How it works
Pick up your Winter Reading log in the Children's Department beginning December 15.
- Keep track of the time that you read and the activities that you complete.
- Once you have completed the reading and/or activity challenges, bring your log back to the Children's Desk to collect your prizes.
- Prizes are available January 2 through February 15.
Winter Activity Challenges
Below are the activity challenge options for the Cup of Kidnness program, plus extra information and links to help you get started.
You will need a paper log (available at the Children's Department) to track your progress in order to receive your prize! Once you have finished the activities in a bingo row, bring your log back to the Children's Desk to be stamped and collect your prize.
- Set the table for dinner without being asked
- Write a thank you card for a teacher, parent, or other grown up
- Help a neighbor with yard work like raking leaves or shoveling snow
- Talk to someone new at school or another safe place
- Give someone an honest compliment
- Smile at everyone you see today - it's contagious!
- Take care of a pet (walk the dog, clean the hamster cage, feed the cat, etc.)
- Write a positive note on a post-it and leave it in a library book
- Make a treat or a card and deliver it to a neighbor
- Make a kindness New Year's resolution for 2026
- Send a card or letter to an important person in your life who lives far away
- Make a handmade gift for someone
- Help someone clean up or complete a chore
- Donate clothes to a local charity
- Thank a community helper with a note or a treat (mail carrier, police officer, garbage collector, firefighter)
- Draw or paint a picture for a friend or family member
- Donate a book to a Little Free Library or doctor/dentist office
- Ask someone about their day and really listen
- Help unload and put away groceries
- Write a poem for a friend or family member
- Bring your own reusable bags to the store and be kind to the Earth
- Paint a kindness rock and leave it somewhere to be discovered
- Donate a food item to a local food pantry or the library's new Little Free Pantry
- Make a feeder or put out seeds for the birds
- Help someone make a meal