South Lewis Central School

Some questions to consider:

1. Why is it important to be a helpful person?

2. Is being a helpful person alot like being a bucket filler? Why or why not?

3. Will being a helpful person make me a more successful person in my future?

4. What can I do to be helpful?

What can you do to help others?

• Collect goods for a food bank
• Get a copy of a book about kindness, put a smile card in the middle, and pass it on!
• Stop by a nursing home and visit a resident who has no family nearby.
• Leave a treat or handmade note of thanks for someone.
• Have a clean-up party at a local park.
• Donate old toys to a shelter, safe house, or the Salvation Army.
• Shovel your neighbors sidewalk or mow their lawn.
• Make friendship bracelets to distribute to your friends.
• Pick someone who has done something nice for you and write them a thank-you note.
• Make/decorate cookies and deliver them to a local nursing home or family shelter.
• Befriend another student who looks lonely, and be sure to check in periodically to see how things are going for them.
• Write notes of appreciation for your teacher.
• Write a note to your parents/guardians to tell them why they are special to you.
• Surprise someone in your house with breakfast in bed
• Bake cookies with your mom or dad and give them to a neighbor
• Volunteer at an animal shelter.
• Donate Capri Sun pouches and soda tabs to the school so that they can turn them in to raise money for new school supplies.
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
• Do an art project as a gift for someone else.

Many of these suggestions came from http://www.kindspring.org/.  Please check out their website for more information and ideas about being a helpful person.