52 SIMPLE WAYS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE by Paul Simon ($9.95)*

"Senator Paul Simon has left us a clear message: Each of us has the power to build a better society. With just simple acts at the grassroots level, we can hep to change the world. Paul worked tirelessly to create a better world for all its inhabitants and has described a few 'simple' ways to continue his good work." — President Jimmy Carter

"As a colleague of the late Senator Paul Simon, I witnessed first-hand his compassion and caring for those in need. Once again, he calls on us to help create a better world through simple, everyday acts of kindness and generosity. We can follow his lead and make a difference, just as he did during his illustrious life." — The Honorable Senator Bob Dole

Foreword
Preface

1. Invite a Couple or Family of Another Race or Religion or Ethnic Group to Your Home for Dinner
2. Invite Two International Students to Your Home for Dinner
3. Help Someone Suffering from "The Worst Disease"
4. Schedule Two Television-Free Days and Nights
5. "You Get What You Give"
6. Register to Become an Organ Donor
7. Join a Church or Temple or Mosque
8. Join a Nonreligious Organization That Has the Potential to Do Constructive Things
9. Remember Robert Reid
10. Find an Issue about Which You Feel Strongly
11. Become a Human Outdoors Clean-Up Machine
12. Be an Earth-Saver
13. Follow the Example of Bill and Georgia Carson
14. Volunteer to Help an Adult Learn to Read and Write
15. Do Something Non Associated with your Day-to-Day Work
16. Visit a Nursing Home
17. If You're in Business...
18. Select a Developing Nation and Become Informed about It
19. Learn Another Language (or at Least a Few Phrases of It)
20. Encourage Volunteers for Overseas Assignments — or Take One Yourself
21. Don't Duck Your Civic Responsibility
22. Send $25 to a Candidate You Support
23. Attend a School Board Meeting
24. Become a Giraffe!
25. Don't Be Too Pessimistic
26. Visit Someone in Prison or Jail — or Help in Some Other Way
27. Help a Prisoner Connect with His or Her Family
28. Working with Others, Help a Former Prisoner Find a Job
29. Remember the Most Valuable Gift You Have Outside of Good Health Is Time
30. Donate to Good Causes
31. Encourage the Arts
32. Listen to People
33. Help Preserve Your Community's History
34. Learn from Successful Leadership
35. Reflect, Pray, or Dream
36. Don't Say, "That Wouldn't Do Any Good"
37. Help Create a Sense of Community
38. Let Everyone Know We Have High Expectations of Them, Whether They're in Kindergarten, College, or Out of School
39. One of the Most Important Words in Your Life Should be: Volunteer
40. Learn to Respect the Views of Others
41. Convert a Non-Friend into a Friend
42. Keep Track of the Extra "Little Things" You Do Each Day to Make Life More Pleasant for Someone
43. Become Familiar with Those Who Are Impoverished in Your Area
44. Expand Your Base of Knowledge and Expand Your Circle of Friends
45. Become a Big Brother or Big Sister
46. Help Improve the Home of a Senior Citizen or Disable Person
47. Caring Should Result in Sharing
48. Be Sensitive about the Jokes You Tell and the Language You Use
49. Loyalty Sometimes Requires Action
50. Don't Fool Yourself
51. Don't Agonize over Decisions Already Made
52. Don't Let Age Be a Barrier to Doing Good Things, to Dreaming

The late Paul Simon was director of the Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and authored nearly 20 books. A member of the ELCA, Simon served in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and was a candidate for the Democratic party presidential nomination in 1988.

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