49 Random Acts Of Kindness To Honor Pulse Nightclub

We have been talking about doing a Random Acts Of Kindness campaign for at least a year at Punky Moms and we are so very proud to present this one to our family.

For almost 15 years I was lucky enough to call Orlando my home. A city with a vibrant culture that I always said was Florida’s best kept secret. Don’t fool yourself people, Orlando has nothing to do with The Mouse. If you ever were able to drive down those beautiful roads and glimpse pure majestic nature, I don’t need to tell you, you know. It is the City Beautiful indeed.

49 Random Acts Of Kindness To Honor Pulse Nightclub — Lake Eola lit up after Pulse

When I heard about the Pulse Nightclub shooting when I woke up in my home in the UK, my heart dropped. I had been to that club, it was in my old neighborhood. I had friends that worked there and friends that went there. This terror attack hit the hardest. Across an ocean and feeling helpless, I mourned with my friends who were checking in as safe on facebook.

Orlando is where I found Punky Moms over a decade ago. It gave me support and friends for life. Orlando has always had a huge community of Punky Moms. I was eternally grateful for that. We had so many meetups and nights out. All my friends became Punky Moms. It was amazing.

Creating a community and bonds between people through the internet is surreal and always amazing to witness. It is what Punky Moms do best. — One of my first Punky Mom nights out in Orlando

So with the one year anniversary of Pulse coming up, the biggest honor we can do is to give back to our community. Not just in Orlando but all over the world. Orlando is empowering and it is beautiful and it deserves to have love shown for them.

Random Acts Of Kindness official definition is a nonpremeditated, inconsistent action designed to offer kindness towards the outside world. Spreading love and kindness with the intention of receiving nothing in return. The time has come when we cannot just rely on others to make the world a better place – each one of us has to do our bit. Kindness is contagious. Never underestimate the impact that a single act of kindness can do.

In our Punky Moms Down With Apathy Facebook group we compiled a list of 49 Random Acts Of Kindness that you can do this next week to help bring some good into the world. One small, thoughtful gesture can make someone else’s day. Do it for yourselves, do it for your kids. Show them how important it is to give back.

Don’t let this list of 49 limit you. We have made an easy printable guide for you to use and check off if you want to (I do love ticking boxes..accomplishment ahhhhh). We would love to see any progress you do!!! Please tag us on Instagram and/or use the hashtag #punkymomsgiveheart

Punky Moms Random Acts Of Kindness List

Leaving kind notes in random places for strangers (on the bus, in books in the library)
Leaving spare change in/attached to a vending machine
Buy a stranger a coffee
Drop donations off at a food bank
Leave positive feedback about staff in a local shop with a store manager
Give away your parking spot
Help someone pack their shopping/get it to their car
Give out flowers to passers by
Seed bomb nearby wasteland
Help with rubbish collection at your local beach or park
Compliment someone
Be kind to your server
Take treats to your local emergency services /fire station/A&E/Emergency Room
Write a thank you card to someone
Give a small gift to a neighbour
Leave good reviews on social media for businesses that you use
Donate old clothes/toys/books to a local charity shop
Make something for someone that you know (or someone that you don’t)
Leave a tip at your local coffee shop
Donate old towels and sheets to an animal shelter
Let someone go in front of you in a line
Donate old toys or books to a local children’s hospital
Send 3 people a positive message or compliment just because
Plant a tree
Stop and chat to a homeless person, maybe buy them a tea/coffee
Visit and/or take flowers to a nursing home
Volunteer to serve food to the homeless
Bake someone a cake.
Be polite on the road
Pick up trash around a park
Walk dogs at a shelter
Donate to Zebra Coalition
Collect children’s books & toys for a shelter
Donate to your local LGBTQ+ Charity
Pay for someone’s purchase in line in front of you
Shop Local & Independent
Organize an event with friends creating period packs and drop it at a homeless shelter
Eat meatless for 5 days
Gift a reusable grocery bag filled with environmentally cleaning supplies to a sceptic
Organize a guerrilla book drive and drop the collected books at a local abused women’s shelter, homeless shelter or daycare
Buy an extra bag of groceries at the store and take them to a shelter
Switch to Paperless Mail
Give blood
Sign up to be an organ donor
Post a positive story on your wall
Tell someone you love how important they are to you
Leave positive feedback at a business
Collect old used blankets, towels and sheets and drop them at an animal shelter
See a parent with their hands full or struggling whilst out? Ask them if they need a hand.

We’re up with kindness, doing good & compassion. We’re up with making a difference, creating change, speaking up. We’re up with raising humans that will create great things, change minds with their voices & continue the good we do. We are up with love & empathy but we are NOT up with apathy. There is no room for apathy. Down with apathy. Spread the word.

Orlando pics taken by Randi