Wicked for Good 4-H Challenge

Join the 4-H Wicked for Good Challenge – October 9-November 21

✨ In Wicked: For Good, Elphaba and Glinda prove that one choice can change everything. Now it’s your turn. Whether it’s a kind note, helping a neighbor, or brightening someone’s day. Your good deed matters.

From October 9 through November 21, join the #4HForGood Challenge. Do a good deed, snap a pic of your good deed, and share your story with #4HForGood. Tag @4H and 4 friends to spread kindness.

Together, schools, workplaces, families, and communities can spark a ripple of good. 💚

Getting Started

Here is a list of ideas that you can incorporate into your life or work together on in your 4-H Club or Project!

What Counts as a Good Deed 

This list offers a variety of ideas for acts of kindness, grouped into three categories (low effort, medium effort, and high effort) so you can choose what feels manageable and meaningful for you in the moment.  

There are so many ways to do good and give back to your community. Let’s make a big impact through small acts of kindness together. Don’t forget to keep the challenge going by tagging four friends to join.  

Digital Efforts 

• Leave a positive comment on someone’s social media post 
• Write a positive review for a local business  
• Thank a mentor, whether it is via a phone call or social media 
• Update your social media bio with a cause you support 
• Send a virtual “thank you” card to someone who helped you recently 

Low Effort  

You can do these quickly, without leaving your home or school!  

• Send a note/text to someone and tell them one thing you love about them! 
• Donate to 4-H
• Take it a step further and schedule a monthly donation! 
• Call an elderly family member or neighbor to say hi! 
• Make a playlist for someone 
• Let someone merge in traffic 
• Take your neighbor’s trash to the curb while taking yours 
• Feed parking meters that are about to expire 

Moderate Effort  

• Pay for a stranger’s coffee that’s behind you in line 
• Pick up litter in a local park 
• Collect recyclables and make sure they are sorted appropriately 
• Collect canned food or non-perishable items and donate them to a local food pantry 
• Rake your neighbor’s leaves 
• Donate old linens and towels to animal shelter 
• Do a closet clean out and donate your clothes 
• Donate your read books to a little free library 
• Bring a homemade treat to a friend or neighbor 
• Help someone load groceries into their car 
• Give a generous tip to a server or delivery person 
• Take a neighbor’s dog for a walk 
• Donate/recycle an old cell phone/electronics
• Make a teacher appreciation gift 
• Leave extra coupons at a grocery store for the next person 
• Help a friend join 4-H!

High Effort  

Involves Prep, Time, or Coordination! 

• Put together a care package for people in the armed services 
• Organize a fundraiser or supply drive for a local organization 
• Plan and host a community craft night or game night 
• Volunteer to teach a free workshop or class in your skill area 
• Help build or paint a community space (garden, mural, shelter) 
• Foster an animal from a local shelter 
• Drive someone to a medical appointment or job interview 
• Help a friend or neighbor deep clean or reorganize their space 
• Deliver home-cooked meals for a family in need 
• Volunteer for an hour at an organization of your choice 
• Donate blood 
• Mow your neighbor’s lawn 
• Buy extra school supplies for a teacher’s classroom 
• Plant a pollinator garden 
• Write and distribute a local resource guide (e.g., free meals, clinics, shelters)