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2018-12-11 07:08:30 PM cmccoy oh okay thanks
2018-12-11 07:08:31 PM daniellewooters love that idea Kathy
2018-12-11 07:08:33 PM kathyhughes We had a snow cone machine so we did not have to worry about snow
2018-12-11 07:08:35 PM katlynk We had a reminiscing program about snow today actually! From school snow days, playing in the snow, to drinking hot chocolate after comeing in from outside. It really opened up the room to lots of discussion. We also did a guided imagery of a cabin in a snowy woods.
2018-12-11 07:08:41 PM molleem I love the ice fishing idea.
2018-12-11 07:08:48 PM arthurashley That is awesome!
2018-12-11 07:08:52 PM kathyhughes left the chat room
2018-12-11 07:08:57 PM chavanna1 https://www.realsimple.com/work-life/entertainment/winter-activities
2018-12-11 07:08:58 PM cmccoy yea i think i will get one
2018-12-11 07:08:59 PM tonjarobles i think the ice fishing would be fun
2018-12-11 07:09:11 PM almak hello everybody
2018-12-11 07:09:18 PM kathyhughes enter the chat room
2018-12-11 07:09:21 PM briannad hello
2018-12-11 07:09:25 PM antoinettevickers enter the chat room
2018-12-11 07:09:26 PM wanzaella i find it funny that my residents still like to eat icecream and its been so cold
2018-12-11 07:09:28 PM lhahn all great ideas!
2018-12-11 07:09:28 PM marshallp why did kathy leave?
2018-12-11 07:09:33 PM tinabaisley i like the fishing idea
2018-12-11 07:09:38 PM kathyhughes I live in Syracuse NY I do not have to worry about snow
2018-12-11 07:09:38 PM arthurashley Where is everyone from?
2018-12-11 07:09:39 PM briannad idk
2018-12-11 07:09:41 PM dustylann enter the chat room
2018-12-11 07:09:49 PM bkargbo they love icecream any day lol
2018-12-11 07:09:53 PM marshallp south carolina
2018-12-11 07:09:53 PM kathyhughes So let's welcome our new students!!!
2018-12-11 07:09:54 PM briannad jersey
2018-12-11 07:09:55 PM dustylann Hi everyone
2018-12-11 07:09:56 PM tonjarobles michigan
2018-12-11 07:09:57 PM daniellewooters arthurashley, denton md
2018-12-11 07:10:01 PM alexisl i bet kathy
2018-12-11 07:10:03 PM nelsonalex123 Welcome everyone!
2018-12-11 07:10:05 PM almak I am from Edmonds near Seattle WA
2018-12-11 07:10:06 PM acorman left the chat room
2018-12-11 07:10:08 PM bjholmes1 welcome
2018-12-11 07:10:08 PM bkargbo Virginia
2018-12-11 07:10:09 PM kathyhughes I am Kathy and I live in Syracuse NY
2018-12-11 07:10:09 PM daniellewooters welcome new students
2018-12-11 07:10:10 PM schweitzerkl kathy, how do you do ice fishing
2018-12-11 07:10:11 PM katlynk Hello everyone!
2018-12-11 07:10:12 PM tinabaisley hi welcome
2018-12-11 07:10:13 PM wanzaella welcome new classmates
2018-12-11 07:10:14 PM briannad welcome
2018-12-11 07:10:14 PM tonjarobles welcome
2018-12-11 07:10:15 PM chavanna1 Ice cream sells more in the winter than the actually summer days I learned that in some trivia we had on national ice cream day
2018-12-11 07:10:15 PM trinawh rope tying class tomorrow... hoping the men will join
2018-12-11 07:10:17 PM marshallp welcome all
2018-12-11 07:10:18 PM acorman enter the chat room
2018-12-11 07:10:19 PM kimmy Virginia
2018-12-11 07:10:20 PM molleem welcome
2018-12-11 07:10:23 PM lmiller3 HI everyone, welcome.
2018-12-11 07:10:23 PM schweitzerkl nevermind kathy i see it now
2018-12-11 07:10:23 PM kaylenbaringer im kaylen and im from ohio
2018-12-11 07:10:26 PM mloven welcome!
2018-12-11 07:10:31 PM almak welcome all
2018-12-11 07:10:32 PM bkargbo welcome!!!!
2018-12-11 07:10:34 PM arthurashley I am from Massillon, Ohio
2018-12-11 07:10:35 PM lhahn welcome!
2018-12-11 07:10:36 PM acorman Ice cream is always good
2018-12-11 07:10:42 PM arthurashley GO CLEVELAND BROWNS!
2018-12-11 07:10:42 PM tinabaisley ny
2018-12-11 07:10:44 PM sarahaltavilla Happy to meet all of you!
2018-12-11 07:10:46 PM kaylenbaringer im over in youngstown
2018-12-11 07:10:51 PM chavanna1 Welcome everyone
2018-12-11 07:10:57 PM molleem I'm in Beavercreek
2018-12-11 07:11:01 PM molleem O-H
2018-12-11 07:11:02 PM bjholmes1 Florida
2018-12-11 07:11:03 PM chavanna1 Denver
2018-12-11 07:11:07 PM arthurashley I-O
2018-12-11 07:11:10 PM shemming Solomons MD
2018-12-11 07:11:13 PM antoinettevickers Denton Maryland
2018-12-11 07:11:18 PM ceperonancy washington state but originally from Long Island NY
2018-12-11 07:11:30 PM kathyhughes We would make our own fishing poles with dowel rods, string and paper clips and would place all sorts of goodies from the Dollar store in the bottom of the pool that was filled with water and ice
2018-12-11 07:11:32 PM acorman chananna1: where in denver? Im in Louisville
2018-12-11 07:11:37 PM danielle erie colorado
2018-12-11 07:11:45 PM schweitzerkl michigan
2018-12-11 07:12:04 PM briannad i will have to sugest that
2018-12-11 07:12:09 PM dustylann Hutto, TX
2018-12-11 07:12:10 PM alexisl poor texas lol
2018-12-11 07:12:12 PM almak That is a great idea Kathy
2018-12-11 07:12:22 PM chavanna1 South East Denver
2018-12-11 07:12:28 PM wanzaella i like that idea once i get finished with school im going to be trying everything
2018-12-11 07:12:34 PM tonjarobles maybe i will be able to get some more men involved with fishing\
2018-12-11 07:12:40 PM kathyhughes We also had a large plastic clear container that we would take room to room for residents to fish in their rooms
2018-12-11 07:12:40 PM trinawh so many new ideas to try
2018-12-11 07:12:40 PM 123sharonj We had a christmas tree decorating party today with someone walking around playing a sax aphone and we sang christmas carols the tree was 10 ft everyone had the best time like memers ad satff were all one big family
2018-12-11 07:12:42 PM arthurashley We go to the casino about every other month....the residents love it. We are going Friday actually
2018-12-11 07:13:01 PM lhahn thats awesome! what type of facility do you work at?
2018-12-11 07:13:02 PM chavanna1 I will need to try that ice fishing Idea sounds like they had a ball
2018-12-11 07:13:02 PM trinawh we are gearing up for our christmas dinner next week and passing out gift
2018-12-11 07:13:04 PM nelsonalex123 We are making homeade snow globes this Thursday
2018-12-11 07:13:09 PM bkargbo yeah its a lot of good ideas here that you can use
2018-12-11 07:13:10 PM cmccoy now that sounds nice too
2018-12-11 07:13:20 PM 123sharonj We also made beautiful sled christmas ornaments
2018-12-11 07:13:20 PM tonjarobles we are doing fingerprint christmas cards
2018-12-11 07:13:22 PM trejodavid321 hello everyone I love all the great ideas that are being duscussed
2018-12-11 07:13:28 PM marshallp how do you make snow globes?
2018-12-11 07:13:29 PM trinawh i made a sensory box and tried it out on a couple of residents. neither wanted to use it
2018-12-11 07:13:31 PM wanzaella how are yall making snow globes
2018-12-11 07:13:34 PM cmccoy how are you making the globes
2018-12-11 07:13:43 PM molleem My group is into "shut the box" right now, I'm hoping this one lasts, it's hard find number games.
2018-12-11 07:13:51 PM tinabaisley we are making upside down icecream cone christmas trees
2018-12-11 07:13:52 PM almak We did christmas cookies decoration today
2018-12-11 07:13:53 PM wanzaella cmccoy lol
2018-12-11 07:13:57 PM bkargbo mason jars
2018-12-11 07:14:07 PM briannad fun
2018-12-11 07:14:08 PM daniellewooters molleem whats shut the box?
2018-12-11 07:14:09 PM marshallp oh ok
2018-12-11 07:14:21 PM arthurashley LOVE the idea of a snow globe
2018-12-11 07:14:23 PM wanzaella we are doing christmas cookies tomorrow
2018-12-11 07:14:24 PM katlynk homemade snow globes sound interesting!
2018-12-11 07:14:26 PM danielle we have our christmas party tomorrow with the residents, it will be held iin 4 different rooms with 3 music preformers in the rooms. we are completely over booked
2018-12-11 07:14:29 PM lhahn we made wacky cake today... and talked about the history of it. the residents enjoyed it
2018-12-11 07:14:31 PM arthurashley Pintrest is my best friend
2018-12-11 07:14:36 PM lmiller3 Man I'm still stuck on Christmas. We made reindeer out of a wachcloth and some soap.
2018-12-11 07:14:40 PM mloven ive always wanted to try sensory boxes but feared a bad response
2018-12-11 07:14:44 PM molleem https://www.mastersofgames.com/rules/shut-box-rules.htm
2018-12-11 07:14:45 PM bkargbo upside down ice cream cone, thats cool!
2018-12-11 07:14:48 PM kathyhughes You can make snowglobes out of clear jars or clear plastic plates
2018-12-11 07:14:50 PM mloven what is shut the box?
2018-12-11 07:14:53 PM alexisl we did snow globes yesterday
2018-12-11 07:15:00 PM kathyhughes there are lost of idea on Pinterest
2018-12-11 07:15:10 PM wanzaella pintrest
2018-12-11 07:15:12 PM lhahn i will check pinterest
2018-12-11 07:15:14 PM cmccoy Thanks kathy
2018-12-11 07:15:15 PM daniellewooters interesting. I'll have to try that
2018-12-11 07:15:16 PM kaylenbaringer i am always on pinterest!
2018-12-11 07:15:22 PM briannad the residents are going to make christmas cards
2018-12-11 07:15:24 PM kaylenbaringer its my go to place for crafts
2018-12-11 07:15:24 PM antoinettevickers I think my residents would love the snow globes. Going to look into it for sure
2018-12-11 07:15:24 PM nelsonalex123 How can you with clear plastic plates?
2018-12-11 07:15:26 PM kathyhughes Sorry lots of ideas
2018-12-11 07:15:29 PM alexisl yes kathy that's what i have been on the last two days
2018-12-11 07:15:36 PM katlynk Pinterest is the best for cool craft ideas!
2018-12-11 07:15:40 PM arthurashley love all of them
2018-12-11 07:15:42 PM marshallp I like the snow globe idea too!
2018-12-11 07:15:42 PM alexisl yes
2018-12-11 07:15:42 PM molleem We use cards and dice for tabletop games, a white board and foam dice for large couch groups.
2018-12-11 07:15:43 PM kathyhughes also NCCAP has a Pinterest Board for each month
2018-12-11 07:15:48 PM kimmy Pintereset has great ideas, always there.
2018-12-11 07:15:53 PM kathyhughes and lots of links to lots of sites
2018-12-11 07:15:56 PM arthurashley oh! I did not know that
2018-12-11 07:15:57 PM briannad thank you
2018-12-11 07:16:05 PM lmiller3 that's good to know about the pintrest board.
2018-12-11 07:16:06 PM almak Thank you
2018-12-11 07:16:07 PM cmccoy thanks
2018-12-11 07:16:08 PM marshallp thanks
2018-12-11 07:16:09 PM acorman https://www.pinterest.com/pin/115475177917421812/
2018-12-11 07:16:11 PM danielle i didnt know that, thank you
2018-12-11 07:16:12 PM acorman left the chat room
2018-12-11 07:16:14 PM katlynk Activity connection is great for ideas for programming too
2018-12-11 07:16:14 PM tinabaisley thanks
2018-12-11 07:16:20 PM daniellewooters activity connection is a fantastic area to find tons of ideas as well
2018-12-11 07:16:21 PM wanzaella it is alot to work and keep up with class but i know it will all pay off
2018-12-11 07:16:21 PM acorman enter the chat room
2018-12-11 07:16:26 PM sarahaltavilla i like activity connection
2018-12-11 07:16:34 PM acorman easy photo snow globe cards
2018-12-11 07:16:39 PM cmccoy yes ty connection is great
2018-12-11 07:16:43 PM ceperonancy Doing a writing activity on friday to send out christmas cards to loved ones.
2018-12-11 07:16:43 PM bkargbo kimmy kimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
2018-12-11 07:16:47 PM marshallp i a gree wanzalella
2018-12-11 07:16:49 PM wanzaella thanks danielle
2018-12-11 07:16:55 PM kimmy Yes!
2018-12-11 07:16:58 PM arthurashley thank you!
2018-12-11 07:17:04 PM bjholmes1 activity connection is great
2018-12-11 07:17:07 PM lhahn yes!
2018-12-11 07:17:09 PM bkargbo kimmy lol hey
2018-12-11 07:17:11 PM marshallp yes
2018-12-11 07:17:14 PM alexisl ill have to go on there
2018-12-11 07:17:19 PM briannad i love that site
2018-12-11 07:17:25 PM wanzaella me too
2018-12-11 07:17:35 PM bjholmes1 we had the 4H petting zoo today
2018-12-11 07:17:36 PM arthurashley Where is activity connection? Is it something through Facebook or the Web? Do you sign up ?
2018-12-11 07:17:44 PM kathyhughes Do you have any ideas for celebrating National Activity Professionals Week????
2018-12-11 07:17:46 PM bjholmes1 on the web
2018-12-11 07:17:49 PM cmccoy the calendars are great to for each month
2018-12-11 07:17:56 PM bkargbo its a website
2018-12-11 07:17:57 PM marshallp not yet kathy
2018-12-11 07:17:57 PM mloven does anyone have a subscrption to golden caers? is it worth it? their pinterests links a=always seems so interesting
2018-12-11 07:17:57 PM bjholmes1 and the newsletters
2018-12-11 07:17:57 PM trinawh i didn't know there was such a thing kathy
2018-12-11 07:18:07 PM cmccoy no none
2018-12-11 07:18:16 PM kaylenbaringer a petting zoo would be so much fun
2018-12-11 07:18:19 PM schweitzerkl do you use the newsletters for your facility newsletters'
2018-12-11 07:18:19 PM lmiller3 Mu company has the theme all planned out.
2018-12-11 07:18:22 PM tinabaisley I have never did anything for activity pro. week. Any idea's
2018-12-11 07:18:24 PM trinawh i have the free golden carers
2018-12-11 07:18:34 PM arthurashley No tsure Kathy... Any ideas?
2018-12-11 07:18:37 PM kathyhughes It starts January 21
2018-12-11 07:18:40 PM daniellewooters We have a different activity every day to give back to staff. One day and ice cream bar, one day a game day with lots of games and sweets,
2018-12-11 07:18:41 PM schweitzerkl off of activity connection
2018-12-11 07:18:42 PM chavanna1 I am still thinking of what to do for Activities professionals week
2018-12-11 07:18:51 PM wanzaella does anyone else find their selfs texting instead of typing when doing our writting assisignments
2018-12-11 07:18:52 PM briannad that is a great web site
2018-12-11 07:18:53 PM trejodavid321 thanks for mentioning the pinterest board and activity connection i've been looking for activity resources
2018-12-11 07:18:53 PM marshallp we do different things for each day of the week
2018-12-11 07:19:01 PM lmiller3 Our theme is "oh the places" you will go.
2018-12-11 07:19:08 PM daniellewooters at the end of the week give out gifts for each person, a small favor or something
2018-12-11 07:19:13 PM kimmy I would like to get all the Exec or Supervisors in each department involved in an hour long activity.
2018-12-11 07:19:15 PM kathyhughes We would make displays of the activities that we have, we would invite staff to participate in Bingo with the residents
2018-12-11 07:19:17 PM acorman CAPA dose an education day every year.
2018-12-11 07:19:29 PM marshallp western day
2018-12-11 07:19:32 PM kathyhughes and we have workshops about activities for the staff and residents
2018-12-11 07:19:34 PM daniellewooters Also residents VS staff games
2018-12-11 07:19:42 PM marshallp sports day
2018-12-11 07:19:43 PM trinawh bingo with the residents would be fun
2018-12-11 07:19:44 PM lhahn I have a hard time getting staff to want to participate in an activity with residents
2018-12-11 07:19:45 PM kaylenbaringer our staff stinks they would never help with bingo or anything
2018-12-11 07:19:46 PM 123sharonj we have a diferent craft and totally different activities almost everyday
2018-12-11 07:19:52 PM tonjarobles thats a great idea mayve it will help get staff involved
2018-12-11 07:19:52 PM bkargbo Our manger use to plan it for us, and we get gifts and different things each day of week..to celebrate activity professional week
2018-12-11 07:19:57 PM kathyhughes we also had a scavenger hunt for staff
2018-12-11 07:19:59 PM marshallp wheel chair decorating day
2018-12-11 07:20:01 PM molleem I'm going to see if I can get the staff food, we like food.
2018-12-11 07:20:02 PM antoinettevickers I would love to get the staff involved with the residents
2018-12-11 07:20:06 PM cmccoy that sounds great we are so busy at our facility preparing for the residents never new we had a day
2018-12-11 07:20:08 PM trinawh idk if our staff would or not, wouldn't hurt to ask
2018-12-11 07:20:13 PM alexisl sounds awesome
2018-12-11 07:20:13 PM lhahn what did you do for the scavenger hunt?
2018-12-11 07:20:15 PM malloryjbean We've done every other week, but never activity prof week
2018-12-11 07:20:16 PM kimmy Each day having a themed Activity Day.
2018-12-11 07:20:17 PM molleem Wheel chair decorating sounds like fun.
2018-12-11 07:20:19 PM bjholmes1 we are having staff doing activites with the residents during December, it frees up our time to complete decorating and planning
2018-12-11 07:20:20 PM ceperonancy we are under staffed here
2018-12-11 07:20:33 PM chavanna1 Unfortuantly I am not able to do a news letter in the place I work it is to be done by corporate only. I can send over somethings I would like to apperar in it but that is about it
2018-12-11 07:20:38 PM tinabaisley thank you
2018-12-11 07:20:43 PM trinawh we are doing a scavenger hunt next week starting monday and finishing friday
2018-12-11 07:20:51 PM marshallp yea , the resident love it
2018-12-11 07:20:56 PM bkargbo its a national week for us lol
2018-12-11 07:20:59 PM acorman left the chat room
2018-12-11 07:21:04 PM shemming tell us more about tyhe scavenger hunt idea
2018-12-11 07:21:05 PM alexisl oh no chavanna1
2018-12-11 07:21:09 PM briannad what type of things would you decorate the chirs with
2018-12-11 07:21:12 PM acorman enter the chat room
2018-12-11 07:21:18 PM marshallp then we parade tehm aroud the facility showing the decorations
2018-12-11 07:21:18 PM kathyhughes We would make a Bingo card with hobbies listed on them, the staff would have to find residents who did that hobby and the resident would have to sign the square
2018-12-11 07:21:19 PM lmiller3 scavenger hunt sounds fun.
2018-12-11 07:21:33 PM acorman who is the scavenger hunt for? Who puts it together?
2018-12-11 07:21:37 PM cmccoy sound fun
2018-12-11 07:21:37 PM malloryjbean I can only get staff to attend an activity if i'm feeding them
2018-12-11 07:21:41 PM kathyhughes we also had one for staff hobbies and all the staff and residents would participate
2018-12-11 07:21:42 PM trinawh i made a list of items the residents are to get from each staff office. like a paperclip from larry, a rubber band from rhonda, etc
2018-12-11 07:21:42 PM wanzaella im working with my staff to make them enter act withthe residents more cnas can help
2018-12-11 07:21:44 PM malloryjbean Kathy, that sounds amazing!
2018-12-11 07:21:48 PM almak Last Sunday i have aranged kids from boys and girls scouts . They sing christmas songs and they did foam ornaments christmas stickers .Resident love that .They were so happy
2018-12-11 07:21:57 PM briannad i like that idea
2018-12-11 07:22:04 PM kathyhughes The big prize was a $50 gift certificate
2018-12-11 07:22:13 PM trinawh i'm excited about it really
2018-12-11 07:22:14 PM briannad nice
2018-12-11 07:22:15 PM marshallp nice
2018-12-11 07:22:19 PM kathyhughes and scratch off lottery tickets
2018-12-11 07:22:23 PM danielle and the floor staff would do this kathy?
2018-12-11 07:22:24 PM cmccoy wow
2018-12-11 07:22:25 PM trinawh whoever has the most items from the list wins a prize
2018-12-11 07:22:25 PM antoinettevickers I like the bingo idea. Sounds fun and I think the residents would enjoy it
2018-12-11 07:22:26 PM lmiller3 The scavenger hunt idea is brilliant. I can make the staff do things like dance or sing I'm a little tea pot and they residnet can sign off on it.
2018-12-11 07:22:28 PM wanzaella i love giving gift cards
2018-12-11 07:22:32 PM trejodavid321 we are having a candy cane scavenger hunt on friday
2018-12-11 07:22:35 PM kathyhughes All the staff except for activities
2018-12-11 07:22:37 PM trinawh probably bingo bucks becuase they LOVE their bingo store
2018-12-11 07:22:40 PM arthurashley nicee
2018-12-11 07:22:48 PM tonjarobles very cool
2018-12-11 07:22:49 PM alexisl volunteers are always helpful
2018-12-11 07:22:55 PM trinawh and i hear about it if i don't have good items in the bingo store
2018-12-11 07:23:03 PM marshallp same here withe the bingo bucks and store
2018-12-11 07:23:05 PM alexisl the more the merry
2018-12-11 07:23:08 PM briannad bigo is always good
2018-12-11 07:23:15 PM katlynk We are doing an elf hunt in the weekend before christmas. On friday I will go around the building and hide as many as 100 paper elves. Residents will then hunt for as many as they can collect and those that bring me 5 -10 get a small prive. We will run the event friday the 21st through christmas eve Monday the 24th
2018-12-11 07:23:21 PM wanzaella yes i made green bingo bucks they liked them better than white..lol
2018-12-11 07:23:29 PM lmiller3 speaking of the bingo store...it's the biggest drain on my budget. What are some cost effective ideas?
2018-12-11 07:23:32 PM briannad cute
2018-12-11 07:23:39 PM lhahn katlynk i love that idea!
2018-12-11 07:23:42 PM danielle we do a fast food friday for bingo, our residents can pick from shopping in the store or saving their points and once they reach 15 points we buy them lunch from a local resturant
2018-12-11 07:23:55 PM briannad the dollar store
2018-12-11 07:23:58 PM marshallp dollor store items
2018-12-11 07:24:03 PM dustylann I love the Elf Hunt idea!!
2018-12-11 07:24:05 PM bkargbo dollar tree
2018-12-11 07:24:06 PM wanzaella i have alot of donatations for my bingo store
2018-12-11 07:24:15 PM lhahn we get alot of donations too
2018-12-11 07:24:16 PM kaylenbaringer we give out money for bingo prizes.
2018-12-11 07:24:28 PM bkargbo real money?
2018-12-11 07:24:33 PM kathyhughes We also would make a trivia worksheet for A Christmas Story and residents would have to complete it with the correct answers based on the movie...they then would submit them to us the next day for prizes
2018-12-11 07:24:34 PM molleem I use snack sized packs of cookies and chips.
2018-12-11 07:24:36 PM trinawh i switched to big cards for bingo so a nearly deaf resident could play too but a resident with skyzophrenia was convinced i was cheating because i wasn't using the balls. she started making such a ruckus after every game that i switched back to the balls
2018-12-11 07:24:39 PM 123sharonj the elf game sounds fun
2018-12-11 07:24:41 PM malloryjbean We do quarters at some bingos and dimes at others.
2018-12-11 07:24:42 PM cmccoy Even though we are not at the end of chat for the night I want to tell everyone Merry Xmas And Happy New Year before we leave
2018-12-11 07:24:45 PM kaylenbaringer we have 4 .50 games two .75 games and one $1 game
2018-12-11 07:24:45 PM almak i have a lot of donation for my bingo and dollar store
2018-12-11 07:24:46 PM alexisl donations are a big help
2018-12-11 07:24:46 PM dustylann We do $1 bingo on Saturdays
2018-12-11 07:24:54 PM lmiller3 I have at least 20 people who come to the store. I can spent $80 easy every month at the 99 cent store.
2018-12-11 07:25:01 PM katlynk Dollar store shopping andbuying bulk snacks and spliting them up. for about 20 participating residents we buy over 100-120 items for around $60 a month.
2018-12-11 07:25:07 PM wanzaella a real $1
2018-12-11 07:25:15 PM malloryjbean We tried to do prize bingo in our facility, but it turned into an all out brawl!
2018-12-11 07:25:15 PM trinawh i need to try and find donations for the bingo store because it uses too much of my budget to buy for it
2018-12-11 07:25:18 PM molleem Has anyone ever done a Braille bingo card? We just got a participant that is blind.
2018-12-11 07:25:22 PM lmiller3 $60 is better.
2018-12-11 07:25:33 PM chavanna1 Yes Scavenger hunt is always fun we have done where staff have to have a resident with them to participate and it was so much fun a prize was given to the winning duo
2018-12-11 07:25:36 PM briannad costco is great for bulk itumes
2018-12-11 07:25:40 PM bkargbo for the independent resident they use real money
2018-12-11 07:25:40 PM kaylenbaringer yes real money...l our snack store pays for bingo but it takes a big toll on us cuz we have bingo 4 times a week
2018-12-11 07:25:50 PM bkargbo lol tnight is bingo night
2018-12-11 07:25:56 PM katlynk Its all about savy buying, bulk items really help. But you have to have the place to store it
2018-12-11 07:25:58 PM trinawh ya that's a good idea to swith to bulk for bingo store
2018-12-11 07:26:06 PM mloven we do a prize cart. prizes are donated by staff, family and more.
2018-12-11 07:26:19 PM bjholmes1 we award money for Bingo, $1.40 a day in winnings that are split between each game
2018-12-11 07:26:33 PM cmccoy never had braile but i know you can order pnline
2018-12-11 07:26:49 PM schweitzerkl never used braile befire
2018-12-11 07:26:51 PM bkargbo they just love getting chocalate lol
2018-12-11 07:26:53 PM shemming .25cents per bingo
2018-12-11 07:26:53 PM katlynk bjholms1: $1.40 split?
2018-12-11 07:26:56 PM schweitzerkl **before
2018-12-11 07:26:59 PM kaylenbaringer im not sure we would ever get donations from staff or family
2018-12-11 07:27:07 PM marshallp bingo store, the residents love it
2018-12-11 07:27:09 PM malloryjbean We use 25 dollars a week for bingo...so 100 a month. 2 games weekly are quarter games, and our poor man's bingo on saturday is for dimes
2018-12-11 07:27:11 PM kathyhughes We would do a Spring Cleaning and a Fall Cleaning and would help residents clean out their stashes of stuff and would recycle prizes a lot
2018-12-11 07:27:14 PM bjholmes1 $1.40 total each day
2018-12-11 07:27:18 PM tinabaisley left the chat room
2018-12-11 07:27:22 PM ceperonancy We do color bingo, where all the gifts are of one color.
2018-12-11 07:27:23 PM kathyhughes All you have to do is ask
2018-12-11 07:27:24 PM acorman thats a great idea

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