Pay it Forward
Pay it Forward is the idea that, instead of returning a favor to the original creditor, you should pay the favor forward to a different person.
Directions
Online Form
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mxhNQuqCdF3MsJm8RRO5I0S5sZZn0YJBawydPla3tuo/viewform
Why Participate?
There will be no physical “prize” for participating in the “Pay it Forward” movement, but with every act of kindness, know you are making a difference in our school and to the student to paid the favor forward to.
(Paying a favor forward takes as much effort as paying the favor back to the original person, so why not?)
What to pay forward?
Acts of kindness can range from simple gestures, such as inviting someone to eat lunch with you, to larger actions. What you pay forward doesn’t necessarily have to be a life-changer; even a simple and effortless action can make someone’s day. Some examples of favors to pay forward include...
- inviting someone to join you and your group of friends
- holding open the door for other students
- talking to someone new
Results (Listed by card number)
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Directions
- receive a Pay it Forward card
- perform acts of kindness to 1 - 3 different people
- give the receivers a Pay it Forward card
- fill out an online form
Online Form
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mxhNQuqCdF3MsJm8RRO5I0S5sZZn0YJBawydPla3tuo/viewform
Why Participate?
There will be no physical “prize” for participating in the “Pay it Forward” movement, but with every act of kindness, know you are making a difference in our school and to the student to paid the favor forward to.
(Paying a favor forward takes as much effort as paying the favor back to the original person, so why not?)
What to pay forward?
Acts of kindness can range from simple gestures, such as inviting someone to eat lunch with you, to larger actions. What you pay forward doesn’t necessarily have to be a life-changer; even a simple and effortless action can make someone’s day. Some examples of favors to pay forward include...
- inviting someone to join you and your group of friends
- holding open the door for other students
- talking to someone new
Results (Listed by card number)
002
- zipped someone’s backpack for them
- complimented someone
- held the door open for someone
007
- helped someone unlock his/her bike
012
- complimented someone
- let someone borrow a pencil; got and helped open/close the person’s water bottle
- made a birthday card for someone
- partnered with someone different for a project
- helped someone who fell when running
- helped someone understand a homework problem
- helped someone recover dropped items from the floor and return them to his/her bag
- gave someone a box of lead
- ran with someone during Mile CLub so that he.she wouldn't have to run alone; lent pens/pencils to someone
- helped someone in science
- paid for lunch for some friends
- helped a student pick up his supplies when his/her pencil pouch fell of his/her desk
- pulled back a chair for a student to sit in
- held open the door for someone; smiled at him/her
- gave someone his/her gloves for a dissection
- ran with a friend in PE who had a hurt leg and usually ran by himself
- held football for a friend while he/she unlocked his bike
- helped someone with a math problem
- helped someone with a math problem
- gave someone a cookie
- complimented someone
- helped someone improve during Mile Club
- held open the door for students and the teacher; bought lunch for a friend who didn’t have one
- smiled at someone
- helped someone with his/her homework
- helped pick up the items from someone's spilled pencil pouch
- gave some food to a hungry friend
- helped someone pick up his/her binders when they fell
- held open the door for someone
- gave someone a cookie
- made someone laugh
- helped an elderly who fell off the sidewalk050
- paid for someone's lunch
- shared lunch with someone; cheered him/her up while playing a game
- helped someone with a video project by helping film, lending him/her a computer, and helping edit
- bought someone lunch
- helped someone film a project
- made a card for a friend telling him/her how important he/she was
- complimented someone
- returned someone's laptop, which was left on the blacktop, to the owner
- gave a small gift to someone
- complimented someone; shared his/her lunch with someone
- encouraged and supported someone who did not make an audition
- cheered up someone whose team lost in a PE game
- got a cookie for a friend who didn’t have a lunch
- gave a card to someone that said that he/she is nice
- bought another student a snack
- gave someone the M&M’s that the person got from a class project
- gave someone a high quality eraser
- helped get someone’s backpack for him/her from where the person left it in the locker room
- helped get someone’s backpack for him/her from where the person left it in the locker room
- helped throw away someone's trash
- helped throw away someone's trash
- informed someone that their shoelaces were untied
- complimented someone
- returned a name tag that someone had taken
- helped carry someone’s backpack; supported him/her during a debate
- helped someone study for a test
- held the door open for someone
- cheered someone up and complimented him/her
- helped someone up when he/she tripped and fell
- helped stand up for someone who was being bullied
- let someone borrow a pencil
- helped put someone's flag away after playing flag football in PE
- helped someone with a project
- bought someone lunch
- took brothers to a nearby cafe and bought them icy drinks
122
- someone invited me to lunch
- made a card for someone stating how much he/she appreciated their friendship