call to action – Page 12 – Team Apokaleypse

Item 99 – Save the Bees

The bees are disappearing from our planet. This is particularly tragic for gishers, given our reliance on honey for getting things to stick to our skin (oh yeah, and also because we kind of need them to pollinate the flowering plants on Earth, which we depend on for food). Help save the bees by establishing a milkweed garden, creating a painting or mural honoring bees, helping out at your local apiary, protesting the use of glysophates, supporting an organization dedicated to bee preservation, or in any other way you see fit.

Jamie put together this Crowdrise campaign to help plant new bee habitats. Bee pollination is basically how food works, so I’d highly recommend sending over your support! This campaign extends beyond the duration of GISHWHES 2016, so it’s never too late to contribute.

Team Apokaleypse Crowdrise Page

Also check out deezbees for more cursory info on bees.

Item 35 – Playlist for John

In support of the documentary “Alive Inside,” find one person with Alzheimer’s or some form of dementia and learn what their favorite tunes were when they were young. Make them a playlist of those songs and play it for them.

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Extended Cut

Full Song Playlist

Playlist for John

Percy Faith and His Orchestra – Theme from “A Summer Place”
Bing Crosby – Swingin’ On a Star
US Marine Band – The Thunderer
Johnny Mercer – Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
Dora Luz – You Belong to My Heart
Glenn Miller and his Orchestra – In the Mood (The Chesterfield Broadcasts)
The Andrews Sisters – Rum and Coca-Cola
The American Military Band – Anchors Aweigh

Item 10 – Coupon Fairy

Find the coupon section from your most recent newspaper. Cut out at least five coupons. Go to the store and leave the coupons on the shelf taped next to the relevant items with a note “From the Coupon Fairy!”. – Elizabeth Fiedler

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Item 9 – Retirement Home Reading

Care homes, rehab facilities, and hospitals have many patients and clients who can’t read for themselves. Contact a local center and offer your services to read for an hour or two (or more) during the Hunt Week. If photo evidence with the patient is a sensitive issue, ask the care staff for a photo or documentary evidence of your contribution. – Monica Duff

Item 212 – Erdös Certificate 2015

Item 211 – Something Nice for a Volunteer

IMAGE or VIDEO. All Random Acts staffers volunteer long hours. They get no pay and often get too little praise. Do something nice for a Random Acts volunteer (or for the staff of another all-volunteer organization).

Item 208 – Backpack Donation

IMAGE. Back to school! Pack a backpack (or more!) full of school supplies and deliver them to a local school or school collection sight.

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Item 166 – Hair Donation

IMAGE. Your hair will grow back. Cut off at least 10 inches of it and donate it to http://www.locksoflove.org/get-involved/ or your country’s local hair donation facility. Take a picture of you before and after and submit them side by side.

Item 162 – Random Act of Kindness

IMAGE. Commit a random act of kindness and have someone take a picture of what you’re doing and caption it. Here are some examples: http://boredomtherapy.com/random-acts-of-kindness/. Tweet it to @RandomActsOrg if you wish but submit to us the image only.

Item 2 – Change the World Overnight

IMAGE or VIDEO. Do the one thing that you think, if everyone did it, would change the world for the better overnight. Caption the image or video with what you’re doing.

We put a sign out captioned: “Scared of embarrassing yourself? Me too! Let’s face that fear together!” Then we shook it off.

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