{"id":3133,"date":"2023-01-16T18:40:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T18:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/?p=3133"},"modified":"2025-05-26T16:16:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T16:16:53","slug":"kindess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/?p=3133","title":{"rendered":"Kindess"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h2>Kindness: Some Ideas<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Connection<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mail a <em>Just Because<\/em> card, even to someone in your own home<\/li>\n<li>Bring bagels &amp; donuts to work or an event<\/li>\n<li>Share a beautiful or funny song<\/li>\n<li>Share meals<\/li>\n<li>Remind someone why you love and enjoy them<\/li>\n<li>Create your own traditions: Friendsgiving, Hearts Day, Christmas Movie<\/li>\n<li>Make a shared calendar of fun events to look forward to together<\/li>\n<li>Send a silly\/cute gift from someone&#8217;s favorite celebrity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Help someone who is sick or down<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Check in on them often<\/li>\n<li>Pick up groceries\/Bring over a cooked meal<\/li>\n<li>Drop off flowers or a plant<\/li>\n<li>Help tidy up their home<\/li>\n<li>Share a heartwarming book (poetry\/quotes, a beloved storybook, helpful\/issue-specific, guided journal, humorous, etc)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Random Acts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Pay someone\u2019s toll\/coffee<\/li>\n<li>Let someone go in front of you<\/li>\n<li>Slow down and smile at strangers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donate<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Money (e.g. GiveWell)<\/li>\n<li>Food bank<\/li>\n<li>Blood (e.g One Blood&#8217;s Big Red Bus)<\/li>\n<li>Clothes\/Items (e.g. Hospice Thrift Store, Domestic Violence Shelter, Metropolitan Ministries)<\/li>\n<li>Research: Effective Altruism movement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Volunteer<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mentor kids\/Tutor\/School\/Library\/ESOL (English as a second language; https:\/\/www.takestockinchildren.org)<\/li>\n<li>Point app (organizing &amp; accessing volunteer opportunities)<\/li>\n<li>Big Brother Big Sister<\/li>\n<li>Advocacy Work\/Gaurdian Ad Litem<\/li>\n<li>Local politics\/National politics\/Poll worker<\/li>\n<li>Start a Neighbors Helping Neighbors group<\/li>\n<li>Pet Shelter<\/li>\n<li>Community Garden\/Farm<\/li>\n<li>Disaster Relief<\/li>\n<li>Veterans<\/li>\n<li>Homeless<\/li>\n<li>Place of worship<\/li>\n<li>Masons\/Shriners<\/li>\n<li>Rotary\/American Legion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kindness: Some Ideas Connection Mail a Just Because card, even to someone in your own home Bring bagels &amp; donuts to work or an event Share a beautiful or funny <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/?p=3133\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3133"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3133"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4957,"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3133\/revisions\/4957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}