Tips & Ideas
Ideas
Make a summer salad.
Saturday, August 19
Take a salad to your friend for Summer Salad Day. Fruit salad, waldorf salad, read more...
Tips
Offer specific help often.
Remember that saying call if you need anything often feels like the cliché, let's do lunch. Your friend most read more...
Ideas
Listen to the radio with a friend.
Sunday, August 20
Listening to the radio can make time pass quickly. A radio would be a great read more...
Tips
Just say no...it's what we do.
Accepting help can sometimes make us feel that others consider us to be incompetent. So, when you offer to help read more...
Ideas
Spend time with your favorite senior.
Monday, August 21
We all hope to join the ranks of senior citizen some day. Senior Citizen's Day read more...
Tips
Just listen.
You don't have to know what to say, and you don't have to have answers. Just listen and be there for your read more...
Ideas
Be an angel.
Tuesday, August 22
On Be an Angel Day mow someone’s yard, return a trashcan to its weekly spot read more...
Tips
Send a gift card.
Send a restaurant gift card to your friend as an alternative to cooking a meal. read more...
Ideas
Bake your friend's favorite cookies.
Wednesday, August 23
It's Favorite Cookie Day. Chocolate chip, oatmeal, sugar, the list goes on. read more...
Tips
Surprises
Sometimes surprises are NOT a good idea. As well meaning as a major project or fund-raising event may be, check read more...
Ideas
Lick a stamp.
Thursday, August 24
It's Lick a Stamp Day! Everyone loves getting a surprise in the mail! Abandon read more...
Tips
Yes, it will be okay. But it's not right now.
Your friend will go through many emotions through the course of his or her life-changing event. Try to leave read more...
Ideas
Kiss and make-up.
Friday, August 25
No, it’s not what you think! Kiss and Make-Up Day would be a fun day to deliver read more...
Tips
Don't go away
The recurring theme from people going through a trauma is that friends don't know what to say, so they don't read more...
Ideas
Treat your friend's special pet.
Saturday, August 26
Special treats for a special four-legged companion will bring a smile to your read more...
Tips
Let your friend share when the time is right.
We humans go through extreme highs and extreme lows whether we are celebrating the birth of a precious baby, read more...
Ideas
Do it, just because.
Sunday, August 27
Send flowers to a friend, Just Because. Drop off a box of diapers to a family read more...
Tips
Keep to the schedule.
Sign up on the Calendar for the day and time you will take a meal. The team Coordinator has indicated the days read more...
Ideas
Race your mouse.
Monday, August 28
On Race Your Mouse Day, race your mouse to your Team page and sign up to take a read more...
Tips
Check Tips & Ideas.
Check WhatFriendsDo Tips & Ideas for suggestions of ways to keep in touch and simple acts of kindness that will read more...
Ideas
Enjoy the last days of summer.
Tuesday, August 29
Use Summer is Almost Over Day to do some of those things you've been meaning to read more...
Tips
Research fundraising activities.
Check to see if there are legal implications to whatever you may be planning for your friend (such as a read more...
Ideas
Toast some marshmallows.
Wednesday, August 30
Even if you can't enjoy a campfire, toasted marshmallows will be a fun treat read more...
Tips
Bring snacks.
Many people will bring meals. Consider giving your friend a snack basket, junk food as well as the nutritious read more...
Ideas
Deliver this healthy snack.
Thursday, August 31
It's National Trail Mix Day! A surprise delivery of this snack will be read more...
Tips
Remember dietary restrictions.
Remember dietary restrictions. Check WhatFriendsDo team page for likes, dislikes, allergies, and for meal read more...
Ideas
Make a phone call.
Friday, September 01
Use Make a Phone Call Day to call a friend you've been meaning to call. You'll read more...
Tips
Friendship isn't always 50/50.
Whatever illness, crisis, recovery or transition your friend is going through, he or she quite possibly cannot read more...
Ideas
Bake and take a cake.
Saturday, September 02
Bake a cake and take it to a friend on Bake & Take a Cake Day. Better bake two read more...
Ideas
Have a fun picnic.
Sunday, September 03
Many people use Labor Day for picnics and end of summer celebrations. But some read more...
Tips
Sign up for a meal.
If your friend has a team on WhatFriendsDo, sign up there to take a meal rather than showing up with a surprise read more...
Ideas
Share your favorite music.
Monday, September 04
Music is an amazing way to bring comfort and joy to a friend. Give your friend read more...
Tips
Let your friend know you are there.
Even though your friend will need and want time to BE alone, make sure your friend never FEELS alone!! read more...
Ideas
Say cheese!
Tuesday, September 05
On Cheese Pizza Day find a pizza parlor near your friend’s house, and call in read more...
Tips
Be Patient.
Be patient and continue to stay in touch with your friend from your end. Your friend will be so grateful that read more...
Ideas
Start a project.
Wednesday, September 06
Fight Procrastination Day is a good day to ask your friend if help is needed read more...
Tips
Pets are family, too!
If your friend has a pet, you can brighten everyone's day by doing something special for the pet. read more...
Ideas
Monkey around.
Thursday, September 07
Monkey Business Day is a day to do something spontaneous and fun. Invite your read more...
Tips
The Lasagna Law.
Be sure to check your friend's WhatFriendsDo team page. You'll find a schedule of who is providing meals and read more...
Ideas
Give a dog a bone.
Friday, September 08
Mail a care package on Dog Biscuit Day to your friend’s dog. It will be totally read more...
Ideas
Take a teddy bear.
Saturday, September 09
It's Teddy Bear Day. Take or send a teddy bear to a child who is going through read more...
Tips
On the importance of staying close
Families who have a family member undergoing treatment for cancer or who have just lost a loved one often feel read more...
Ideas
Swap ideas.
Sunday, September 10
Do you have a great idea for spreading cheer? On Swap Ideas Day the staff would read more...
Tips
Offer a choice.
One tactic that might be helpful is to suggest a choice. For example, may I run some errands for you on read more...
Ideas
Make your bed.
Monday, September 11
It's Make Your Bed Day! Or better yet, make someone else’s. Offer to change read more...
Tips
Send a note.
Send a note or card to your friend just to let them know you are thinking of them. It will be very much read more...
Ideas
Shake it up.
Tuesday, September 12
Visiting a friend today? Stop along the way and pick up a chocolate milkshake read more...
Tips
Food for Thought
Take food in recyclable containers you do not need back or label your dishes. Use your WhatFriendsDo team and read more...
Ideas
Deliver some take-out.
Wednesday, September 13
If you want to take a meal but Don't have time, Fortune Cookie Day is the read more...
Tips
Bring the whole meal.
Take the WHOLE meal (salad, vegetables, fruit, bread, dessert) not just the main course. read more...
Ideas
Drop off a dozen donuts.
Thursday, September 14
Yum, Yum, Yum! Treat the hospital or care facility staff with some delicious read more...
Tips
Order Delivery.
Call ahead, pay and have a meal delivered to your friend's doorstep. read more...
Ideas
Make a hat.
Friday, September 15
It's Make a Hat Day! A friend going through chemotherapy may enjoy some fun read more...
Tips
Don't drop in.
Drop-in visits, while well intended, can sometimes be intrusive and untimely. Schedule a visit through your read more...
Ideas
Kneed some Play-Doh.
Saturday, September 16
National Play-Doh Day is an easy day to celebrate. Pull out some Play-Doh and read more...
Tips
Drop off a surprise.
If you love surprises use them for random acts of kindness and daily ideas that can just be dropped off or read more...
Ideas
Take a tasty treat to your friend.
Sunday, September 17
It's National Apple Dumpling Day. What a yummy treat to take to your friend read more...
Tips
Call Ahead.
Do not just show up. Schedule a time that will be convenient for your friend. If your friend needs to cancel, read more...
Ideas
Bring some burgers.
Monday, September 18
Your friend may enjoy a break from casseroles and lasagna. How about indulging read more...
Ideas
Don't forget dessert.
Tuesday, September 19
Butterscotch pudding is a great comfort dessert. Deliver some pudding to your read more...