50 Ways to be Generous This Christmas
November 21st 2008 17:57
Feed the hungry! Help those in trouble! Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you shall be bright as day. And the Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy you with all good things, and keep you healthy too.-Isaiah 58:10-11
1. Most grocery stores sell nonperishable food for the local food bank at the register. Purchase a few cans or boxes.
2. Clean the house for your spouse.
3. Wash the car for your spouse.
4. Do your child's chores for one day.
5. Clean out your closets. Drop unwanted items at a Salvation Army or Goodwill.
6. Knit a sweater for a child. Visit this site for details.
7. Pray for someone.
8. Serve meals at a homeless shelter or church.
9. Donate toys to a toy drive. If you have children, encourage your children to help choose the toys.
10. Go caroling.
11. Invite someone to your home for Christmas dinner.
12. Invite someone to your church's Christmas pageant.
13. Donate your Christmas bonus to charity.
14. Walk dogs at an animal shelter.
15. Fill a shoebox with gifts and send it to a needy boy or girl. VIsit this site to learn more.
16. Send an ecard to a disabled veteran. Visit here to learn how.
17. Personally hand out Christmas cards to nursing home patients. Ask a local nursing home for permission.
18. Give blood. Visit the Red Cross to learn how.
19. Send old electronics here. They send the cash value of your donation to a charity of your choice.
20. Invite an elderly neighbor for a drive to see Christmas lights. Many elderly people prefer not to drive at night.
21. Visit The Hunger Site. Click on the "Click Here to Give" button. It's free to click and the site's sponsors pay for cups of food for the hungry.
22. Rather than exchange unwanted gifts, donate them to charity.
23. Help feed hungry children. Donate here.
24. Help with housing. Habitat for Humanity helps provide housing for people in need.
25. Donate to PETA. They fight for animal rights.
26. Purchase grocery store gifts cards for a family that needs assistance.
27. Help a neighbor set up holiday decorations.
28. Encourage your children to visit Color a Smile and print out a picture to color. Color a Smile will send the picture to someone in need.
29. Keep a family warm. Most gas and electric companies have programs that help low-income families with heating bills. Make a donation.
30. Visit this site to help change somebody's life. Lend money to a budding entrepreneur. Over time, the entrepreneur pays you back. You can lend as little as $25.00.
31. Do your searching on Good Search. Search the internet as you normally would. The site's sponsors make a donation to charity.
32. Donate your hair to Locks of Love. They will use your hair to make wigs for sick children.
33. Purchase Christmas cards at Cards for Causes. A percentage of your purchase goes to charity.
34. Help injured service men and women recover here.
35. Teach someone a skill. Teach a friend how to quilt. Teach a child how to knit.
36. Write for a cause. Sites such as Squidoo
and Helium give you the option to donate article profits to charity.
37. Bake Christmas cookies or cakes for friends and family.
38. Write a distant friend or family member a letter.
39. Invite a friend over for coffee.
40. Babysit for a friend who needs to do Christmas shopping.
41. Help spinal cord injury victims here.
42. Visit Angel Tree to help children of prisoners receive Christmas gifts.
43. Visit here to help end senior hunger.
44. Give a friend a Bible.
45. Can't afford to donate? Ask friends and family members to donate to charity in your name rather than buying you Christmas gifts.
46. Treat yourself to a holiday movie.
47. Partipate in a marathon or a walkathon that benefits charity.
48. Buy a birdfeeder. Keep it filled.
49. Give a friend something he or she has admired in your home, such as a painting or an antique sampler.
50. Don't fight over that parking space at the mall. There are plenty of others. Park in a well-lit area and walk.
1. Most grocery stores sell nonperishable food for the local food bank at the register. Purchase a few cans or boxes.
2. Clean the house for your spouse.
3. Wash the car for your spouse.
4. Do your child's chores for one day.
5. Clean out your closets. Drop unwanted items at a Salvation Army or Goodwill.
6. Knit a sweater for a child. Visit this site for details.
7. Pray for someone.
8. Serve meals at a homeless shelter or church.
9. Donate toys to a toy drive. If you have children, encourage your children to help choose the toys.
10. Go caroling.
11. Invite someone to your home for Christmas dinner.
12. Invite someone to your church's Christmas pageant.
13. Donate your Christmas bonus to charity.
14. Walk dogs at an animal shelter.
15. Fill a shoebox with gifts and send it to a needy boy or girl. VIsit this site to learn more.
16. Send an ecard to a disabled veteran. Visit here to learn how.
17. Personally hand out Christmas cards to nursing home patients. Ask a local nursing home for permission.
18. Give blood. Visit the Red Cross to learn how.
19. Send old electronics here. They send the cash value of your donation to a charity of your choice.
20. Invite an elderly neighbor for a drive to see Christmas lights. Many elderly people prefer not to drive at night.
21. Visit The Hunger Site. Click on the "Click Here to Give" button. It's free to click and the site's sponsors pay for cups of food for the hungry.
22. Rather than exchange unwanted gifts, donate them to charity.
23. Help feed hungry children. Donate here.
24. Help with housing. Habitat for Humanity helps provide housing for people in need.
25. Donate to PETA. They fight for animal rights.
26. Purchase grocery store gifts cards for a family that needs assistance.
27. Help a neighbor set up holiday decorations.
28. Encourage your children to visit Color a Smile and print out a picture to color. Color a Smile will send the picture to someone in need.
29. Keep a family warm. Most gas and electric companies have programs that help low-income families with heating bills. Make a donation.
30. Visit this site to help change somebody's life. Lend money to a budding entrepreneur. Over time, the entrepreneur pays you back. You can lend as little as $25.00.
31. Do your searching on Good Search. Search the internet as you normally would. The site's sponsors make a donation to charity.
32. Donate your hair to Locks of Love. They will use your hair to make wigs for sick children.
33. Purchase Christmas cards at Cards for Causes. A percentage of your purchase goes to charity.
34. Help injured service men and women recover here.
35. Teach someone a skill. Teach a friend how to quilt. Teach a child how to knit.
36. Write for a cause. Sites such as Squidoo
and Helium give you the option to donate article profits to charity.
37. Bake Christmas cookies or cakes for friends and family.
38. Write a distant friend or family member a letter.
39. Invite a friend over for coffee.
40. Babysit for a friend who needs to do Christmas shopping.
41. Help spinal cord injury victims here.
42. Visit Angel Tree to help children of prisoners receive Christmas gifts.
43. Visit here to help end senior hunger.
44. Give a friend a Bible.
45. Can't afford to donate? Ask friends and family members to donate to charity in your name rather than buying you Christmas gifts.
46. Treat yourself to a holiday movie.
47. Partipate in a marathon or a walkathon that benefits charity.
48. Buy a birdfeeder. Keep it filled.
49. Give a friend something he or she has admired in your home, such as a painting or an antique sampler.
50. Don't fight over that parking space at the mall. There are plenty of others. Park in a well-lit area and walk.
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