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67 things to do on Mandela Day
Here are 67 ideas of things you can do tomorrow on Mandela Day, which we hope will inspire a lifestyle of compassion and service to communities and those in need around you.
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- Put together stationary packs (pens, stickers, coloured paper, scissors, etc.) for teachers at an under-resourced school.
- Do a neighbourhood clean-up armed with plastic gloves and black bags.
- Sort old donated clothes and give it to the needy.
- Volunteer your time at an old age home.
- Make ‘care kits’ (including a comb, toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, face cloth, etc. ) for patients at a nearby government hospital.
- Throw a tea party for the children at a children’s home.
- Offer to mow the lawn and fix up the garden at a nursing home or hospice.
- Research an issue you’d like to find out more about and then share your findings with friends on social media.
- Pack meals for under-resourced pre-schools.
- Support local shops.
- As an office, make sandwiches and soup, after all it is winter, to give to people living on the street – and why not sit and have lunch with them while you’re at it?
- Organise a fun outing for children in an HIV/Aids programme.
- Offer to read stories to children at a children’s home.
- Learn first aid.
- Donate blood.
- Become an organ donor.
- Host a dinner where the meal budget is R5 per person as a way of identifying with the millions who live below the poverty line.
- Watch the movie “Long Walk to Freedom”.
- Set up a recycling system for your home.
- Create a car pool schedule with your colleagues to cut down on carbon emissions.
- Plant a garden or tree where the whole neighborhood can enjoy it.
- Clean up a park.
- Go on a social media fast for the day and make an effort to get to know people who you wouldn’t ordinarily speak to.
- Offer to fix things at a local school or organisation (paint, broken windows, etc).
- Remove graffiti.
- Donate food to the SPCA, and spend 67 minutes with the animals.
- Donate educational materials to schools in need
- Walk instead of taking your car – and have conversations with some of the people you meet on your way.
- Hold a teddy bear or book drive for a children’s home.
- Organize a 6.7km fun walk with your friends.
- Organise a tea party for care givers.
- Organize a knit a thon and give the blankets to the needy or the SAVF.
- Baby-sit for a single parent.
- Volunteer at orphanage.
- Adopt a pet from the SPCA.
- Donate books to your local library.
- Collect and distribute children’s books to under-resourced schools.
- Visit a reading at a nearby school, church or library.
- Donate magazines and books to an under-resourced home for the elderly.
- Invite a carer to go on a relaxing outing to a park for a picnic.
- Throw a party for the residents of an old age home.
- Mow the garden or clean the windows for a senior citizen.
- Pick up groceries or medicine for an elderly person.
- Go for a walk with a senior citizen in your community.
- Teach someone how to use a computer and the Internet.
- Tutor someone who needs help learning your mother tongue.
- Donate your old computer to an under-resourced school.
- Hold a mini-Olympics at an under-resourced school.
- Take public transport for the day.
- Take to the streets with a broom and clean up.
- Offer to attend a high school class to talk to students about your career.
- Offer to take a handy caped person on a picnic in the mountains or a park.
- Knit a blanket yourself for someone in need.
- Bake cookies and take them to a police station for the police officers.
- Write a letter to a newspaper editor about an issue you care about.
- Blog about a non-profit organisation that needs support.
- Offer your skills (finance, marketing, customer service, etc.) to help an organization run more efficiently.
- Organise a prayer meeting with family and friends to pray for our country.
- Host a movie night for friends. )
- Purchase vouchers to give to people living on the street.
- Donate groceries to your favourite organizations who are in need.
- Make rainbow colour bracelets and hand it out at your local mall.
- Read the first 67 pages of Long walk to freedom… (You’ll want to read the rest.)
- Park your car and share lunch with a homeless person.
- Visit the hospital during visiting ours and spend some time with patients
- Go through your house and donate some of your good quality items to some one in need.
- Make everyday Mandela Day!
Source: commongood.org.za