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I’ve been asked at least 3 times if I was planning anything special for my ‘big five-oh’ birthday coming right up in a few days. Honestly, when first asked, I was at a complete loss; I hadn’t even thought about it. So I did think about, and … NOTHING came to mind. However, thanks to a post that was shared with me today from kindnessprojectoc on Instagram, I now have an idea and I am soooooooooooooooooo excited about it.
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She chose 41 one things acts of kindness to complete for her 41st birthday. HOW AWESOME IS THAT? I typed up the list as best I could:
- Pay for someone’s groceries
- Flowers for Meals on Wheels recipients
- Buy someone a birthday cake
- Send Venmo surprises
- 5-star reviews for small businesses
- Treats for Rancho Canada teachers
- Make birthday cake for foster kids
- Gratitude Dianes giveaway
- Pay for a families Christmas tree
- Pay for someone at Xclusive
- Free flowers for someone you love
- Donors Choose coffee cart
- Scratch Pies pay it forward
- Starbucks card giveaway
- Treats for “Zero Trash” volunteers
- Neighborhood trash pickup
- Treat someone at the movies
- Ronald McDonald house dinner
- Collect reusable bags for the pantry
- Donate food to the food pantry
- Donate socks for the homeless
- Pay for cakes at Three Dog bakery
- Hide scratchers
- Tape hot cocoa on Red Box
- Thank you notes to clients
- Hide a gift card in a book
- Hide lucky pennies
- Holiday wreath giveaway
- Candy collection for Camp Pendleton
- Donate costumes to OC Mission
- Thanksgiving food drive
- Snack bucket for mail carriers
- Make birdseed ornaments
- Hide happy rocks
- Hide quarters in vending machines
- ???
- Hide bubbles at the park
- Pay for someone in drive through
- Hand out coupons
- Gift ??? drinks
- Donate pumpkins to foster …
As you can see, there were a couple of things I couldn’t quite make out. Some items are very specific to organizations and places the poster knows, and some are seasonal (must be a late Fall or Early winter birthday). However, this is an amazing list of ideas to use as a jumping off point to customize for personal use, which is what I plan to do and post on my birthday.
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