20 Random Acts of Kindness

February 17 is Random Acts of Kindness Day! Check out these simple ways to brighten someone's day.

1. Share a smile.

2. Be a listening ear for someone who needs support

3. Give a sincere compliment to a stranger.

4. Run an errand for an elderly person.

5. Rake someone's yard.

6. Pick up trash in your neighborhood.

7. Offer to pet sit, do yard work or other chores for someone who is in the hospital.

8. Buy extra grocery items to share with your local food bank or homeless shelter.

9. Visit nursing home residents who have no other family.

10. Write a kind note to someone going through a difficult time.

11. Make a card and send it to a friend or loved one for no reason.

12. Deliver a home-cooked meal to a neighbor or family in need.

13. Spend time with an elderly person who lives alone.

14. Put a coin in an expired parking meeter.

15. Let someone go ahead of you in line at a store.

16. Pay for the person behind you at a drive-through restaurant.

17. Leave a thank you note for your mail carrier in your mail box.

18. Offer to help someone having a difficult time lifting or carrying items at the grocery store.

19. Donate used books to your local library.

20. Leave a kind, anonymous note in an unexpected place — tucked inside of a library book, on a windshield or on an item at a grocery store, for instance. Attach a small gift if you like