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1.) Make It A Habit To Respect All People – This includes while driving, walking, interacting with people in line. Small ripples of respect can make a big difference in your community.
2.) Dedicate a Complete Day to Help Out a Friend in His/Her Aspirations and Goals – We all have talents and dreams. Why not help those you care about reach their full potential?
3.) Make It A Habit To Perform Random Acts of Kindness – Ideas include: wheel out a neighbor’s trash bin, shovel a neighbor’s sidewalk after a snowstorm, pick up trash in your neighborhood, pay for a stranger’s coffee. For hundreds of ideas check out RandomActsofKindness.org.
4.) Start a Community Garden – Food brings people together and there are few better ways to foster that community than by growing it together.
5.) Be Kind – This is needed today more than ever. Kindness surprises people and is infectious.
6.) Foster engaged communities – At Up with People we collaborate with each community we visit, work together to address local issues and form community connections that enhance compassion and trust. You can do the same.
7.) Run/Walk a 5K for a cause – Not only does this support a cause you care about but it also allows you to meet like minded people in your city.
8.) Be The Person Who Welcomes New Neighbors To The Community – Peering out your window wondering who this new person is that is moving in next door? Go say hi!
9.) Volunteer At Least Once A Month – If you pick only one thing from this list, then choose this. Get involved in your community in causes you care about. Don’t know where to begin? Try VolunteerMatch.org, AllForGood.org, or DoSomething.org.
10.) Empower Youth as Positive Change Agents – We strive to help youth throughout the world become more aware of global and local issues, realize their individual capacity and inspire them to take personal action to make positive change. Foster this in your own community.
