by Mary Beth Daley, Staff Accountant
This post is in honor of National Random Acts of Kindness Week which runs February 15th through 21st.
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he dictionary defines the adjective “random” as, “proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern.” Surprise a senior friend, neighbor or someone you meet this week with a random act of kindness. Below, I’ve listed several ideas. If none of these appeal to you, you can check out 43 more great ideas.
- Give a senior the gift of music:
- Schools/churches visit during the holidays, but not the rest of the year;
- Sing, play an instrument, or arrange for others to do so…regularly;
- Learn some ‘oldies.”
- Volunteer to help with craft time, bingo, serving meals, etc.;
- Read to someone;
- Arrange to pick someone/folks up on your way to church or synagogue;
- Teach a senior how to use a computer or “surf” the web;
- Move your senior neighbor’s trash to the curb or their newspaper to the porch;
- Offer to walk a senior’s dog or help clean their cat’s litter box;
- Offer to help a senior with his/her shopping.
Who knows, maybe it will be something you enjoy so much that you will keep doing it, even after this “special” week has come to an end!