Wondering what you can do with your kids to make this Valentines Day—and the days before and after it—sweet, loving and community-forward? Seattle’s Child volunteer opportunities partner, the nonprofit organization Doing Good Together, has a whole list of ideas. Check them out (and if you have others, we’d love to hear them. Email us at editor@seattleschild.com:
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Write a poem for a far-away relative.
- Gather with cocoa and write gratitudes on paper hearts, then use them to decorate.
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Leave a thank-you note for your trash collector.
- Leave love notes about the stories in
- your library books.
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Print out and use these placemats at dinner
- Tell 3 friends what you love about them.
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Transform something from your recycle bin into a toy or a piece of art.
- Leave a thank you for your mail carrier.
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Write and leave Car Window Poetry.
- Tape quarters to a vending machine.
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Pay for someone else’s popcorn at the movie theater.
- Make a tear-off poster. Post it somewhere public.
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Create and send a video thank you for one of your favorite holiday gifts.
- Make a Gratitude-on-the-Go Kit and stash it in a car or backpack.
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Bake or buy treats for a neighbor.
- Read a big-hearted book & discuss.
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Offer to pick up groceries for a neighbor.
- Hang a homemade birdfeeder.
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Create art and send to ColorASmile.org.
- Over dinner, ask and answer: Who did you help today? Who helped you?
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Share your smile with 10 people today.
- Fold an origami heart for someone special in your life
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Together, write a kind story.
- Talk to someone new; make a new friend.
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Count the items in your fridge & donate that many quarters to a hunger charity.
- Take a walk and pick up litter on the way.
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Go out for cocoa and pay for the person behind you in line.
- Plan your next volunteer opportunity in and around Seattle.
