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Subject: raok ideas
Date Posted: 11/28/2017 1:54 PM ET
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Not sure where I heard this, just that I liked it.

A great random act of kindness in this era of school lunch shaming is to pay off a child's school lunch bill.

This thread is to list other raok ideas, so please add yours!!!

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Date Posted: 11/29/2017 5:25 PM ET
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Around my area it is popular to leave a quarter in the cart at Aldi for others.

I've left a few dollars in the Redbox case when returning the movie for someone to buy microwave popcorn.

I compliment well behaved children when I am running errands.

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Date Posted: 11/29/2017 7:58 PM ET
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nice!  That reminds me...pay the toll for the person behind you when crossing a bridge or exiting an expressway

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Date Posted: 12/1/2017 4:49 PM ET
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On Christian radio this morning I heard a story about a high school where there is a club called 'No one eats alone'.  It's a group of kids (one was a football star who gave up sports to do this and other community service projects) who get their lunch trays  or bag lunches then go sit with someone in the cafeteria or courtyard who is sitting all alone at lunch.  

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Date Posted: 12/26/2017 4:07 PM ET
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When your paying for your items at a convienence store, and you see the person behind you has a coffee or a soda, buy it for them!

 

Also return carts to the cart area when done shopping :D

 

Thank you to all of the peeps who do RAOK in secret too. No matter what it is. This is a huge thing.

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Date Posted: 12/27/2017 12:50 AM ET
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Give the gift of life - donate blood!

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Date Posted: 12/27/2017 2:49 PM ET
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The grocery stores here do coupons with so much off a purchase. There is a lot of competition here so when a new store opened last year I got at least 8 months of a weekly $10 off $50 coupon. So I would give these away by usually leaving them in the diaper aisle. Last week there was a $20 off $100 purchase and I wouldn't be spending that much last week so I left that with my RAOK card that I had made up.

All December, I've been leaving snacks and beverages for the UPS, FedEx and USPS workers. They really appreciate it so I am going to try to do this all year now. (not my images but here is an example of what I did)

 

 



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