for them!)

8 – Gave nurses in Labor and Delivery at the hospital a basket of treats (I had a baby this month)

9 – Left a children’s book in the waiting room at the hospital

10 – Put change on a vending machine

11 – Left a candy bar and a thank you note for the mail carrier

12 – Homemade hot chocolate to our neighbors

13 – Left a tip for my birthday dinner (we got carry out because of our new baby but I left a tip anyways)

14 – Donated clothes to Goodwill

15 – “Thanks a Million” candy bag for the principals at my children’s schools

16 – Left a jar of change at the library for people to use for late return fees

17 – Put a positive note on a public mirror

18 – Left wet wipes on a changing table in a public bathroom

19 – Put free popcorn on a Redbox

20 – Box of M&Ms to my children’s bus driver

21 – Bag of Hershey kisses to the staff at our bank

22 – Fake flowers and a positive note on a random car

23 – Pack of duck eggs to our neighbor, who’s yard our ducks always venture into

24 – Bag of Lifesavers to the local EMT station

25 – Retractable erasers and thank you card to my children’s piano teacher

26 – Tea for the office secretary at my daughter’s school (who usually is the one who helps my daughter with her diabetic needs)

27 – Paint and hide rocks around town (not sure if this is a “thing” in other towns but in our small town people do this)

28 – Gave a customer a dozen quail eggs for free

29 – Gave a homeless person one of our blessing bags (see how to make those here)

30 – Put a book recommendation inside a library book

31 – Donated money to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (my daughter is a type 1 diabetic so this nonprofit is one we are very familiar with)

32 – Donated toys to a local charity

I did not complete all of these in one day, rather I took the month to do them.  For many of them I had my two oldest kids with me so they helped a lot.

This did take a little bit of preparation to do.  I took some time to print out small personalized cards for each act and I also made small cards that explained what I was doing for each act.  I have these files so if you comment or email I can send you the editable cards so you can modify them for your needs.

  

Overall, each individual act doesn't seem like much but once I started doing them I began to look forward to doing the next one.  I'm sure I will do something like this again and I really encourage my readers to try to do something similar, even if it is just one random act of kindness.

Please comment any ideas you have for a Random Act of Kindness!