for them to use in the cafeteria. or offer to bring them a favorite take-out meal.
offer a hand or foot rub to your friend in the hospital bed.
drive by the house to see if the lawn needs to be mowed, trimmed or raked, or if the walk needs to be shoveled.
offer to fill up the car with gas — and run it through a car wash.
pick up the newspaper from the yard or walk so it's not obvious that no one is home.
roll out the trash barrels on collection day and put them back that night or the next day.
instead of sending a fruit basket, prepare two or three small 