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 Milestone Birthdays - HaverfordAVC - 05/10/2012 06:21 AM
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 Special Birthday Parties - Treasa- 05/11/2012 06:28 AM
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Lunch - HaverfordAVC- 05/11/2012 11:20 AM
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HaverfordAVC Registered: 08/03/10 |
Posted 05/10/2012 06:21 AM
Just cake, ice cream and socialization????? Seriously? I would like to hear from others on this topic. Kudo's to those of you who serve cake, ice cream and just socialize and this works for you! I wish I was that lucky! If I were to do this (even waiting the 15 minutes to serve the cake), my party would only last the 15 minutes! What do others do for your parties? Waiting for your input! Thanks! Treasa - Treasa We typically do a monthly birthday lunch for all of the bday residents. They get together with me in the beginning of the month and vote on a food that they would like to have at their special lunch for just them. Sometimes it's pizza or cheesesteaks or hoagies, other times we've had them ask for a special dish from the kitchen. I even had one group ask for chocolate chip pancakes and bacon for lunch. On their actual birthdays we give out cake at lunch and sing to them. On milestone birthdays (such as 100), I'll do a special Jeopardy about the year that resident was born with questions about news events, headlines, pop culture from, statistics lets say, 1912. |
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Treasa
Registered: 03/24/10 |
Posted 05/11/2012 06:28 AM
HartfordCTRS: I love the idea of pulling all of your residents together that have birthdays in a specific month and having them vote for a special meal just for them. I am curious, for any given month, on average how many residents would you have for this meal? I would also like to know if anyone has done anything for a birthday party besides cake, ice cream and entertainment. To me, birthday parties should be special, memorable and that is not to say that entertainment is not special but my budget does not allow for entertainment every month and in the area where we are located, free entertainment is hard to come by. I have always struggled with birthday parties, trying to make each month different so that residents would attend. I am often met with, "It's not my birthday". I have done sing-a-longs using our piano that has built in music (demo's) so we had music and not just our off key singing! I did Pajama Party-Birthday Parties, including truth-or-dare, spin the bottle, blankets & pillows in the center of the floor with residents seated around the circle telling ghost stories, reminiscing etc. I created a few games, Pass the Present, Cake-Sit (Stationary Cake Walk), I had a ladies church group come in 4 months out of the year to do entertainment, I've done a special bingo game (one card one game, with a special prize), I have done guessing games how many M&M's in the jar, simple theme parties (Luau, etc.) I had an alter-ego that I created years ago (Lillie) and did some of the birthday parties with her (crazy personality). All of these events included some type of special snack as well as a birthday cake & ice cream. Every month I always felt like I was scrambling to find something interesting to get the residents interesting in attending because if I just offered cake & ice cream, residents wouldn't attend. They could get cake & ice cream most any day. So am I thinking too much into this or on the wrong track. What do others do for birthday parties that can not offer entertainment on a regular basis? Thanks! Treasa |
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HaverfordAVC
Registered: 08/03/10 |
Posted 05/11/2012 11:20 AM
We are a small community, and only have 60 residents. That averages out to 5 residents per month, but in reality there are some months when we have 3 residents, and some when we have 8 or 9. |
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