Make a fresh pot if you drink the last cup

Make a Fresh Pot If You Drink the Last Cup

Offices are all about productivity, and productivity is all about coffee. These days, though, there’s no excuse for coffee to taste like crap, even if it’s brewed in a break …

Participate in a food drive

Participate in a Food Drive

The Feeding America nationwide network of food banks secures and distributes 4 billion meals each year through food pantries and meal programs throughout the United States and leads the nation …

Organize a block party

Organize a Block Party

Maybe you’ve just moved to your block, or maybe you’ve lived there for several years but still don’t know most of your neighbors. Deciding to organize a party in the …

Support your local farmer's market

Support Your Local Farmer’s Market

From savoring produce at the peak of freshness to meeting the people who grow your food, there are countless reasons to support farmers markets. Source:  CUESA Support Your Local Farmer’s …

Bake someone their favorite dessert

Bake Someone Their Favorite Dessert

Ah, the cupcake. The first known recipe was published in 1796, with instructions for “a cake to be baked in small cups”. Today the grab-and-go treat is ubiquitous, and shows no …

Shop Local

Shop Local

Several studies have shown that when you buy from an independent, locally-owned business, rather than a nationally-owned businesses, significantly more of your money is used to make purchases from other local …

Pick up the bill

Pick up the Bill

When a couple refused to sit next to a booth full of police officers at a restaurant, the cops counteracted with an act of kindness. It happened over the weekend …

Leave quarters in gumball machines

Leave Quarters in Gumball Machines

Restless kids always run up to those twisting the knobs and begging their parents to give them a quarter. You know you did. Surprise them by leaving some quarters in …

Bring a dozen donuts to the office

Bring a Dozen Donuts to the Office

It is amazing what bringing donuts to the office does to set the tone for the workday.  People seem happier and more engaged when someone brings donuts to the office. …

Leave a generous tip

Leave a Generous Tip

Although you don’t have to leave hundreds of dollars, these tipping stories are sure to make you say WOW! Source:  The Week Leave a Generous Tip was last modified: January …

Help someone with their grocery bags

Help Someone with Their Grocery Bags

 Helping out people with their groceries is a simple way to spread the love. Just make sure to ask if they need your help before doing so! Source:  Center for …

Take the kids out for ice cream

Take the Kids out for Ice Cream

Few things in life are better than eating an ice cream cone on a hot day. Like maybe finding your soulmate. So now is it even a question of packing …

Do the dishes

Do the dishes

No one likes doing chores. In happiness surveys, housework is ranked down there with commuting as  activities that people enjoy the least. Maybe that’s why figuring out who does which …

Invite your neighbor to dinner

Invite your neighbor to dinner

The key to meeting new neighbors – and making new friends – is usually to find some common interests. There are a number of interests you can explore with others, …