<prompt> Human: 30-day challengesWe are pleased to continue our 30-day challenge series. Past challenges can be found hereThis months 30-day challenge is to Find and participate in a FREE activity in your area! Some suggestions on how to do this: Search your local community subreddit website, or newsletter for free activities. These can range from free days at a local museum to free concerts in the park. If you happen to live in or near a mid-sized or large city, check the local subreddit to see what type of events and meet-ups have been listed also make sure you check their sidebar. Bulletin boards at community centers, places of worship, and schools are also good places to find different activities. Visit a local or national park and have a picnic, go for a hike, or walk a nature trail. Check out some of the free to play type activities that are available all over the world. Make a walk in the park more exciting with rgeocaching. See if there is a podcastmap for a historic walking tour of your town or a nearby town, download it, and make a morning or afternoon of walking the tour. Set-up and run a game night or movie night with your friends. Rather than go out for expensive fun at a bar or restaurant, stay home and have more fun with friends. rboardgames has a helpful sidebar, rNetflixBestOf has lots of movie suggestions, and you can always ask your friends for ideas. Meet up with some friends in a local park for a picnic, barbecue, to play basketball or tennis, or maybe just to toss a football or frisbee around. Large celebrations: National holidays like the Fourth of July or local Heritage Weekends tend to have many options for free entertainment throughout town. Check out when the next one around you is happening hint: Fourth of July if you live in the United States. Volunteer for free admission. Many events will need help with everything from ushers to clean-up and will usually allow you free admission to the event as a reward for volunteering. Find a cause you believe in or an event you want see and see about volunteer opportunities. Check out VolunteerMatch.org to see some of the endless opportunities around you.The goal of this exercise is to show you that spending money isnt required to have a full and healthy life. Challenge success criteriaYouve successfully completed this challenge once youve done one or more of the following things: Participated in 2 different activities around your town. Setup or joined an on-going activity like a game night with friends. Found a free replacement for a current paid activity and at least tried it out. This could be anything from borrowing a movie from the library to attending a free yoga in the park session. Even if you decide to go back to the paid activity, at least you gave it a shot!  <response>: Today I volunteered at a local soup kitchen. I was surprised to see how many people used the soup kitchens services for a meal - even children. It was a good three hours of work for the community. Im glad to see this thread exists. Its nice to enjoy life without being a consumer sometimes 