Practice Random Acts of Kindness Video

Kindness Cards: Request FREE

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Simply provide me with your name and mailing address and I'll mail out a few cards for you to get started. At any time you can request more cards, free of charge. Please Email me your mailing address exactly as it should be displayed on an address label.

The Kindness Card enables you to present a tangible reminder of kindness to its recipient. The purpose of the card is not to elicit a reward but rather to be used in times when the recipient can appreciate the act. The card draws emphasis to the actual Random Act of Kindness experienced and hopefully prompts the recipient to "pass it on" by way of spreading kindness to another.

Print your own Kindness Cards:
Visit our website www.SpreadKindness.org to print your own Kindness Cards!

How to Use Kindness Cards:

Example (just one of many)....


When you pull into a drive-thru and pay for your order. Instead of just taking your food and pulling off, do a RAOK and pay for the person behind. Sure it may cost you $5 or more, but the simple act will have a profound impact on that person and in your own life. It's easy, I tried it last week. I can't tell you how great it felt for me and my husband to do this RAOK, you'll have to try it for yourself to find out.

Here's what you do - Tell the cashier that you'd like to pay for car behind you too. You then hand the cashier the Kindness Card (give a few extras if there is more than one person in the car), then ask the cashier that they give the card to the driver when they pull up to pay. This lets the recipient become aware of the initiative as the card explains it - "You've just experienced a Random Act of Kindness".

Later in the day or week, this person will look at the card and it'll remind them that they were the recipient of a very cool Random Act of Kindness.

The card serves as a reminder and as a tool to be contagious and spread positive energy.

The concept is simple. The impact is overwhelming. The opportunity is now up to you.


Do a Random Act of Kindness on a regular basis and you will be see a change not only in the lives of those around you but also a positive, more fulfilling change in your own life.

Stamp Donations:

If you would like to support this cause, please donate United States stamps.

Please mail stamps to:

Maria Haswell
21001 San Ramon Valley Blvd.
Suite A4-121
San Ramon, CA 94583

While donations are greatly appreciated, my intent is that you'll participate in doing RAOK on a daily basis and spread kindness with others.

Sponsors Wanted!

Looking for sponsors to support our Meetup group , Random Acts of Kindness: East Bay Area.

We will place your ad under 'Our Sponsors', in return for some act of kindness on your part :) Some things our group could use from a Sponsor:

- Provide a place for our Meetup group to meet

- Supply samples/goods to distribute for RAOK activity

- Offer free or discounted services for RAOK activity

- Give discounts or coupons on products to members or for RAOK activity

- Monetary donation to use for RAOK activity

If you're interested, please contact me and let me know. Together, we make this world a better place!

Peace & Joy,

Maria Haswell

Random Acts of Kindness: Ideas

This blog is dedicated to all kindred souls who believe in random acts of kindness in everyday life. If we can get more people doing this then the world will become a happier place where peace and joy happen.

Join me as we all inspire, enlighten, and make someone's day happy through spirituality and the sincere kindness of our hearts. Together we can make a world of difference - one person at a time. If you do one random act of kindness everyday it will put a smile on both your face and also on the face of the other person.

“No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves. ” - Amelia Earhart

Here are just a few ideas for RAOK:

• Give a lottery ticket to a stranger.
• Put change in a vending machine.
• Leave a book you have already finished somewhere for someone else to read.
• Drop off a toy or game at a homeless shelter.
• Pay for a bridge toll for the person behind you.
• Send someone a small gift anonymously.
• Drop off flowers at your friend or neighbor's house.
• Buy a meal for a homeless person.
• Buy a movie ticket for the person behind you in line.
• Pay for someone's meal behind you at a fast-food drive-thru.
• Write an inspirational note to someone who needs inspiration.
• Send a card to someone in the military overseas.
• Put something you no longer need on craigslist.com for free.
• Drop off a toy or game at a hospital.
• At post office leave some extra stamps at the stamp machine.
• Buy a phone card and give to a homeless shelter for them to give to someone.
• Open the phone book, pick a name, and send them something (movie tickets, thank you card, book, etc.) anonymously.
• Take flowers to a hospital ward and give them to someone who hasn't had any visitors.
• Drop off teddy bear to police department to give to traumatized children.
• Drop a few coins in an area where children play, where they can easily find them.
• Write letters of appreciation to groups who are helping the community, the environment, etc.
• If you know someone who is having a hard time financially, pop a $5, $10 or $20 note in an envelope, disguise your writing or type the envelope, and post it to them.
• Tape some change to a payphone with a card saying it is for whoever needs it.
• Write anonymous, loving post-its for strangers to find.
• At a restaurant, pay for a table's lunch or dinner anonymously.
• Pay for someone's groceries.
• Volunteer your time at a non-profit organization.

Do you have more RAOK ideas? Email me to share your ideas so I may add it here.

Do you have a story to share? Share a story that touched your life or made you smile. Please share it here by adding a comment below.