#FaithServes September
By Maddie Wiley, FaithCounts.com Contributor
Take some time during your busy back-to-school, work or family schedule to do some service this month! As the leaves are changing you can make a choice to change too as you better adopt the idea of service into your life. #FaithServes is a social media event to inspire people to serve their friends, families and communities. Pick service ideas from the following list to complete throughout the month of September and as you serve we’d love you to take pictures and post your stories to social media using #FaithServes. And if you see service happening, to you or to others, post as well using #FaithServes. We will be “reposting” participant pictures throughout the month and will share service stories at the end of the event. You can also follow @MyFaithCounts on Twitter for daily service reminders!
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” –Ghandi
Service Ideas
- Volunteer to mow a neighbor’s lawn
- Bring candy bars to a cashier at your local grocery store
- Donate magazines to a hospital for the waiting rooms
- Leave quarters taped to a candy machine with a nice note
- Post happy quotes in random places
- Pay for the person behind you at a coffee shop
- Donate school supplies to help out teachers
- Spend some time picking up trash at your local park
- Volunteer to wash a neighbor’s car!
- Ask if you can pay for the car behind you in the drive thru line
- Cook dinner for a family member
- Bring your friend a muffin at school/work
- Send a homemade card to a family member
- Take some time and read a book to a child
- Write a handwritten thank you note for someone who helped you out
- Bring a friend flowers
- “Heart Attack” someone’s door
- Put a random grocery cart away in the parking lot
- Volunteer at a women’s shelter
- Send thank you letters to firemen
- Donate coloring books and markers to a hospital
- Let a car merge in front of you with a smile
- Help someone with car troubles
- Send a thank you to a former school teacher
- Offer to pet sit for a neighbor
- Facebook message a compliment to three people
- Help a mother with her baby stroller
- Mail a handwritten letter to your grandparents
- Give someone a book you think they would enjoy
- Hold the elevator for someone
- Buy lemonade from a kid’s stand
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