The Difference a Day Makes: 365 Ways to Change Your World in Just 24 Hours

This timely compilation features 365 simple actions people can take to change the world, one day - or even five minutes - at a time. Each suggested action, in 16 "helping" categories, can be started and finished in a day or less, and none requires a cash donation. Readers may choose to accomplish a different altruistic step each day of the year, activate the same tool every day, or take actions that address a personally favored issue, such as animal welfare, or the pursuit of peace. Possibilities for compassionate service include acting as driver for a battered women's shelter, planting trees or a garden at a schoolyard, recycling running shoes into a playground surface, taking a day off from consumerism, aiding low-income students in finding grants and scholarships, helping unemployed workers put together resumes, and much more.

If your compassionate instincts are greater than the time or energy you can spare, The Difference a Day Makes is all you need to turn your good intentions into powerful action. Flip this book open to any page and discover simple yet meaningful things you can do - in a few minutes or hours - to become an "everyday altruist" and improve your world. Book jacket.

Preserve our earth's resources and unspoiled places — Shape a promising future for children and teens — Be a healing force for physical well-being — Provide relief to those living with insufficient means — Promote alternatives to violence at home and abroad — Affirm your values with your spending decisions — Embrace the richness of all races, religions, and cultures — Feed creative expression that inspires and uplifts — Help an older citizen continue a life of dignity and esteem — Express your freedom as a U.S. citizen — Ensure respectable, affordable housing for everyone — Assume responsibility for the welfare of animals — Make learning an engaging, lifelong pursuit — Make sure no man, woman, or child goes hungry — Friends and neighbors: remember the little things close to home — Make red-letter-day celebrations more rewarding — Calendar of special days.