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Activity Professionals Week Idea Guide

Activity Professionals Week

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Activity Professionals Week is the designated time for recognizing the contributions of activity coordinators and activity staff members. Retirement communities, nursing facilities, assisted living homes and senior centers around the country plan celebrations each year. Positive Promotions offers thoughtful and useful gifts to help you honor your activity professionals.
We also bring you many creative appreciation ideas.


	Gift-Giving Occasion
	Since activity professionals share their gifts of talent and energy with your facility, coordinate a gift-themed dinner for them. Form centerpieces by wrapping empty boxes with beautiful wrapping paper. Construct “presents” to hang on the walls by cutting out squares of wrapping paper, then attaching ribbon and a bow to each square. Put an Activity Professionals Deluxe Gift Box Of Appreciation at every place setting. During dinner, hold a drawing for a “I Make A Difference” Gift Basket.


	“Sun”sational Recognition
	Send a heartwarming message to your activity professionals from your residents. Make a banner that reads, “Our Days Are Brighter Thanks To You.” Hang pictures of suns and sunglasses on the banner. Ask residents to sign the banner if they are able; if some can’t, add their names for them. To carry out your theme, present your activity professionals with “Activity Professionals Brighten Lives” Deluxe Organizer Tote Bags and “Activity Professionals Brighten Lives” Embroidered Polo-Style Shirts, both featuring a sun design in the logo.


	Tasty Treats
	Show appreciation to your activity staff members with a snack fest. Recruit volunteers to bring in a variety of desserts. Further express your gratitude while staying with the theme by distributing Appreciation Snack Packs. After the guests have a chance to indulge in plenty of treats, pass out “Walking For Wellness” Gift Sets. Explain that the contents of the sets can help them get started burning off the calories from the snack fest.


	“Fin”tastic Appreciation
	Send “best fishes” instead of “best wishes” for a happy Activity Professionals Week. Start with a Double Pocket Tote Bag for each person. Put “Activity Professionals: Always Caring, Always Sharing” Badge Holders and goldfish crackers in the tote bags. Also include a note which reads, “Please accept this gift because your creativity and dedication make you a great catch.”


	The Power Of Praise
	Let your activity professionals know how much they are appreciated by throwing a “We’re Happy You’re Here” party for them. Make it a surprise. Gather all the staff members in your facility as if for a normal meeting, but instead bring out snacks, games, and festive music. Give your activity professionals “Thanks For All You Do” Gift Bags Of Appreciation and Portfolios With Lined Pads & Pens. Then present a short speech on the positive effects they have on your residents’ lives and why you’re happy they’re part of your team.


	Moving Message
	Design a living display of gratitude. Start with 22 sheets of paper. Write the phrase “THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK!” on the paper, one letter per sheet (including the exclamation mark). Choose 22 residents to help you. Before your activity professionals arrive for the day, give each resident one letter to hold. Have them all line up at the entrance to your facility, forming the complete phrase. Capture the moment on film. As each activity professional arrives and sees the “sign,” hand out a Ceramic Mug & Stationery Gift Set. On Friday, give each of them an Activity Professionals Photo Frame Of Appreciation containing a photo of the living display.


	VIP Status
	Help your activity professionals feel like VIPs during your recognition week. Recruit other staff members to act as “valets.” Send out an e-mail ahead of time announcing this service. Allow your activity professionals to pull right up to the curb near the front door and leave their vehicles with the volunteer parking attendants. Have the “valets” give them “Thanks For Going The Extra Mile” Travel Bags when they step out of their cars. Also, supply the “valets” with Satin Touch Travel Tumblers to place inside each vehicle.


	World Of Thanks
	Spotlight the efforts of activity professionals who make the world a brighter place. Assemble a prominent display using photos of your activity staff members and a picture of the Earth. Arrange the staff photos around the Earth as if they are orbiting. Add a title: “Activity Professionals Brighten the World.” Carefully write the names of your staff members on orange and yellow streamers. Hang the streamers and several inflatable globes in the lobby, along with “Activity Professionals Brighten Lives” Celebration Balloons. At the end of your recognition week, reward your staff with “Activity Professionals Brighten Lives” T-Shirts.


	Important Ingredient
	Start working on a special memento of appreciation for your activity team. Request favorite recipes from employees in other departments of your facility. Tell them to keep the project a secret so it will be a surprise. Compile the recipes into a booklet, and have copies made. Pick one easy-to-eat food item out of the booklet for your food service members to cook. Have them wrap up individual portions of this culinary creation. Place the food, along with the recipe booklets, in Deluxe Lunch Bags and present to your dedicated activity staff.