Dec 04 2008
Christmas Outreach- Nursing Home Visit Ideas
Christmas Outreach- Nursing Home
Make this Christmas special by inviting your class, family or friends to visit a Nursing Home. Choose a small nursing home in your area. Call and ask if it would be all right to come and visit on Christmas Eve. Find out the number of patients.
Make homemade Christmas Cards. You can even put together little gift packages.
You can bring a portable CD player with Christmas Music.
Gift ideas:
Angel bears and sugar free candy canes
Jesus Teddy bears
Kleenex
Toothbrushes
Pretty soap for women
Deodorant for men
Ideas:
See if you can bring them into a meeting room and sing some familiar carols
Sing Christmas Carols
Have the kids do a quick play of the Christmas Story
Bring Cookies and punch to share together. get permission first.
Pass out gift bags and sugar free candy canes
If someone has a Polaroid, take pictures with each patient to give to them as a reminder of this special time.