"TRY THESE RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS!!"                          Pay a compliment once every hour.                 Visit nursing homes or senior centers with recordings of songs that bring back memories such as Mitch Miller.          When visiting a hospital, spend a few minutes with someone who has no visitors.                       Host a storytelling party at a veteran's hospital or other health care facility.                  If you have plants that propagate easily, offer cuttings to neighbors and their children to take home and root.                     Roll an elderly neighbor's garbage cans back up the driveway at the end of trash pick-up day.                                  Renew a friendship with someone you haven't been in contact with for a long time by sending a letter or small gift.                             For one week, act on every single thought of generosity that arises spontaneously in your heart and notice what happens.                            Invite someone new over for dinner.                        Have each member of your family choose someone outside the family who has made a positive difference in his or her life. Write short thank-you notes and mail the letters together.                            Discuss the best things about the area where you live, the best places to shop and have fun, etc. Have someone take notes, then type up the ideas to give to a new neighbor who moves in.                      Write a note to the boss praising an employee who has helped you.                             Leave a treat or handmade note of thanks for a delivery person or mail carrier.                                     Call an estranged family member.                                      Collect goods for a food bank.                                  Make floral arrangements or treats for senior centers.                               Extend a hand to someone in need. Give your full attention and simply listen.                                  Make floral arrangements or treats for senior centers, nursing homes, hospitals, police stations or shut-ins.                                    Tell your children why you love them.                                    Donate time at a senior center.                                   top by a nursing home and visit a resident who does not have family nearby.                                   Pay a bill for someone who is in need.                                         Pay rent for a family in need.                                   Write a thank-you note to a mentor or someone who has had a positive influence in your life.                                     Write a note to a family member or friend and tell them why they are special.                                          Give a hug to a friend.                                       Say something nice to everyone you meet today.                                Transport someone who can't drive.                               Be a good neighbor. Take over a baked treat or stop and say "hi".                             Call or visit a homebound person.                                 Pay a compliment at least once a day.                                      Remember the bereaved with phone calls, cards, etc.                               Sing at a nursing home.                                Offer to walk a neighbors dog.                                     Pay for someone else's meal at a restaurant.