Holiday Events

Christmas Bingo- This is where the residents and staff each bring a gift $5-$10 Adults bring adult gifts and children bring a child's gift. We provide 10 small jewelry boxes that no one knows what's in them and you can pick one of those or pick a gift that is under the tree when you bingo. You never know what is in the boxes but there will be 1 or 2 nice items in 2 boxes. Also we do a cakewalk in the clubroom for Halloween every one brings something for the cake walk and it does not have to be a food item.

Everyone wants to celebrate the holiday season with a real Christmas tree but let’s face it, sometimes for those that live in an apartment, this can be hard…. For the last two Decembers we have hosted a Holiday Event! We work with a local nursery to provide us with Real Christmas trees, and wreaths. They deliver and we display on our basketball court to sell to our residents. To make it even easier for our residents, we also sell Christmas stands and lights for them to purchase. If a resident selects a tree for their family – no hassle, our maintenance delivers it to their home and assists them with carrying it in and making sure it is all set up in the tree stand before leaving. That’s not all – Holidays aren’t final unless Santa comes to visit! Throughout the afternoon we provide crafts for the kids to...

I had a Pig Roast BFI provided the Grill. We provided the meat and charcoal. We cooked all night with resident volunteers and our staff. It was by the pool so the party went on all night. All of the builings were assigned different types of dishes to bring(you may not want to do that now) or you can order different salads and baked bean dihes with desserts. We partied all day at the pool and then ate about 5 that evening. The party continued way up into the night and continued the next day. I encouraged residents to bring friends and we had the best turnout with almost everyone attending. Everyone had so much fun. It was very interactive. This party was talked about for so long. You can get your vendors to donate almost everything and have...

Independent Living Retirement Community - We hosted a Mardi Gras Parade and Party. We built floats, made masks and costumes. Decorated the entire community. New Orleans Jazz music, Hurricane Punch, parade marshall AND a King & Queen of the Mardi Gras. We marched through the building with floats, horns,and noisemakers. A jazz piano player entertained as we marched. We ended with a belly dancing and Bollywood dancing demo, along with our own dancing skit. After a New Orleans style dinner - our residents danced to the sounds of a 50's/60's singer. It was great fun and took a lot of time but all our residents pitched in to make this second only to the real Mardi Gras. . .we even had a live feed from Bourbon Street on our big screen TV

Diwali popularly known as the "festival of lights” is a holiday originated in India. The Hunters Chase team brought the magic of Diwali from India to Miamisburg, Ohio. We had luminaries leading our residents to the party in the clubhouse. We have engaged all of residents to attend the festivities, sample Indian cuisine, and to learn the something about the Indian Culture. We asked our resident to join in a cooking contest to compete to win 1 of 3 great prizes. We feel it is important to learn and grow with our diverse community’s population.