It’s Electric Ireland’s Powering Kindness Week and the Marie Keating Foundation is asking YOU to get involved by doing a simple act of kindness for someone. An act of kindness can be anything- big or small. It doesn’t matter what it is, as long as you tell us about it by going to www.poweringkindness.ie or going on facebook, twitter or instagram and tagging @mariekeating and using #poweringkindness.
We’re sure you’re very kind but in case you want a few ideas of simple acts of kindness, here’s a few to get you started:

• Make someone a cup of tea
• Pay an expired parking meter
• Pay the toll of the person behind you
• Wash someone’s car
• Shelter someone with an umbrella
• Leave a euro at a vending machine for someone after you
• Clean the office kitchen
• Give someone who needs it a hug
• Paint someone’s nails
• Tip your waiter generously
• Build a toy with your kids
• Pay for someone’s bus fare / Luas ticket
• Make someone a cake
• Clean up the farm
• Give someone a euro for their trolley
• Facetime a friend to cheer them up
• Surprise a friend with a free lunch
• See a lost tourist in town? Offer them help / directions!
• Give a stranger or friend a surprise compliment
• Donate your old clothes to charity
• Offer to carry a strangers shopping to their car
• Spend an hour to read a book at an old folk’s home
• Bring out the bins
• Help a senior citizen across the road

Don’t forget to log your act of kindness for the Marie Keating Foundation by going to www.poweringkindness.ie or using #poweringkindness and tagging @mariekeating on social media!
Thank you! We really appreciate every single act of kindness you do for us!