50 Rexburg Service Ideas

Tis the season to show others you care!  As the Thanksgiving and Christmas season approach, we all look for ways to serve others and show them we care.  Here’s a list of ideas for acts of service (some of them very small!) you can do right here in Rexburg. 

1. Call and talk to a family member who lives at least an hour away
2. Focus on not saying anything negative for a day
3. Write a letter to a missionary
4. Smile at someone as they walk by
5. Pick up trash outside
6. Rake someone’s yard (or shovel snow!)
7. Pay for the person behind you in the drive-thru
8. Attend the temple
9. Give a stranger a compliment
10. Say good morning to someone you don’t normally talk to
    
11. Write a thank-you card to someone who has helped you recently
12. Give someone a hug
13. Hold open the door for someone
14. Be extra courteous to pedestrians crossing the street
15. Make a treat for someone
16. Do something nice for the person/ family you visit or home teach
17. Remember to say please and thank-you…even for simple things
18. Give someone a high-five and tell them good job for something
19. Leave an anonymous note for someone
20. Send a card to a stranger in the phone book
21. Make breakfast for your spouse or roommate
22. Throw away someone’s trash for them
23. Leave a large tip for your waiter/ waitress
24. Babysit for someone’s kids so they can go to the temple
25. Tell someone you love them
26. Tell someone a joke
27. Tell someone why you appreciate them
28. Write and send a letter to someone you love
29. Do a chore for your spouse/ roommate that they usually do for you
30. Put $10 in a random gas pump
31. Index at least 20 names
32. Visit the nursing home and talk to the residents
    
33. Go Christmas caroling (or Thanksgiving caroling…be creative)
34. Take a treat to those waiting in line at the testing center
35. Take a treat to those who finish their test at the testing center
36. Write your roommates notes of appreciation
37.  Get involved with Activities on campus (they even have SERVICE activities!)
38.  Volunteer at the animal/ horse shelter
39. Give someone a ride home from the grocery store
40.  Write a letter/ email to your grandparents
41. Clean out your closet and donate clothes you don’t wear to Deseret Industries/ Goodwill
42.  Bring your bishop a snack for his late after-church meetings
    
43.  Learn how to do family history
44.  Pay your fast offering
45.  Donate supplies to the Family Crisis Center
46.  Pray for someone who needs a little extra help
47.  Help someone who’s moving
48.  Help clean the chapel after services
49.  Let someone go in front of you while you’re waiting in a checkout line or in traffic
50.  Take a treat to the fire station

 Remember, it’s the little things that count.  Elder M. Russell Ballard said “It is my humble prayer, brothers and sisters, that we will ask in our daily prayers for the inspiration to find someone for whom we can provide some meaningful service, including the service of sharing the gospel truths and our testimonies. At the end of each day, may we be able to say yes to the questions: “Have I done any good in the world today? Have I helped anyone in need?””

Here are some great talks and devotionals regarding serving others:

Scatter Sunshine- M. Winston Egan

Unselfish Service- Dallin H. Oaks

Be Anxiously Engaged- M. Russell Ballard

Service- Stephen E. Snow

Pictures from the LDS Media Library