& IDEA NUGGETS Bingo's Birthday Month History & How to Play This is an opportunity for you to have some "special" prizes for the residents who love this game. Visit: Bingo Christmas Seals Campaign Visit the American Lung Association Colorectal Cancer Education and Awareness Month Visit: Colorectal Evergreen Month Deck the halls with boughs of holly. Visit: Evergreen Fill the Cookie Jar Month Display collectible cookie jars. Cooking club can make cookies (and sell them?). How about a Cookie Baking Contest where the residents are the judges and volunteers bring in home made yummies (perhaps a prize could be a cookie jar). Visit: Cookie Jar Fruitcake Month Share a fruit cake for a party snack. Chop it up and serve it with a sauce over it. Need a recipe: Dark Fruitcake Hard Candy Month This is the month of beautiful hard candies. They are abundant in the stores and the residents will remember from days gone by. Hi Neighbor Month International Language Month Translate anything to another language (if you translate it back again...you often get hilarious results): BableFish International Lipstick Month Gather the ladies for a lipstick tea. Try on different colors. Bring in the Mary Kay representative. Jingle Bell Run for Arthritis Month Visit the Arthritis Foundation Little Helpers Month What a great month to bring in the kids to help with activities. Involve them in more than Christmas Carols. Let them round up residents, serve party food and drinks, help with activities, etc. Use staff members' children. Made in America Month National Closed Caption TV Month Visit: The Closed Caption National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month Read a New Book Month Red and Green Month Time for Christmas Decorations. Buy'em, mak'em, get'em donated...just involve the residents. Safe Toys and Gifts Month Santa Claus Month "You-know-who" is coming to town. The residents enjoy the visit as much as children. He makes the party. Universal Human Rights Month Winter Month Famous Weeks in December... Week 1 Christmas Tree Week Cookie Cutter Week Tolerance Week Week 2 International Language Week Recipe Greetings for the Holidays Week 3 Posadas, Mexico Day Tell Someone They're Doing a Good Job Week Week 4 It's About Time Week Orange Bowl Week |