ABOUT THE BOOK

Start making an impact in your community through 12 principles that can spark anyone into action.

Drawing from decades of experience in global humanitarian service, Sharon Eubank offers a wisdom-packed guide on how to enact impactful aid in the world through actions you can initiate in your own backyard. Whether you’re inspired by compassion for others or seeking to enrich your life through meaningful service, this book will transform your approach to philanthropy and individual activism.

Through powerful storytelling and 12 core principles of action, Sharon demonstrates how to provide sustainable support and avoid common pitfalls that can derail your efforts. Rooted in her own experiences from her own neighborhood to leading a global organization, Sharon’s principles cover everything from preserving dignity to asking the right questions to attacking root causes. You’ll learn the importance of finding local solutions, fostering trusted networks, and recognizing that real help is always an exchange of value.

Doing Small Things with Great Love isn’t just a call to action—it’s a blueprint for effective, ethical, and lasting service. Whether you’re involved in large-scale relief or simply want to make a difference in your community, this indispensable book will equip you with the knowledge and a path to act that empowers you and others to say, “We did it ourselves.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sharon Eubank is the Global Humanitarian Director for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Since 1985, the organization has donated billions of dollars in assistance and millions of volunteer hours in 191 countries.

Sharon often speaks in global settings, including the G-20 Interfaith Forum, Chatham House, and United Nations conferences on sustainable development. Her topics include early nutrition and literacy as the foundation of all other humanitarian interventions, the necessary power of interfaith networks, and volunteerism as an instrument of peace. Her commitment includes deep respect for people of many other faiths.

Her hobbies include trying out homemade pie recipes, Wordle, and anything related to NASA’s James Webb telescope. Doing Small Things with Great Love is Sharon’s first book.

TIMELY TIE-INS

August

• National Civility Month
• National Nonprofit Day – August 17
• World Humanitarian Day – August 19

September

• National Food Bank Day – September 5
• International Day of Charity – September 5
• International Literacy Day – September 8
• International Day of Peace – September 21
• National Good Neighbor Day – September 28
• Hunger Action Month

October

• International Day for Disaster Reduction – October 13
• World Food Day – October 16
• International Day for the Eradication of Poverty – October 17
• World Humanitarian Action Day – October 19
• Make a Difference Day – October 25

November

• National Gratitude Month
• Be The Impact Day – November 2
• World Kindness Day – November 13
• National Philanthropy Day – November 15
• National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week – November 17-25
• Family Volunteer Day – November 22

December

• Giving Tuesday – December 2
• International Day for Disabilities – December 3
• International Volunteer Day – December 5
• Human Rights Day – December 10
• International Human Solidarity Day – December 20