Annual Birthday Party – Have members sit at tables by month. Have Birthday cake and sing “Happy Birthday”. Have entertainment.
Senior Prom – Really dress up. Have someone taking pictures.
Valentine Tea – Decorate in Victorian theme. Everyone could wear a hat.
Christmas Party – Share favorite Christmas memory.
Country – Contact a local farmer with a big barn. Bring in a local gospel group. Have monthly meeting there.
Dinner and a Movie
Down Memory Lane – Bring a treasure from your past and share the memory of this treasure. (Could be a picture)
Olden Days – Seniors tell what it was like growing up. Where they lived. Special holidays. How were you and your family thrifty? What was extravagant back then?
Swap Meet & Book Exchange – Bring 1 to 3 gently used items (no clothing). Person can choose 1 to 3 items in return. Serve hotdogs/hamburgers with “flea market” theme.
Veterans – What branch of service? Wives can remember too. What was it like being home?
Recipe Shop – Bring favorite dish along with recipe to exchange after meal.
Senior Exercise Club – Seniors get together to exercise. Could have a speaker from the local YMCA.
Senior Celebration Day – Once a year.
Depression Meal – Eat off of aluminum pie pans.
Laugh – Just read funny things that come across emails. Just for a laugh time. So good to laugh.
Progressive Meal
Speaker Ideas
- Local Funeral Director
- Local Pharmacist on medications Hospice Speaker
- Youth Minister
- Policeman
- Florist
Games
(On game night serve chili)
Bible Family Feud – Youth against Seniors Charades – Using nursery rhymes.
Board Games
Name Game – Put a description of a person, animal, etc. on a card and tape it on your back. Put the person or animal that meets the description on another person’s back. Find the partner.
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