Spreading Joy

Making a Difference One Person At a Time One Day At a Time

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Spreading Joy Summer Project Week 1

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Spreading Joy Summer Project

Little Things Matter

 

Spreading Joy is dedicated to reminding you about the pure joy of giving! It’s not in how big, how much or handing out thousands of dollars, it’s about making a difference with the resources you already have. Now, if you have that thousand laying around, we’ll put it to great use to those in need.

 

This summer you’ll have many opportunities to make a difference and we want you to be aware of them and not miss a single one! We are starting a 4 week project to help you see the ways you can impact your corner of the world.

 

We are focusing on how Little Things Matter this week.  I’m going to share some ideas with you here and hope that you’ll do the same in the comments below.

 

Little things you can do this week to make a difference:

  1. Give one rose to an elderly person (or any person for that matter)
  2. Tell someone you appreciate them using a song that reminds you of them – post it on facebook
  3. Send a good morning text (tweet or fb post) with sunshine, smiley face or something uplifting to someone you haven’t interacted with in a while.
  4. Leave your server the amount you’d tip your child if they were serving you at your local restaurant
  5. Purchase some stuffed animals from the dollar store and give out at a local nursing home
  6. Help Spreading Joy get a jump on #Back2school by donating $10 towards necessary school supplies for needy children
  7. Make a huge batch of cookies, brownies and cupcakes and take to your local Fire Department & Police Station
  8. Buy a pack of sticky notes and draw a smile on every single sheet! Leave them on the driver side window of cars as you walk by. Do this everywhere you go until the sheets run out. The KIDS will LOVE doing this. Get them some bright colors!
  9. As you are spring cleaning take your items to a local shelter that will GIVE them away instead of reselling them.
  10. Take your magazines to a nursing home or even Hospital Emergency room waiting area. Don’t forget to tear off your address info.
  11. Plan for #ChristimasJOY and purchase a $10 Gift card to donate to Spreading Joy for the teens for Christmas.
  12. Get some photos developed and proudly display or send to your adult kids, because you know they aren’t going to get them printed off
  13. Going to the beach? Park or other place outdoors? Take a rolling cooler of ice cold water and just pass out to those having fun
  14. Why wait until Christmas to send a card? Write a few notes of appreciation. Have your kids draw/color and do the same.

 

Needing more ideas? Get our book with DAILY ideas –  Spreading Joy Daily

 

Anyone can do this! You can do 2 a day or several of these every day this week.

 

Will you do me a favor? Please? (actually a few favors?)

  1. Comment below and let me know you are participating. Leave your @twittername so I can interact with you there and @Instagram name too.
  2. Share on all of your Social Media outlets and get others involved. Personally invite them to participate and get their kids to participate. Get YOUR kids to participate! We need to raise little givers. The world will be a much nicer place with all of us Spreading some Joy
  3. When you share HOW You are spreading joy, hashtag it with #spreadingJOY and I’ll share so we can all encourage each other.
  4. Share in the comments below some ideas you can do this week or ideas that YOU actually did and the results! I’d love to hear them and feature them in upcoming posts!
  5. Don’t Stress about how… just do. Remember…the Little things matter!

 

Now, let’s go Spread some Joy this Summer!

Week 2 = Kindness Matters 

 

 

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Comments

  1. 1

    Hi Marie

    I connected two mom’s who both
    lost there children. I felt they could
    help each other out more than I could
    help the one friend.

    All so don’t for get the mail person a
    nice cold drink would be nice,same
    with the trash men to.

    Giving some one a smile,hand shake
    or a hi.

    When you go to doctors or the ER wish
    the staff a nice day and thank them. Like
    the mom’s that worked there we wished
    them a happy mom’s day. So many smiles
    and thank you’s

    One last one home health workers. The
    ladies that come in and help people with
    daily chores to taking care of wounds.
    A thank you would be nice or offer them a
    drink. If they are doing a good job tell them
    how nice they are or call the place they work
    and tell there boss how happy you are with them.

    Hope this helps

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  2. 3

    It is Winter in New Zealand but spreading JOY is good, always so I will join you 😉
    I like to surprise friends with a hand-made card arriving in the mail,
    and I like to send e-cards to those who need encouragement.
    Smiling at people can make another’s day too~!
    Let us be JOY germs, spreading some wherever we go.

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    • 4

      thank you for the huge SMILE Mary!! love being JOY germs!!

      e-cards are so easy!! I love them. handmade cards are amazing too!!

      thanks for taking time to JOYn in with us and spreadingJOY this summer!

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  11. 13

    Thanks for the challenge. It is the little things that people do for us that make our days. Last year I started giving encouragement cards anonymously to our church congregation. It was a wonderful blessing to watch all age groups as they received something just for them. Again, thanks for reminding us to share a little of ourselves each day. We change our world loving one person at a time.
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  13. 16

    @Kelly – thank you so much! I hope this sparks some ideas for you and your family
    @Christine – Thank YOU!! You inspire and encourage me often
    @miranda – Yay for those at the nursing home!! I know they will LOVE It.
    @andrea – so true!! that is why I try to encourage other so to be spreading joy daily
    @marissa – will be great fun! and encouraging
    @chari – that will be so encouraging to lots of people
    @laura – 🙂 yay and have fun spreadingJOY

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  15. 18

    Thanks for the reminder to keep spreading JOY everyday, and that yes, even the little things matter. Spread JOY as unto the Lord in all that we do…because of Him in our lives. Visiting a person who has cancer to brighten their day and know they’re not alone; telling your preacher you appreciate their sermon & how it made you change something in your life; telling a songwriter what their song means to you in your life are some other ideas of spreading JOY daily. Blessings to you, Marie!

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  16. 19

    Such wonderful ideas. I especially love the one about bringing things to the nursing home. We need to spread as much joy as possible to our elder friends!

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