67 things to do on Mandela Day

1. Put together stationary packs (pens, stickers, coloured paper, scissors, etc.) for teachers at an under-resourced school.
2. Do a neighbourhood clean-up armed with plastic gloves and black bags.
3. Sort old donated clothes and give it to the needy.
4. Volunteer your time at an old age home.
5. Make ‘care kits’ (including a comb,  toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, face cloth, etc. ) for patients at a nearby government hospital.
6. Throw a tea party for the children at a children’s home.
7. Offer to mow the lawn and fix up the garden at a nursing home or hospice.
8. Research an issue you’d like to find out more about and then share your findings with friends on social media.
9. Pack meals for under-resourced pre-schools.
10. Support local shops.
11. 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?
12. Organise a fun outing for children in an HIV/Aids programme.
13. Offer to read stories to children at a children’s home.
14. Learn first aid.
15. Donate blood.
16. Become an organ donor.
17. 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.
18. Watch the movie “Long Walk to Freedom”.
19. Set up a recycling system for your home.
20. Create a car pool schedule with your colleagues to cut down on carbon emissions.
21. Plant a garden or tree where the whole neighborhood can enjoy it.
22. Clean up a park.
23. 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.
24. Offer to fix things at a local school or organisation (paint, broken windows, etc).
25. Remove graffiti.
26. Donate food to the SPCA, and spend 67 minutes with the animals.
27. Donate educational materials to schools in need
28. Walk instead of taking your car – and have conversations with some of the people you meet on your way.
29. Hold a teddy bear or book drive for a children’s home.
30. Organize a 6.7km fun walk with your friends.
31. Organise a tea party for care givers.
32. Organize a knit a thon and give the blankets to the needy or the SAVF.
33. Baby-sit for a single parent.
34. Volunteer at orphanage.
35. Adopt a pet from the SPCA.
36. Donate books to your local library.
37. Collect and distribute children’s books to under-resourced schools.
38. Visit a reading at a nearby school, church or library.
39. Donate magazines and books to an under-resourced home for the elderly.
40. Invite a carer to go on a relaxing outing to a park for a picnic.
41. Throw a party for the residents of an old age home.
42. Mow the garden or clean the windows for a senior citizen.
43. Pick up groceries or medicine for an elderly person.
44. Go for a walk with a senior citizen in your community.
45. Teach someone how to use a computer and the Internet.
46. Tutor someone who needs help learning your mother tongue.
47. Donate your old computer to an under-resourced school.
48. Hold a mini-Olympics at an under-resourced school.
49. Take public transport for the day.
50. Take to the streets with a broom and clean up.
51. Offer to attend a high school class to talk to students about your career.
52. Offer to take a handy caped person on a picnic in the mountains or a park.
53. Knit a blanket yourself for someone in need.
54. Bake cookies and take them to a police station for the police officers.
55. Write a letter to a newspaper editor about an issue you care about.
56. Blog about a non-profit organisation that needs support.
57. Offer your skills (finance, marketing, customer service, etc.) to help an organization run more efficiently.
58. Organise a prayer meeting with family and friends to pray for our country.
59. Host a movie night for friends. )
60. Purchase vouchers to give to people living on the street.
61. Donate groceries to your favourite organizations who are in need.
62. Make rainbow colour bracelets and hand it out at your local mall.
63. Read the first 67 pages of Long walk to freedom… (You’ll want to read the rest.)
64. Park your car and share lunch with a homeless person.
65. Visit the hospital during visiting ours and spend some time with patients
66. Go through your house and donate some of your good quality items to some one in need.
67. Make everyday Mandela Day!

Source: commongood.org.za