Sharon Eubank
Doing Small Things with Great Love
Global humanitarian leader and speaker, author of Doing Small Things with Great Love
Salt Lake City, UT
BOOK COVER
BOOK DETAILS
Pub Date: September 16, 2025
Genre: Inspiration
Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publishing
Page Count: 320
Format, ISBN, Price:
Hardcover, 978-1639934287, $27.99
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
November
- National Gratitude Month
- Be The Impact Day – 2
- World Kindness Day – 13
- National Philanthropy Day – 15
- National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week – 17-25
- Family Volunteer Day – 22
December
- Giving Tuesday – 2
- International Day for Disabilities – 3
- International Volunteer Day – 5
- Human Rights Day – 10
- International Human Solidarity Day – 20
TALKING POINTS
- Understanding universal human rights and why they must be protected now more than ever
- What are the fundamentals of humanitarian action?
- The importance of building character in both “givers” and “receivers”
- The multifaith message of the Golden Rule, and how to manifest it in both your acts of service and your everyday life
- What are the 12 core principles of service? (see below)
- You are most powerful where you live
- Find local solutions for local problems
- Trusted networks determine the success of the money
- The right questions reveal the real answers
- Everyone is rich and has something to offer
- Protect dignity, protect choice
- My solution to your problem will always be wrong
- Real help is always an exchange
- Spend energy attacking root causes
- Sustainability—what happens when the problem comes up next time
- Volunteerism weaves social fabric and can be a tool for peace
- It’s meant to be fun
PRAISE
“Sharon’s insightful new book provides a road map to help all of us make sure our acts of service are as impactful as they can be.”
—Michael J. Nyenhuis, President and CEO of UNICEF USA
“Sharon’s framework for answering the question “How can I help?” outlines practical, clear steps for turning love and compassion into action and impact. . . This book is the perfect place to start.”
—Michelle Nunn, CEO of CARE International
“Sharon has given the world an amazing gift by sharing key principles from her lifelong commitment to humanity and reminds us all that no effort to help our fellow human being is too small.”
—Barron Segar, President & CEO of World Food Program USA
“This is a powerful book. It overflows with lessons born of Sharon’s deep understanding, broad experience and rock-solid commitment to the welfare of others.”
—Commissioner Kenneth Hodder, National Commander (Ret.) of The Salvation Army USA
“Given the turmoil the world is currently facing, the work of everyday humanitarians is more important than ever.”
—John Hewko, General Secretary of International Rotary
“Sharon Eubank’s focus on love linked to action permeates this delightful and inspiring book.”
—Katherine Marshall, Georgetown University, World Faiths Development Dialogue
“A lovely, important, and moving book, filled with wisdom and grace. . . . This little gem of a book is timely and sorely needed.”
—Larry Keeley, innovation scientist and Founder of Keeley Innovations LLC
“What an incredible and meaningful book! It is so impressive that Sharon not only gives advice about what one can do but also about what one shouldn’t do . . . to do small things with great love!”
—Pamela Atkinson, special adviser to the Utah Governor
BOOK DETAILS
Pub Date: May 17, 2022
Genre: Memoir / Christian Inspirational
Publisher: She Writes Press
Page Count: 304
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1647429003
Price: $15.99