I have seen lots of good examples!
1. My hu*****and is a good fisherman for recreation, he often catches sea bass, tuna, shark, anybody wants some very flesh meat of that kind, please email me...
2. For very close co-workers, offer fostering of pets when they cannot attend, like they need head transplantation next week...
3. Offer to be the director of funeral if the company experiences lots of deaths, I can recall a cartoon that says: "Hey folks, we all know this is SOB, but now I'm the director of this funeral, so please just for me, show some sympahty..."