Who Did It?
07.17.12, 3:18pm Comments (4)

This beauty popped up on its own. My yard, our sky!

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?' "
— Martin Luther King Jr.

I’m always intrigued when others do something incredibly kind without anyone knowing “who did it.”

Here are a variety of ways to anonymously share some goodness.

  • Pay a needy family’s electric bill.
     
  • Leave a basket of fresh produce on a neighbor’s doorstep.
     
  • Donate bouquets of flowers to a food bank.
     
  • Sneak a generous tip into a jar at a coffee shop.
     
  • Create a scholarship for children to attend summer camp.
     
  • Fix a broken fence for a neighbor.
     
  • Join together with friends and spruce up a friend’s yard.
     
  • Arrange for a cake to be delivered to your office.
     
  • Send someone a gift card through the mail.
     
  • Leave a cup of coffee or tea on a coworker’s desk.
     
  • Write someone a thank you letter.
     
  • Donate books to a new teacher.

No one will ever know it’s you!  Now it’s your turn to share your ideas.

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You might like to check out Smile Cards, if you haven't seen them before. (http://www.helpothers.org/cards.php) They're a kind of business card for people who do anonymous pay-it-forward good efforts for other people. Smile Cards are a project of ServiceSpace, and they've recently hit the 1 million Smile Card mark (http://www.servicespace.org/blog/view.php?id=9342).

Thanks for sharing the links, Seth.

Heather Villa

One of my personal favorites is paying for the order of the car behind me in the drive-thru.

I like that one! Thanks! Another favorite of mine - is paying for someone else to cross a toll bridge. Readers, I'd love to read about more ideas!

Heather Villa