NATIONAL SHUT-UP & LOVE DAY: NOVEMBER 22, 2024

TAKE THE SHUT-UP & LOVE PLEDGE

Here's a list of ideas to help you come up with HOW you will SHUT-UP & LOVE! Choose one of these or come up with your own idea!

Individual:

  1. Offer to babysit for a single parent.
  2. Invite someone with no family over to bake pies.
  3. Make & deliver treats for first responders.
  4. Leave a gas gift card at the gas pump.
  5. Write a bunch of positive messages on note cards & pass them out to strangers throughout the day.
  6. Take a meal to a family who has been through a lot this year.
  7. Organize a food drive for local families in need.
  8. Pick up trash in your neighborhood with a group of friends.
  9. Share a positive review for 10 small businesses on Yelp or Google.
  10. Make a happy playlist for someone who needs to be cheered up.

Business/Church/School/Organization:

  1. Encourage your staff/students/customers to volunteer for their favorite charity.
  2. Donate a Thanksgiving dinner to a family in need.
  3. Host a food or toy or warm clothing drive for families in need.
  4. Choose a charity and invite your customers/staff/students to support them with you!
  5. Paint rocks with kind messages and have your team/students leave them all over town.
  6. Start a kindness war and create a contest for customers/classes to compete.
  7. Take a team/class to visit a nursing home with cards for the residents.
  8. Host a clean-up day and canvas your neighborhood for trash, leaves, and anything else that needs to be cleaned up.
  9. Facilitate a meal train for elderly shut-ins, not just those in your church, but also those in your neighborhood.
  10. Provide a food pantry pop-up for local families in need.


We will send you an email a week leading up to November 22 to encourage you and remind you about your pledge.