A menu of ideas

Have you ever thought about doing up a "menu" of sorts for your resident activities? Do up a list of fun things that you are able to do with your residents, send it out and let them choose what they would like to do...when they turn the "menu" back in, you can see which items your residents want to do and do those.

This will help keep you from planning something and having no one or very few residents show up...

A few of the things you could list are:

crafts for adults, crafts for children, book club, learning more about budget planning, cooking lessons, learning a new language, learn about container gardening, resident breakfast/lunch/dinner/cookout, decorating for an apartment (decorating ideas that won't hurt the walls, etc.), fitness club (the biggest loser sort of thing), quilt making, etc.

Things that you have the money to do (you don't want these "menu" items to cost your resident too much. A little cost to the resident isn't that bad, just make sure the cost doesn't go overboard.)

Things that fit your residents. If you have an elderly property, you probably don't want to plan a relay race that ends in a water balloon throwing contest.

"Menus" can be a fun way to find out what your residents would like to do...and don't forget to leave them a space to write down some ideas of their own.