52 Good Deeds To Help Heal The World In 2021

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You can help heal the world by doing good acts, large and small. Since kindness is contagious, your good deeds can spur others to do the same. and since research shows that volunteering and helping others can lead to better health and more happiness, you will be helping yourself too.

Don’t know where to start? Here’s a list of good deeds that you can do even in a socially distanced world:

1. Skype or call a friend to see how they are doing

2. Donate your stimulus check

3. Give an old winter coat to Goodwill

4. Walk your neighbor’s dog

5. Shovel snow (or mow the grass) for an elderly neighbor

6. Donate canned goods to a food pantry

7. Say thank you to an essential worker

8. Ask for donations in your name instead of birthday gifts

9. Bring groceries to an elderly person

10. Use a search engine that supports a cause

11. Donate blood

12. Teach someone a skill they can use

13. Wear a mask and keep socially distant

14. Leave positive comments on social media

15. Apologize

16. Organize a balcony musical recital or online singalong

17. Use a search engine that supports a cause

18. Write a thank you note to your child’s teacher

19. Share a good book

20. Buy Fair Trade

21. Pay it forward by buying the next person in line’s coffee or meal

22. Allow a driver to merge into your lane

23. Order delivery or take out from a local restaurant

24. Help a friend move

25. Recycle

26. Give up your seat on the bus or train

27. Donate diapers to a homeless shelter

28. Tell family members you love them

29. Sign an organ donor card

30. Clean a park or playground

31. Foster a pet from a shelter or animal rescue

32. Compliment a stranger

33. Volunteer for a suicide prevention line

34. Give directions to a person who is lost

35. Donate your hair to locks of love

36. Weed a community garden

37. Put your change in a charity box

38. Buy gift cards to donate

39. Tip your servers well

40. Check on elderly neighbors

41. Plant a Tree

42. Comfort someone who experienced a loss

43. Hug your child or spouse

44. Forgive someone

45. Do an extra chore around the house

46. Surprise someone with flowers

47. Donate old eyeglasses

48. Send cards to seniors in resident homes

49. Return your shopping cart

50. Walk or ride a bicycle instead of driving

51. Participate in Good Deeds Day

52. Share this list

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Good Deeds Day, an annual global day of doing good, is the pinnacle of doing good year-round. Initiated in 2007 by business woman and philanthropist Shari Arison, Good Deeds Day has grown to 108 countries with millions of participants. Good Deeds Day 2021 is on April 11.