My Good Deeds Bucket List
I thought it might be helpful to compile a list of the good deeds I've blogged about so far. This way, you don't have to go back and read older posts to know the good deeds I've already mentioned!
If a day is in orange, that is a challenge I have yet to complete.
If a day is in red, it is a challenge that can no longer be completed, or is specific to my community.
If a day is in orange, that is a challenge I have yet to complete.
If a day is in red, it is a challenge that can no longer be completed, or is specific to my community.
{Day 1} Make a Changepot.
{Day 2} Anonymously leave notes, books, journals, etc. around your city like Secret Agent L.
{Day 3} Help out your family by emptying the dishwasher without being asked.
{Day 4} Join Operation Beautiful and post notes on mirrors like "You look beautiful today!" to encourage positive self image.
{Day 5} Leave your extra change in a vending machine for someone else to use.
{Day 6} Send a candy cane gram, or a valentine to an old friend or someone who could use some cheering up.
{Day 7} Be a kind driver. Let someone merge in front of you during rush hour. Always use your blinker.
{Day 8} Make somebody smile.
{Day 9} Grant someone's wish through Wish Upon a Hero.
{Day 10} Leave small, handmade toys for people to find like The Toy Society.
{Day 11} Compliment someone everyday.
{Day 12} Inspire others by being kind, or maybe sharing an inspirational video/quote/book.
{Day 13} Click to give. There are several click to give sites, but one of them is The Hunger Site.
{Day 14} Bake something for somebody else.
{Day 15} Make a lens on Squidoo. A lens is like a website on anything you'd like to make (maybe even something philanthropic!). Your lens is able to generate revenue, which can be donated to a nonprofit of your choice.
{Day 16} Support your community by attending an event. Maybe a town fair, or a play at the high school.
{Day 17} Be extra kind to someone that you may not always treat kindly. Or, be extra kind towards a stranger.
{Day 18} Participate in Martin Luther King Day of Service. Many communities organize events, but if yours doesn't, try organizing one!
{Day 19} Spread the love by leaving I Love You cards around your town or school.
{Day 20} Send cards to provide Hope for Haiti after the devastating earthquake.
{Day 21} Leave encouraging notes in self-help books (or any other books) for others to find.
{Day 22} Offer to babysit for a family for free, especially if they are having a hard time and could use a break.
{Day 23} Anonymously grant a wish on someone's Amazon wishlist.
{Day 24} Cut coupons and leave them by the appropriate items in a grocery store for others to use.
{Day 25} Pay it forward by offering to pay the bill for the person in line behind you at the drive in, or at the tolls on a highway.
{Day 26} Support your friend's endeavors. Donate to their club, attend their sporting match, watch their play/concert, etc.
{Day 27} Be a genie and grant 3 wishes for nonprofits. Many small, local nonprofits have "wishlists" of items they are currently looking for or always need. Provide 3 of those items.
{Day 28} Pick a random name from the phonebook and send them something nice (a letter).
{Day 29} Reward someone else for a good deed that they did.
{Day 30} Anonymously send someone flowers.
{Day 31} Make breakfast for someone you love on a random day of the year.
{Day 32} Decorate a mason jar and fill it with slips of paper thanking someone for the things they've done for you. (Also a great gift. I anonymously left mine in my high school teacher's lounge on the last day of school!)
{Day 33} Email for good by creating an account with Microsoft Live. You can set your email so that Microsoft will donate a percent of the advertisement revenue to a nonprofit of your choice for each email sent. *Not sure if this is still possible, looking into it.
{Day 34} Donate to charities by watching videos. They will donate to charities based on which videos have the most views at What Kind of World Do You Want?, though the website is currently being updated.
{Day 35} Send a thank you note to a current or former president.
{Day 36} "Advertise" your favorite nonprofit by adding a link to it on your blog or website.
{Day 37} Cut down waste by clearing your plate every meal. Only make/take as much food as you know you can eat. You can always go back for seconds!
{Day 38} Donate the "free" item you get in a "buy one get one free" deal.
{Day 39} Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week with thank you notes and even little gifts to the teachers that have helped you learn.
{Day 40} Create a Socialvibe account and earn money for nonprofits by looking at ads.
{Day 41} Search to give by using a search engine that donates to a nonprofit of your choice for every search you make (like GoodSearch).
{Day 42} Microvolunteer by doing small tasks online through websites like Sparked.
{Day 43} Feel some personal relief, and provide solace to others by mailing in a Postsecret.
{Day 44} Thank your mailman by leaving him or her a note or baked goods in your mailbox. To make it especially anonymous, drop a letter addressed to "All Mailmen" in your town's community mailbox.
{Day 45} Tell someone you love everything you love about them. Make a list of 101 things you love about your mom, dad, sister, friend, whoever!
{Day 46} Bring baked goods to your local police or fire station to say thank you. Especially perfect if you have extra baked goods after a bake sale.
{Day 47} Send a virtual thank you note to someone through the State Farm Thanks for Being There program, which will donate to Fisher House for each thank you sent.
{Day 48} Do yourself a favor by quitting a bad habit, like smoking or biting your nails.
{Day 49} Support self-esteem. This can be done concretely by supporting Dove, which has donated considerable sums to their charitable partners to provide self-esteem programs for girls.
{Day 50} Make or sponsor a wish to make the world better through Gifter.org.
{Day 51} Donate your My Coke Rewards points.
{Day 52} Leave a nice thank you note or a very generous tip for your waiter when you dine out.
{Day 53} Thank your custodians and janitors.
{Day 54} Play Games That Give. They donate approximately 70% of their ad revenue.
{Day 55} Join Hope is in the Cards and fill the mailboxes of the people you love with friendly mail.
{Day 56} Finish a punch card (for a restaurant, car wash, etc.) and give the "free" one to someone else.
{Day 57} Go a day without complaining.
{Day 58} Stop using words like "gay" and "retarded" as insults.
{Day 59} Do trivia to raise money for different causes like Freerice and Freepoverty.
{Day 60} Recycle all of the soda cans you use for at least a month.
{Day 61} Turn off your computer every night before bed for at least a month.
{Day 62} Take shorter showers.
{Day 63} Plant a tree.
{Day 64} Cut back your use of paper products. Make copies double sided.
{Day 65} Watch less television.
{Day 66} Use a reusable water bottle every day.
{Day 67} Carpool and take public transportation when possible.
{Day 68} Recycle and/or donate used ink cartridges.
{Day 69} Try to switch some or all of your lamps to energy efficient light bulbs.
{Day 70} Try to avoid going to fast food restaurants, which are both unhealthy and bad for the environment.
{Day 71} Properly recycle old, used batteries.
{Day 72} Clean up a public area like a nature trail or a beach.
{Day 73} Recycle a tweet.
{Day 74} Donate old keys to fight Multiple Sclerosis at Keys for Kindness.
{Day 75} Turn off your computer for an hour and exercise.
{Day 76} Use Care2 to advocate and click for the environment.
{Day 77} Donate old flip-flops to The Flipflop Recycling Company.
{Day 78} Participate (vote) in the Members Project by American Express.
{Day 79} Volunteer at your local park.
{Day 80} Participate in a Relay for Life event.
{Day 81} Conserve energy by turning your thermostat down (or up) a couple of degrees.
{Day 82} Walk for something that is important to you.
{Day 83} Use reusable rags instead of paper towels when possible.
{Day 84} Pick up a piece of trash you find on the ground and dispose of it properly.
{Day 85} Use a reusable lunch bag instead of brown paper bags.
{Day 86} Participate in Earth Hour.
{Day 87} Take the stairs instead of the elevator.
{Day 88} SKIPPED! Oh no! I'll come back to this one.
{Day 89} Use SaveWatts as your search engine. It's black background saves energy.
{Day 90} Provide work clothes for economically disadvantaged women through Dress for Success.
{Day 91} Play games that help computers solve problems at Gwap.
{Day 92} Make a garden and donate what you grow.
{Day 93} Donate old clothing to non-profits like the Salvation Army.
{Day 94} Support the Uncultured Project, or anyone trying to change the world on their own.
{Day 95} Watch Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
{Day 96} Donate a shoebox filled with toys for Operation Christmas Child.
{Day 97} Buy yourself a pair of Tom's Shoes.
{Day 98} Donate a Mercykit.
{Day 99} Click to give at FreeFlour.
{Day 100} Go 24 hours without eating, or participate in a 30 Hour Famine.
{Day 101} Fight hunger through the Pound for Pound Challenge.
{Day 102} Provide seeds for a family to grow their own produce.
{Day 103} Donate socks to the homeless through your own organization or Hannah's Socks.
{Day 104} Support Mother's Against Drunk Driving in your state, and keep others from driving drunk.
{Day 105} Sponsor a Child through an organization like World Vision.
{Day 106} Give a Kiva loan (microloan).
{Day 107} Provide a bedkit for a child in need.
{Day 108} Fill a cup with food for a 25 cents donation to the World Food Programme.
{Day 109} Make a list of the things you are grateful for, or the things that you love.
{Day 110} Create a platform on IfWeRanTheWorld or do a mini task on someone else's platform.
{Day 111} Make a non-profit self-sustaining through Endowment Giving.
{Day 112} Sponsor a family (during the Christmas season).
{Day 113} Donate a turkey for a Thanksgiving meal.
{Day 114} Volunteer to build a house through Habitat for Humanity.
{Day 115} Volunteer at a local homeless shelter.
{Day 116} Donate your extra seeds after gardening. *Looking for a new organization that accepts this.
{Day 117} Thank your school nurse.
{Day 118} Read a book that inspires you, or that has inspired others to do good.
{Day 119} Participate in the Dine Out to raise money for No Kid Hungry.
{Day 120} Create a prayer list.
{Day 121} Add your picture to the Beard Gallery and donate to Kiva for free.
{Day 122} Write letters to spur action.
{Day 123} Spread the story of Love146.
{Day 124] Exercise your right to vote.
{Day 125} Make a real effort to get to know somebody else.
{Day 126} Buy a peace bond.
{Day 127} Save Darfur (ex: download the toolbar).
{Day 128} Sponsor a woman in a war torn zone.
{Day 129} Tell congress to defend the rights of children.
{Day 130} Forward junk mail to raise money for the Lunch Box.
{Day 131} Donate to The Skin Cancer Foundation by joining the cause Save Our Skin.
{Day 132} Petition against animal cruelty.
{Day 133} Put out a bird feeder to feed the birds.
{Day 134} Write a letter to the troops.
{Day 135} Send cookies to the troops.
{Day 136} Send your extra halloween candy to the troops.
{Day 137} Support Tide Loads of Hope.
{Day 138} Volunteer in a hospital.
{Day 139} Donate soda tabs to the Ronald McDonald House Charities.
{Day 140} Design a pepper to fight childhood cancer.
{Day 141} Donate unused computer time to research.
{Day 142} Sign the Bill of Rights for young cancer patients.
{Day 143} Fight against the use of child soldier's by aiding Falling Whistles.
{Day 144} Send a net to help stop malaria.
{Day 145} Learn CPR.
{Day 146} Help support someone going through cancer treatment through Spirit Jump.
{Day 147} Provide a child with vitamins.
{Day 148} Donate blood or volunteer for the American Red Cross.
{Day 149} Donate lunch by adding a definition to the Community Dictionary.
{Day 150} Donate a book by reading a book through We Give Books.
{Day 151} Help someone else with their homework.
{Day 152} Provide renewable light to people without electricity.
{Day 153} Donate a laptop to a student who needs one.
{Day 154} Light a candle for homeless youth.
{Day 155} Turn your old shoes into places for kids to play through Nike's ReUse a Shoe.
{Day 156} Donate your birthday to a charity of your choice.
{Day 157} Write a letter to santa to support the Make a Wish Foundation.
{Day 158} Donate the money for what you did not buy.
{Day 159} Leave a note or a dollar in a library book for somebody else.
{Day 160} Donate your hair to Locks of Love.
{Day 161} Make and donate a hand-made dog toy to a local shelter.
{Day 162} Provide a soldier's child with dogtags.
{Day 163} Help children with speech difficulties by adopting a word.
{Day 164} Uh oh! This was a repeat, I'll redo this one later.
{Day 165} Send a letter to a sick child through Make a Child Smile.
{Day 166} Click to donate a bible.
{Day 167} Donate old prom clothes and shoes to the Glass Slipper Project.
{Day 168} Have a conversation with a homeless man or woman.
{Day 169} Write more love letters.
{Day 170} Buy a book through Better World Books.
{Day 171} Donate books to the library.
{Day 172} Become a bone marrow donor.
{Day 173} Volunteer abroad.
{Day 174} Meatless Mondays
{Day 175} Give a Cup of Joe.
{Day 176} Tab for a cause.
{Day 177} Donate to an orphanage.
{Day 2} Anonymously leave notes, books, journals, etc. around your city like Secret Agent L.
{Day 3} Help out your family by emptying the dishwasher without being asked.
{Day 4} Join Operation Beautiful and post notes on mirrors like "You look beautiful today!" to encourage positive self image.
{Day 5} Leave your extra change in a vending machine for someone else to use.
{Day 6} Send a candy cane gram, or a valentine to an old friend or someone who could use some cheering up.
{Day 7} Be a kind driver. Let someone merge in front of you during rush hour. Always use your blinker.
{Day 8} Make somebody smile.
{Day 9} Grant someone's wish through Wish Upon a Hero.
{Day 10} Leave small, handmade toys for people to find like The Toy Society.
{Day 11} Compliment someone everyday.
{Day 12} Inspire others by being kind, or maybe sharing an inspirational video/quote/book.
{Day 13} Click to give. There are several click to give sites, but one of them is The Hunger Site.
{Day 14} Bake something for somebody else.
{Day 15} Make a lens on Squidoo. A lens is like a website on anything you'd like to make (maybe even something philanthropic!). Your lens is able to generate revenue, which can be donated to a nonprofit of your choice.
{Day 16} Support your community by attending an event. Maybe a town fair, or a play at the high school.
{Day 17} Be extra kind to someone that you may not always treat kindly. Or, be extra kind towards a stranger.
{Day 18} Participate in Martin Luther King Day of Service. Many communities organize events, but if yours doesn't, try organizing one!
{Day 19} Spread the love by leaving I Love You cards around your town or school.
{Day 20} Send cards to provide Hope for Haiti after the devastating earthquake.
{Day 21} Leave encouraging notes in self-help books (or any other books) for others to find.
{Day 22} Offer to babysit for a family for free, especially if they are having a hard time and could use a break.
{Day 23} Anonymously grant a wish on someone's Amazon wishlist.
{Day 24} Cut coupons and leave them by the appropriate items in a grocery store for others to use.
{Day 25} Pay it forward by offering to pay the bill for the person in line behind you at the drive in, or at the tolls on a highway.
{Day 26} Support your friend's endeavors. Donate to their club, attend their sporting match, watch their play/concert, etc.
{Day 27} Be a genie and grant 3 wishes for nonprofits. Many small, local nonprofits have "wishlists" of items they are currently looking for or always need. Provide 3 of those items.
{Day 28} Pick a random name from the phonebook and send them something nice (a letter).
{Day 29} Reward someone else for a good deed that they did.
{Day 30} Anonymously send someone flowers.
{Day 31} Make breakfast for someone you love on a random day of the year.
{Day 32} Decorate a mason jar and fill it with slips of paper thanking someone for the things they've done for you. (Also a great gift. I anonymously left mine in my high school teacher's lounge on the last day of school!)
{Day 33} Email for good by creating an account with Microsoft Live. You can set your email so that Microsoft will donate a percent of the advertisement revenue to a nonprofit of your choice for each email sent. *Not sure if this is still possible, looking into it.
{Day 34} Donate to charities by watching videos. They will donate to charities based on which videos have the most views at What Kind of World Do You Want?, though the website is currently being updated.
{Day 35} Send a thank you note to a current or former president.
{Day 36} "Advertise" your favorite nonprofit by adding a link to it on your blog or website.
{Day 37} Cut down waste by clearing your plate every meal. Only make/take as much food as you know you can eat. You can always go back for seconds!
{Day 38} Donate the "free" item you get in a "buy one get one free" deal.
{Day 39} Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week with thank you notes and even little gifts to the teachers that have helped you learn.
{Day 40} Create a Socialvibe account and earn money for nonprofits by looking at ads.
{Day 41} Search to give by using a search engine that donates to a nonprofit of your choice for every search you make (like GoodSearch).
{Day 42} Microvolunteer by doing small tasks online through websites like Sparked.
{Day 43} Feel some personal relief, and provide solace to others by mailing in a Postsecret.
{Day 44} Thank your mailman by leaving him or her a note or baked goods in your mailbox. To make it especially anonymous, drop a letter addressed to "All Mailmen" in your town's community mailbox.
{Day 45} Tell someone you love everything you love about them. Make a list of 101 things you love about your mom, dad, sister, friend, whoever!
{Day 46} Bring baked goods to your local police or fire station to say thank you. Especially perfect if you have extra baked goods after a bake sale.
{Day 47} Send a virtual thank you note to someone through the State Farm Thanks for Being There program, which will donate to Fisher House for each thank you sent.
{Day 48} Do yourself a favor by quitting a bad habit, like smoking or biting your nails.
{Day 49} Support self-esteem. This can be done concretely by supporting Dove, which has donated considerable sums to their charitable partners to provide self-esteem programs for girls.
{Day 50} Make or sponsor a wish to make the world better through Gifter.org.
{Day 51} Donate your My Coke Rewards points.
{Day 52} Leave a nice thank you note or a very generous tip for your waiter when you dine out.
{Day 53} Thank your custodians and janitors.
{Day 54} Play Games That Give. They donate approximately 70% of their ad revenue.
{Day 55} Join Hope is in the Cards and fill the mailboxes of the people you love with friendly mail.
{Day 56} Finish a punch card (for a restaurant, car wash, etc.) and give the "free" one to someone else.
{Day 57} Go a day without complaining.
{Day 58} Stop using words like "gay" and "retarded" as insults.
{Day 59} Do trivia to raise money for different causes like Freerice and Freepoverty.
{Day 60} Recycle all of the soda cans you use for at least a month.
{Day 61} Turn off your computer every night before bed for at least a month.
{Day 62} Take shorter showers.
{Day 63} Plant a tree.
{Day 64} Cut back your use of paper products. Make copies double sided.
{Day 65} Watch less television.
{Day 66} Use a reusable water bottle every day.
{Day 67} Carpool and take public transportation when possible.
{Day 68} Recycle and/or donate used ink cartridges.
{Day 69} Try to switch some or all of your lamps to energy efficient light bulbs.
{Day 70} Try to avoid going to fast food restaurants, which are both unhealthy and bad for the environment.
{Day 71} Properly recycle old, used batteries.
{Day 72} Clean up a public area like a nature trail or a beach.
{Day 73} Recycle a tweet.
{Day 74} Donate old keys to fight Multiple Sclerosis at Keys for Kindness.
{Day 75} Turn off your computer for an hour and exercise.
{Day 76} Use Care2 to advocate and click for the environment.
{Day 77} Donate old flip-flops to The Flipflop Recycling Company.
{Day 78} Participate (vote) in the Members Project by American Express.
{Day 79} Volunteer at your local park.
{Day 80} Participate in a Relay for Life event.
{Day 81} Conserve energy by turning your thermostat down (or up) a couple of degrees.
{Day 82} Walk for something that is important to you.
{Day 83} Use reusable rags instead of paper towels when possible.
{Day 84} Pick up a piece of trash you find on the ground and dispose of it properly.
{Day 85} Use a reusable lunch bag instead of brown paper bags.
{Day 86} Participate in Earth Hour.
{Day 87} Take the stairs instead of the elevator.
{Day 88} SKIPPED! Oh no! I'll come back to this one.
{Day 89} Use SaveWatts as your search engine. It's black background saves energy.
{Day 90} Provide work clothes for economically disadvantaged women through Dress for Success.
{Day 91} Play games that help computers solve problems at Gwap.
{Day 92} Make a garden and donate what you grow.
{Day 93} Donate old clothing to non-profits like the Salvation Army.
{Day 94} Support the Uncultured Project, or anyone trying to change the world on their own.
{Day 95} Watch Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
{Day 96} Donate a shoebox filled with toys for Operation Christmas Child.
{Day 97} Buy yourself a pair of Tom's Shoes.
{Day 98} Donate a Mercykit.
{Day 99} Click to give at FreeFlour.
{Day 100} Go 24 hours without eating, or participate in a 30 Hour Famine.
{Day 101} Fight hunger through the Pound for Pound Challenge.
{Day 102} Provide seeds for a family to grow their own produce.
{Day 103} Donate socks to the homeless through your own organization or Hannah's Socks.
{Day 104} Support Mother's Against Drunk Driving in your state, and keep others from driving drunk.
{Day 105} Sponsor a Child through an organization like World Vision.
{Day 106} Give a Kiva loan (microloan).
{Day 107} Provide a bedkit for a child in need.
{Day 108} Fill a cup with food for a 25 cents donation to the World Food Programme.
{Day 109} Make a list of the things you are grateful for, or the things that you love.
{Day 110} Create a platform on IfWeRanTheWorld or do a mini task on someone else's platform.
{Day 111} Make a non-profit self-sustaining through Endowment Giving.
{Day 112} Sponsor a family (during the Christmas season).
{Day 113} Donate a turkey for a Thanksgiving meal.
{Day 114} Volunteer to build a house through Habitat for Humanity.
{Day 115} Volunteer at a local homeless shelter.
{Day 116} Donate your extra seeds after gardening. *Looking for a new organization that accepts this.
{Day 117} Thank your school nurse.
{Day 118} Read a book that inspires you, or that has inspired others to do good.
{Day 119} Participate in the Dine Out to raise money for No Kid Hungry.
{Day 120} Create a prayer list.
{Day 121} Add your picture to the Beard Gallery and donate to Kiva for free.
{Day 122} Write letters to spur action.
{Day 123} Spread the story of Love146.
{Day 124] Exercise your right to vote.
{Day 125} Make a real effort to get to know somebody else.
{Day 126} Buy a peace bond.
{Day 127} Save Darfur (ex: download the toolbar).
{Day 128} Sponsor a woman in a war torn zone.
{Day 129} Tell congress to defend the rights of children.
{Day 130} Forward junk mail to raise money for the Lunch Box.
{Day 131} Donate to The Skin Cancer Foundation by joining the cause Save Our Skin.
{Day 132} Petition against animal cruelty.
{Day 133} Put out a bird feeder to feed the birds.
{Day 134} Write a letter to the troops.
{Day 135} Send cookies to the troops.
{Day 136} Send your extra halloween candy to the troops.
{Day 137} Support Tide Loads of Hope.
{Day 138} Volunteer in a hospital.
{Day 139} Donate soda tabs to the Ronald McDonald House Charities.
{Day 140} Design a pepper to fight childhood cancer.
{Day 141} Donate unused computer time to research.
{Day 142} Sign the Bill of Rights for young cancer patients.
{Day 143} Fight against the use of child soldier's by aiding Falling Whistles.
{Day 144} Send a net to help stop malaria.
{Day 145} Learn CPR.
{Day 146} Help support someone going through cancer treatment through Spirit Jump.
{Day 147} Provide a child with vitamins.
{Day 148} Donate blood or volunteer for the American Red Cross.
{Day 149} Donate lunch by adding a definition to the Community Dictionary.
{Day 150} Donate a book by reading a book through We Give Books.
{Day 151} Help someone else with their homework.
{Day 152} Provide renewable light to people without electricity.
{Day 153} Donate a laptop to a student who needs one.
{Day 154} Light a candle for homeless youth.
{Day 155} Turn your old shoes into places for kids to play through Nike's ReUse a Shoe.
{Day 156} Donate your birthday to a charity of your choice.
{Day 157} Write a letter to santa to support the Make a Wish Foundation.
{Day 158} Donate the money for what you did not buy.
{Day 159} Leave a note or a dollar in a library book for somebody else.
{Day 160} Donate your hair to Locks of Love.
{Day 161} Make and donate a hand-made dog toy to a local shelter.
{Day 162} Provide a soldier's child with dogtags.
{Day 163} Help children with speech difficulties by adopting a word.
{Day 164} Uh oh! This was a repeat, I'll redo this one later.
{Day 165} Send a letter to a sick child through Make a Child Smile.
{Day 166} Click to donate a bible.
{Day 167} Donate old prom clothes and shoes to the Glass Slipper Project.
{Day 168} Have a conversation with a homeless man or woman.
{Day 169} Write more love letters.
{Day 170} Buy a book through Better World Books.
{Day 171} Donate books to the library.
{Day 172} Become a bone marrow donor.
{Day 173} Volunteer abroad.
{Day 174} Meatless Mondays
{Day 175} Give a Cup of Joe.
{Day 176} Tab for a cause.
{Day 177} Donate to an orphanage.