It’s Your Turn: Easy Steps You Can Take to Improve Our Community

Everybody wants to have a positive influence on their communities, but often we overlook the little actions that may have a big impact. It’s acceptable to begin small. You never know how your deliberate effort will make someone’s day better or start a chain reaction! Take into consideration these 89 ideas to get you thinking about ways you may positively influence our Ottawa County community:

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Greet the stranger with a smile.

Give something to put in a “Welcome Home” basket.

For someone else, hold the door open.

Give your coworker a compliment.

Give your employer a compliment.

Pay a family member a compliment.

Give it back.

Donate to cover the security deposit for a homeless person getting off the streets.

Cover someone’s dining costs.

Decelerate.

Learn about ways to end poverty and homelessness.

Purchase coffee for someone.

Give a pal a lesson in a new ability.

Get a pal some flowers.

Gather up the rubbish.

Say hello to a complete stranger.

Get dinner ready for the next Circles meeting.

Become an ally of Circles.

Offer up prayers for your neighbor.

Allow someone to merge in front of you by slowing down.

Contribute to a family’s escape from homelessness.

Make cookies to give to a neighbor.

Send a heartfelt message.

Learn about a person.

Ask a recently made buddy to supper.

Make a donation to keep someone from facing eviction.

Take a constructive action.

Plant a tree.

Assemble a package of personal necessities to offer to a homeless individual.

Permit someone to cut ahead of you.

Assist someone with carrying their goods.

Offer to take back a supermarket cart for someone.

Give $100 to help one family leaving homelessness to fund their utility security deposit.

Take a private action.

Congratulate a service provider.

Post a complimentary online review.

Study first aid and CPR.

Add a gratuity.

Just because, send a card.

Give $750 to help one family with their car repairs.

Give a person who is stranded in the rain an umbrella.

Forward a bundle of support.

Shovel snow off of someone’s vehicle.

Learn about the problems that lead to homelessness.

Organize a gaming night.

Make a restitution.

Give crayons and coloring books to the Good Samaritan for use in their case management programs.

Assist in directing a homeless person to a good samaritan.

Give a coworker your unused vacation time.

Ask someone to join you for Thanksgiving dinner.

Ask someone to join you for the holiday season.

Give $500 to someone so they may get employment training.

Talk about what you know.

Pay the housing application fee for someone by donating $50 to Good Samaritan.

Take up the role of mentor.

Compose a gratitude letter.

Make a joke.

Show kindness.

Consider the positive side.

Make an introduction with a neighbor.

Participate.

Pay the daycare security deposit for one homeless kid by donating $100 to Good Samaritan.

Encourage your church or another organization to participate in the good samaritan mission.

Brush the leaves of a neighbor.

Clear the walkway of snow using a shovel.

Remove any snow from a neighbor’s driveway.

$250 will help three households with their utility bills.

Construct a “small, free library” in your front yard.

Express your affection for your child’s teacher to the principal.

Supplies for the local public school should be sent there.

Participate in the “One Night, No Bed” initiative by Good Samaritan.

Arrive on time.

Share your love of learning with someone.

Make a simple hello call.

reunite with a former companion.

Pardon someone.

Do a loved one’s duties.

Take a book and share it.

Take good care of yourself.

A $50 donation to Good Samaritan will cover the cost of four new birth certificates.

Pay attention to a buddy.

Take one hour to “unplug.”

Give an hour of your time as a volunteer.

Acquire the ability to say “hi” in a new language.

Give a loved one a surprise.

Spend time with a person who matters to you.

Decide not to voice grievances.

Take a stroll.

Tell your tale.