The conversation is about better neighboring. Have you been thinking about how you might neighbor well? Here’s a list of neighboring suggestions – it’s the list I shared last week during my talks. These are just suggestions toward better neighboring. The premise here – better neighbors do something. What suggestions might you add to this short list?
What might better neighboring look like for you?
•Buy a cup of coffee
•Share a pot of coffee
•Have a conversation
•Shovel someone’s walkway in the winter
•Mow a vacationing or ill neighbor’s yard
•Drive a friend to the airport
•Prepare and deliver a meal
•Bake and deliver a cake, pie or cookies
•Tutor a child
•Sit with a homebound adult
•Provide transportation to the doctor
•Provide transportation to school
•Offer to babysit
•Pick up a neighbors mail and/or paper while on vacation
•Walk a dog
•Place the trash container by the curb
•Place a delivered newspaper on the porch
•Deliver flowers when someone is sick
•Send a note, email or message
•Gift card for a birthday
•Plan, attend and/or participate in a block party
•Accept a neighbor’s invitation
•Grill out and invite someone over
•Invite others to enjoy s’mores in the winter or ice-cream in the summer
•Volunteer to help with a project
•Respond to an invitation to help
•Offer assistance with a repair
•Watch a televised sporting event together
•Contribute to a collection
•Volunteer for a neighborhood watch
