Random Acts of Kindness Team Scavenger Hunt

Welcome! As you compete in your scavenger hunt, don’t forget to smile and be polite. Not everyone may want to participate or receive your acts of kindness. Gracefully accepting that is kindness itself. Please return by ____________. 

Rules: Teams must stick together. Decide on which activities you want to focus on together. Have fun. There will be several prizes including the team with the most acts of service done, the team with the home heartwarming story, and the most unique experience.

☐ Pick up 10 pieces of trash per person

☐ Give as many compliments as you can

☐ Ask a senior person for advice 

☐ Write a letter to a military service member (We will mail them)

☐ Sweep/Shovel/Rake the sidewalk for someone

☐ Gather the abandoned carts at a store and return them

☐ Write a letter to a grandparent (if you don’t have one, we will be collecting letters and sending them to a care home) 

☐ Buy a cookie, donut, or coffee for a stranger 

☐ Use sidewalk chalk to write positive messages

☐ Put change in a vending machine 

☐ Buy flowers to hand out (individually) on the street 

☐ Look for someone in need and help them

☐ Read to a child (name of elementary we’ve coordinated with _________)

☐ Collect books to donate to the library, youth organization, or senior center 

☐ Collect food for a food drive 

☐ Offer High-Fives or Fist Bumps to strangers

☐ Choose your own __________________________

☐ Choose your own ___________________________

☐ Choose your own ___________________________

Instructions for administrators: 

To complete this scavenger hunt, you’ll need to be prepared with the following items: 

1. Trash bags for team cleanup
2. Cards, paper, markers, colored pens, stickers, or anything else you want to provide for note and letter writing. 
3. Cards to servicemen and women can be sent to: 
   1. Soldiers’ Angels 

2895 NE Loop 410, Suite 107 

San Antonio, TX 78218

• Forgotten Soldiers Outreach, Inc. 

3550 23rd Ave. S., Suite #7

Lake Worth, Florida 33461

1. Letters can include a first name only and cannot include any addresses, but can include a city and a state. 

1. Contact local care centers to find out which ones would like donations of books, magazines, letters to the residents, or even visits. 
2. Sidewalk chalk
3. Contact local schools to find out which ones would like to have kids read to and what their rules are regarding this service. 
4. Decide on the following questions: 
   1. Will teams buy their own flowers or have bouquets provided to them? 
   2. Will change and other “sponsoring” services be done with gift cards that each team can take out,  will team members need to bring back receipts for reimbursements, or will managers pay for sponsorships with corporate cards?