❤ Make “love bags” for homeless people that you can keep handy in your car. Fill them with warm socks, hand warmers, granola bar, hygiene items, gift cards to grocery stores, playing cards, and a note from your family.

❤ We Welcome Refugees: Write messages electronically or download and send cards personally to refugees. 

❤Purchase little gifts for your family from small shop owners, like Etsy or local store owners in your community.

❤ Giving Keys – a “pay it forward” company that has a homeless person engrave the key.

❤ Give your business-minded friend or partner a donation of sponsoring an entrepreneur through kiva.org

❤ Pura Vida Charity Bracelets – pick a cause important to your love ones, knowing it can give back. 

❤ Sponsor a Well with Who Lives. Just a monthly $5 donation would pay for a child to have clean water for their lifetime. If you’re interested in sponsoring a well in memory or honor of someone, reach out to them directly and they can help facilitate!

❤ Write notes of love and appreciation to your neighbors. A simple “thanks for waving to me!” or “i think it’s nice when you shovel our sidewalk” would make a neighbor happy. If we all did a good job of “loving our neighbors” think of the transformation that could happen on each of our streets.

❤ Pay for someone’s drink in the drive through.

❤ Make Love Posters for everyone in your family and write “I love you because_____” with a new sentence every day. Kids of all ages will catch on and will love adding new ideas to the poster. Read them out loud every day to remind each other of specific reasons why you love and appreciate.