365 Days of Kindness

**GO TO BOTTOM OF PAGE FOR  A RECAP OF EACH DAY’S RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS  AND SHARE YOUR TESTIMONY**

We would love to hear your story, either as the giver or receiver, please share at bottom in the FB message! This is a great way to encourage everyone that is involved!!

Each day I will list some random acts of kindness that we can do. None of us can help everyone, but all of us can help someone and when we do we serve Jesus and lives are changed!! I think in light of all the negativity that is going on this is a wonderful way for us to start showing “love” to others. It is such a cool way to show LOVE, HOPE, AND JOY to others and change our communities, one life at a time. . all for the glory of God. We will also continue Sharing Sunday, where I ask for everyone to donate 5 items a week to your local food pantry, shelter, or family you may know in need. Let’s make 2013 a year that others will feel the unconditional love of Christ. This is such a tangible way to be the hands and feet of Jesus. If you have ideas or suggestions of random acts of kindness, please feel free to comment or send me an e-mail at crothers8@aol.com. MATTHEW 25:40!! How many of you are excited about this? I sure am!!

GO HERE to print you 365 Days of Kindness cards to start handing out with your random acts of kindness!! Notice they are 2-sided, so all you have to do is flip the paper over and you will get 10 cards out of each print!!

GOD IS GOOD. . .ALL THE TIME!!

**RECAP  OF THE 365 DAYS OF KINDNESS**

Day 1 – Go through a drive thru and pay for the car behind you!!
Day 2 - E-mail Mary Beth who is battling cancer – marybethzolik@clearchannel.com
Day 3 – Find a laundromat and insert all the quarters in the washing machine, dryer, or vending machine
Day 4 -  Send a “thinking of you” or “encouraging” card to a complete stranger – We have a cool way to find that stranger!
Day 5 – Bake cookies or cupcakes or any treat (even store bought) and take to a public service worker, i.e. fire station, police station, etc.  
Day 6 – Donate 5-items (nonperishable or hygienic) to a local food bank, shelter, or family you may know in need.
Day 7 – Find a gas station and tape some money to the pump
Day 8 – Find a red box and tape some microwavable popcorn.   
Day 9 – Send a card to 4 very special people/families (100+ birthday, 6th birthday for a child with FOP, and 2 sympathy, thinking of you cards for parents who have lost their 17-month-old daughter, and 9 y/o daughter)
Day 10 – Purchase a box of fun Band-Aids for a great cause started recently by Kenna who lost her friend to cancer!! Her wish is at least one box from EVERY state!
Day 11 - Send a “thinking of you” or “encouraging” card to a complete stranger – We have a cool way to find that stranger! (By the end of the year our goal is for EVERYONE to have sent a card to a stranger in every state)
Day 12 - Bake cookies or cupcakes or any treat (even store bought) and take to a public service worker, i.e. fire station, police station, etc.
Day 13 – Donate 5-items (nonperishable or hygienic) to a local food bank, shelter, or family you may know in need.
Day 14 – Find a vending machine and tape some money to it
Day 15 - Recognize your garbage man or a janitor (people that normally get overlooked, but are very IMPORTANT people in our communities) and tape some money or a gift card to either your garbage can or somewhere visible for them (we purchased 2, $5 Subway gift cards)
Day 16 -  Send a card to 5 very special people/families (4 battling cancer, ranging in age from 10 years old to adult and one 5 y/o in Mott’s Hospital with unexplained seizures)
Day 17 – Make a donation of food or treats to a local animal shelter or Humane Society.
Day 18 - Send a “thinking of you” or “encouraging” card to a complete stranger – We have a cool way to find that stranger! (By the end of the year our goal is for EVERYONE to have sent a card to a stranger in every state)
Day 19 -  Bake cookies or cupcakes or any treat (even store bought) and take to a public service worker, i.e. fire station, police station, etc.
Day 20 - Donate 5-items (nonperishable or hygienic) to a local food bank, shelter, or family you may know in need.
Day 21 - Get a gift card and bless someone at a grocery store or big box store.  We got a gift card to Kroger’s and wrote a message inside the card and then attached to a cart that said “This is for you, yes, you~” 
Day 22 – Give some soup to a homeless person with the note “I pray you have a SOUP-er day”.
Day 23 -  Send a card to 4 very special people/families (3 birthdays and one encouraging card to a new pastor and his wife)
Day 24 - Give someone a S’More snack that says “We need S’More Kindness Baggie”.  You can print one of the S’More toppers HERE.
Day 25 - Send a “thinking of you” or “encouraging” card to a complete stranger – We have a cool way to find that stranger! (By the end of the year our goal is for EVERYONE to have sent a card to a stranger in every state)
Day 26 -  Bake cookies or cupcakes or any treat (even store bought) and take to a public service worker, i.e. fire station, police station, etc. We are making this week’s treats up for our local bank tellers:)
Day 27 - Donate 5-items (nonperishable or hygienic) to a local food bank, shelter, or family you may know in need.
Day 28 - Give someone a soda with a cute tag saying “I’m SODA-lighted . . .”   You can print one of the S’More toppers HERE.
Day 29 – Pay for a person’s  Dry Cleaning Bill,  so when they pick it up, it will show “paid in full”. (You can go into most dry cleaners and just pay for a bill)
Day 30 - Send a card to 4 very special people/families (3 encouragement cards and one 30th wedding anniversary card)
Day 31 – Find a candy coin-operated machine (usually 25 cents) and insert the money (I went to our local store and filled several up) and also placed several pennies in front of the pony ride.

**MONTH OF FEBRUARY**

Day 32 - Send a “thinking of you” or “encouraging” card to a complete stranger – We have a cool way to find that stranger! (By the end of the year our goal is for EVERYONE to have sent a card to a stranger in every state)
Day 33 - Bake cookies or cupcakes or any treat (even store bought) and take to a public service worker, i.e. fire station, police station, etc. We are making this week’s treats up for our gas station workers:)
Day 34 - Donate 5-items (nonperishable or hygienic) to a local food bank, shelter, or family you may know in need.
Day 35 - Tape a baggie with change to a parking meter (of course if you don’t have any near you, you could do something else similar to this)
Day 36 – Send a “special family” in Florida who have lost one of their triplets intrauteral and just two weeks ago their 3 y/o son was diagnosed with leukemia encouragement or gift cards. This is ONE I PRAY EVERYONE GETS INVOLVED IN:)
Day 37 - Send 2 encouraging e-mails and/or cards to 2 very special people/families 
Day 38 – Make up Food “care packages” and take to the Ronald McDonald House or the hospital waiting rooms (Make sure to get permission from the hospital if you are taking there).
Day 39 - Send a “thinking of you” or “encouraging” card to a complete stranger – We have a cool way to find that stranger! Or you can send flowers or something else in Honor of Valentine’s Day (Jesus’ love for us) (By the end of the year our goal is for EVERYONE to have sent a card to a stranger in every state)
Day 40 - Bake cookies or cupcakes or any treat (even store bought) and take to a public service worker, i.e. fire station, police station, etc. We are making this week’s treats up for our local grocery store:)
Day 41 - Donate 5-items (nonperishable or hygienic) to a local food bank, shelter, or family you may know in need.
Day 42 –  Give someone a box or bag of Reese’s Pieces that says  ”Jesus LOVES you to pieces”   You can print the Jesus Loves you to pieces tags HERE.
Day 43 – I challenge everyone to get involved in the Jeans and Jammies Project to help families in Alabama.
Day 44 - Send 1 encouraging card to 1  very special gentleman battling stage 4 cancer!
Day 45 -  Do something extraordinary for someone in honor of Valentine’s Day (the greatest love we could receive is from Jesus). – We made up bags of candy, put flowers on cars, and sent flowers to a “random” person.
Day 46 - Send a “thinking of you” or “encouraging” card to a complete stranger – We have a cool way to find that stranger! (By the end of the year our goal is for EVERYONE to have sent a card to a stranger in every state)
Day 47 - Bake cookies or cupcakes or any treat (even store bought) and take to a public service worker, i.e. fire station, police station, etc. We are making this week’s treats up for our local post office:)
Day 48 - Donate 5-items (nonperishable or hygienic) to a local food bank, shelter, or family you may know in need.
Day 49 - Give someone an A&W Root Beer that says “You’re an A&Wesome person”    You can print the A&W tags HERE.
Day 50 – Make a  donation to the Toledo Seagate Food Bank ~ Project PJ ~ They are looking for many different items!
Day 51 – Send a card/email and/or text to a friend or family member that maybe you have not spoken to in awhile just to let them know you are thinking and/or praying for them.  
Day 52 -  Give someone a bag of peanuts that says “Jesus is Nuts about you!”    You can print the Nuts tag HERE.
Day 53 - Send a “thinking of you” or “encouraging” card to a complete stranger – We have a cool way to find that stranger! (By the end of the year our goal is for EVERYONE to have sent a card to a stranger in every state)
Day 54 -  Bake cookies or cupcakes or any treat (even store bought) and take to a public service worker, i.e. fire station, police station, etc. We are making this week’s treats up for our church nursery workers:)
Day 55 - Donate 5-items (nonperishable or hygienic) to a local food bank, shelter, or family you may know in need.
Day 56 – Donate a bottle of laundry detergent or fabric softener to a local laundromat and included a tag that says “Take Me I’m FREE”.    You can print the tags HERE.
Day 57 – Give your mail person or people at the post office a gift card, a Starbucks card, baked goods.    We will be giving our mail lady a gift card and no better day than tomorrow since our weather is going to be horrible and she still has to be out delivering mail.
Day 58 - Send a card/email and/or text to a friend or family member that maybe you have not spoken to in awhile just to let them know you are thinking and/or praying for them.
Day 59 – Donate $1 to a family that both husband and wife are battling cancer.  This is an easy way to be the hands and feet of Jesus!!

**MONTH OF MARCH**

Day 60 - Send a “thinking of you” or “encouraging” card to a complete stranger – We have a cool way to find that stranger! (By the end of the year our goal is for EVERYONE to have sent a card to a stranger in every state)
Day 61 – Bake cookies or cupcakes or any treat (even store bought) and take to a public service worker, i.e. fire station, police station, etc. We are making this week’s treats up for our local grocery store workers:)
Day 62 - Donate 5-items (nonperishable or hygienic) to a local food bank, shelter, or family you may know in need.
Day 63 – Give someone a Mountain Dew and include the tag that says “Will you Dew me a favor? Pass the Blessing on:)” You can print the tag HERE
Day 64 – Give someone a bag of candy or some type of “berry” lotion with a tag that says “You are the Sweetest gift from God”.  You can print the tag HERE!
Day 65 – Send a thinking of you and/or encouraging card to the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary Tragedy to let them know we care and have not forgotten about them. 
Day 66 - Help a family of 10 that lost almost all of their belongings in a house fire.
Day 67 - Send a “thinking of you” or “encouraging” card to a complete stranger – We have a cool way to find that stranger! (By the end of the year our goal is for EVERYONE to have sent a card to a stranger in every state)
Day 68 - Bake cookies or cupcakes or any treat (even store bought) and take to a public service worker, i.e. fire station, police station, etc. We are making this week’s treats up for our local grocery store workers:)
Day 69 – Donate 5-items (nonperishable or hygienic) to a local food bank, shelter, or family you may know in need.
Day 70 - Go through a drive thru and pay for the car behind you!!
Day 71 – Send $1 to a family that just lost their 7-day old son. Such an easy way to be the hands and feet of Jesus:)
Day 72 – Send a card to 2 very special people/families (1 battling cancer and 1 that just needs encouragement from financial hardship)
Day 73 - Give someone a box of cereal (Lucky Charms) and include the tag that says “I am ‘Cereal’ – sly Lucky to be able to share this with you!”  You can print the tag HERE
Day 74 – Send a “thinking of you” or “encouraging” card to a complete stranger – We have a cool way to find that stranger! (By the end of the year our goal is for EVERYONE to have sent a card to a stranger in every state)
Day 75 – Bake cookies or cupcakes or any treat (even store bought) and take to a public service worker, i.e. fire station, police station, etc.
Day 76 – Donate 5-items (nonperishable or hygienic) to a local food bank, shelter, or family you may know in need.
Day 77 – Find a gas station and tape some money to the pump
Day 78 – Collect your Box Tops for Education and take them to your local school or give to a family that has children in school.
Day 79 – Send a card to 2 very special people/families who lost their young children back in January. Let them know you are praying for them and thinking of them:)
Day 80 – Go to a book store and purchase a gift card or put money inside ANY book in the store with a note that says “You are the recipient of Day 80 of 365 Days Of Kindness”
Day 81 – Send a “thinking of you” or “encouraging” card to a complete stranger – We have a cool way to find that stranger! (By the end of the year our goal is for EVERYONE to have sent a card to a stranger in every state)
Day 82 –  Bake cookies or cupcakes or any treat (even store bought) and take to a public service worker, i.e. fire station, police station, etc.
Day 83 – Donate 5-items (nonperishable or hygienic) to a local food bank, shelter, or family you may know in need.
Day 84 – Make a $1 donation to Sufficient Grace Ministries – They help women and families who have lost a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death.
Day 85 – Give someone a baggie full of  Bunny Peeps and include the tag that says “NoBunny Loves you Like Jesus” You can print the tag HERE
Day 86 –  Write an encouraging note on Whispering Winds Church’s FB page upon the tragic death of Kaitlin Gerber ONLY 20 years old.
Day 87 – Drop off a baggie or cup full of easter eggs and include a tag that says “Have an Egg-cellent Day or To My Egg-cellent teacher”  You can print the tags HERE ~ THANK YOU Lil Luna.
Day 88 – Send a “thinking of you” or “encouraging” card to a complete stranger – We have a cool way to find that stranger! (By the end of the year our goal is for EVERYONE to have sent a card to a stranger in every state)
Day 89 -  Bake cookies or cupcakes or any treat (even store bought) and take to a public service worker, i.e. fire station, police station, etc.
Day 90 -  Donate 5-items (nonperishable or hygienic) to a local food bank, shelter, or family you may know in need.

**MONTH OF APRIL**

Day 91 – Bless 3 special women at the The Hope Center Women’s Retreat (women who are struggling financially)
Day 92 - Find a red box and tape some microwavable popcorn.
Day 93 – Send a card/email and/or text to a friend or family member that maybe you have not spoken to in awhile.
Day 94 - Tape money at an automatic car wash (can be any amount) – Just choose to bless someone!
Day 95 – Send a “thinking of you” or “encouraging” card to a complete stranger – We have a cool way to find that stranger! (By the end of the year our goal is for EVERYONE to have sent a card to a stranger in every state)
Day 96 – Bake cookies or cupcakes or any treat (even store bought) and take to a public service worker, i.e. fire station, police station, etc.
Day 97 – Donate 5-items (nonperishable or hygienic) to a local food bank, shelter, or family you may know in need.
Day 98 – Make up a care package and take it to a women’s shelter (Imagine the impact if EVERYONE on this page made up one care package:)
Day 99 – Make a $1 donation or donation of items to help fill Shoeboxes for CHRISTmas at Shoeboxes of Hope!
Day 100 – Send one card or a FB message to one special lady battling cancer!
Day 101 – Day 29 – Pay for a person’s Dry Cleaning Bill, so when they pick it up, it will show “paid in full”. (You can go into most dry cleaners and just pay for a bill)
Day 102 – Send a “thinking of you” or “encouraging” card to a complete stranger – We have a cool way to find that stranger! (By the end of the year our goal is for EVERYONE to have sent a card to a stranger in every state)
Day 103 – Bake cookies or cupcakes or any treat (even store bought) and take to a public service worker, i.e. fire station, police station, etc.
Day 104 – Donate 5-items (nonperishable or hygienic) to a local food bank, shelter, or family you may know in need.
Day 105 – Make a $1 donation or 5-item donation to Chad for his mission trip to Jamaica to help the less fortunate!
Day 106 – Make a donation of cleaning supplies to the Ronald McDonald House and/or a men’s or women’s shelter.
Day 107 – Send a card to 2 very special people (both encouraging cards)
Day 108 – Make a donation of a package of seeds to help the less fortunate to grow their own gardens.
Day 109 – Send a “thinking of you” or “encouraging” card to a complete stranger – We have a cool way to find that stranger! (By the end of the year our goal is for EVERYONE to have sent a card to a stranger in every state)
Day 110 – Bake cookies or cupcakes or any treat (even store bought) and take to a public service worker, i.e. fire station, police station, etc.
Day 111 – Donate 5-items (nonperishable or hygienic) to a local food bank, shelter, or family you may know in need.
Day 112 – Make a donation of a glucose monitor or pay for an elderly person’s prescription.
Day 113 – Make a $1 donation for Autism Awareness.
Day 114 – Send an encouraging card to one special person
Day 115 – Donate a book to Books of Life for the less fortunate
Day 116 – Send a “thinking of you” or “encouraging” card to a complete stranger – We have a cool way to find that stranger! (By the end of the year our goal is for EVERYONE to have sent a card to a stranger in every state)
Day 117 – Bake cookies or cupcakes or any treat (even store bought) and take to a public service worker, i.e. fire station, police station, etc.
Day 118 – Donate 5-items (nonperishable or hygienic) to a local food bank, shelter, or family you may know in need.
Day 119 – Donate a pair of flip flops or other items to an orphanage in Haiti – God’s Littlest Angels.
Day 120 – Give someone a bag of peanuts that says “Jesus is Nuts about you!” You can print the Nuts tag HERE.
Day 121 – Send an encouraging card to one special person

**MONTH OF MAY**

Day 122 – Go to a hair salon and pay for someone’s haircut. We put the money in a card that read “You are the recipient of Day 122 of 365 Days Of Kindness” and gave the card to the person at the desk and asked her to give to the next customer!
Day 123 – Send a “thinking of you” or “encouraging” card to a complete stranger – We have a cool way to find that stranger! (By the end of the year our goal is for EVERYONE to have sent a card to a stranger in every state)
Day 124 – Bake cookies or cupcakes or any treat (even store bought) and take to a public service worker, i.e. fire station, police station, etc.
Day 125 – Donate 5-items (nonperishable or hygienic) to a local food bank, shelter, or family you may know in need.
Day 126 – Donate makeup to a women’s shelter
Day 127 – Make a “Thanks a Latte” Coffee mug for a teacher for Teacher Appreciation Week.
Day 128 – Send an encouraging card to one special person
Day 129 – Drop off a bouquet of flowers to a nursing home or assisted-living for the elderly and give to a woman in honor of Mother’s Day.
Day 130 – Send a “thinking of you” or “encouraging” card to a complete stranger – We have a cool way to find that stranger! (By the end of the year our goal is for EVERYONE to have sent a card to a stranger in every state)
Day 131 – Get involved with Stamp Out Hunger and donate nonperishable food and place by your mailbox for your mail carrier to pick up.
Day 132 – Donate 5-items (nonperishable or hygienic) to a local food bank, shelter, or family you may know in need.
Day 133 – Donate $1 to Cindy’s Fund – a mom who is battling breast cancer. What an easy way to show the love of Jesus.
Day 134 – Go through a drive thru and pay for the car behind you!!
Day 135 – Send an encouraging card to four special kids getting baptized!!
Day 136 – Drop off a package of baby wipes to a public restroom and place on the changing table. 
Day 137 – Send a “thinking of you” or “encouraging” card to a complete stranger – We have a cool way to find that stranger! (By the end of the year our goal is for EVERYONE to have sent a card to a stranger in every state)
Day 138 – Bake cookies or cupcakes or any treat (even store bought) and take to a public service worker, i.e. fire station, police station, etc.
Day 139 – Donate 5-items (nonperishable or hygienic) to a local food bank, shelter, or family you may know in need.