| Hi. My names is Martha and I've been an activities director for 28 years. I received my Bachelors degree from Florida State University in Leisure Services and Studies with an emphasis in Gerontology. I have worked in Life Care communities since then planning activities for the residents who live in the independent side of the community. I've learned a great deal about getting the job done, avoiding burn-out and most of all, creating an enjoyable, educationally stimulating, and healthy set of offerings each month. Follow me on FaceBook at RechargingRetirees, on Twitter at Ideas4Seniors and on YouTube at Recharing Retirees |
Boy is it hot outside! If you are like me you may still be looking for indoor activities that are fun for your residents to do. This activity that I will share with you can be done for different levels of care in your retirement community. I encourage you to share it with the other activity professionals that work in those other areas within your own community. The activity is the Scavenge Hunt. This can be done in three different ways and I will describe them below: 1) The Stay Seated Scavenger Hunt v Ask audience to bring in items they think will be asked for. Encourage them to fill their purses, pockets, bags, etc. and bring it to the event v Make a list of items that they could bring with them v Include items that would be funny, that might have a story to go with them, or that people would be surprised someone would actually have. (Green Stamps anyone?) v See the list I used v Cut the list into pieces and place them into a basket v Ask