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     A few ideas to help you plant the seeds of compassion in your life everyday!​

     CONTACT US with your ideas to add to our list!

    • Say hello to someone you don't know.

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    • Pick up trash in your neighborhood or a park for 30 minutes.
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    ​• Buy a beverage for the customer behind you.
     
    • Meet a neighbor you don't know.
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    ​​• Smile at someone you wouldn't normally smile at.
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    • Pick one person who is in your life daily and
       thank them for being there.
     
    • Turn off your cell phone during dinner, a film, a play,  a
       conversation.  Be a compassionate  listener and audience
      member.
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    • Take a minute and just breathe deeply.
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    • Volunteer your time at a charity you feel good about.
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    • Take a sick friend some soup.
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    • Make a micro-loan to someone in a developing country.
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    • Take something needed to your local animal shelter.

       Nebraska Humane Society​                 

       Homeward Bound in the Heartland

       Town and Country Humane Society​  
       SOLAS Council Bluffs Animal Shelter
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    • Foster a dog or cat to help socialize it to find a furever home.
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    • Join your local neighborhood association and attend a meeting.
       In Omaha 
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    • Volunteer to help a family have a home.
       Omaha Habitat for Humanity

     

    • Take needed items to a homeless shelter.

       Open Door Mission/Lydia House​     

       Siena/Francis House​

     

    • Learn one new thing that helps the planet and include it in
       your routine.
     
    • Donate children’s toys and books to homeless shelter.
     
    • Pick up cans and bottles around your neighborhood, school or    
       park and recycle them.
     
    • Walk or run to raise money to fight an illness.  
     
    • Thank a first responder.
     
     
    ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG  PEOPLE:
     
    • Be kind to the people around you. 
     
    • Help make dinner and help clean up afterwards.
     
    • Take care of the family pet.  
     
    • Show good manners. 
     
    • Put away groceries.  
     
    • Clean your room and keep it neat.
     
    • Be a good sport. 
     
    •Help clean the house.    
     
    • Sit with someone who is alone.  
     
    • Volunteer to help your teacher.
     
    • Keep your desk clean.
     
    • Help keep your classroom neat. 
     
    • Hold the door for someone.
     
    • Do as you’re asked by adults.
     
    • Thank your teacher.
     
    • Make a new friend.
     
    • Thank your bus driver for getting you home safely.
     
    • Play with someone new at recess.
     
    • Make holiday cards for a nursing home.