{"id":5285,"date":"2016-07-12T09:30:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T13:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/?p=5285"},"modified":"2026-01-15T19:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:23:14","slug":"summer-community-service-projects-senior-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/summer-community-service-projects-senior-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Service Projects for Senior Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5286\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Community-service-senior-residents1.jpg\" alt=\"community service senior residents\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" \/>Need ideas for volunteer or community service projects this summer for your residents? Here are a few ideas from the staff at notjustbingo.com to help get you started.<\/p>\n<p>To save these ideas and check them off as you go, dowload the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ssww-blog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Community-Service-Projects-for-Senior-Residents-Checklist.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">free printable Checklist here<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Organize charity auctions that involve your residents, like a bachelor auction or a rocking chair-a-thon<\/li>\n<li>Collect clothes to donate to the local homeless shelter<\/li>\n<li>Set up a bake sale featuring the goodies made by the Baking Club<\/li>\n<li>Host a mentoring sessions for local kids<!--more--><\/li>\n<li>Knit baby blankets to donate to a local children\u2019s hospital<\/li>\n<li>Host a summer reading program to teach kids to read on Saturday mornings<\/li>\n<li>Bake and deliver cookies to local first responders<\/li>\n<li>Start a recycling program at your facility<\/li>\n<li>Plant a backyard garden and donate the harvest<\/li>\n<li>Build birdhouses for your backyard birds<\/li>\n<li>Organize a food drive to collect canned goods to donate to a local food bank<\/li>\n<li>Make care packages for overseas troops<\/li>\n<li>Clip coupons to give to staff members<\/li>\n<li>Teach classes, like baking, sewing, or crochet, to community members<\/li>\n<li>Hold walk-a-thons in your facility to raise money for charity<\/li>\n<li>Do random acts of kindness like recycling a neighbor\u2019s newspaper<\/li>\n<li>Make toys to donate to a local homeless shelter<\/li>\n<li>Read to bedridden residents in your facility<\/li>\n<li>Host a coat drive for the local homeless shelter<\/li>\n<li>Crochet scarves to sell to raise money for charity<\/li>\n<li>Create backyard habitats for local wildlife<\/li>\n<li>Start a reading buddies program with a local elementary school class<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let us know what your community service projects you&#8217;ve used at your facility!<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Not Just Bingo:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/notjutbingo-logo-300x221.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/notjutbingo-logo-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/notjutbingo-logo-408x300.jpg 408w, https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/notjutbingo-logo.jpg 500w\" alt=\"senior activity ideas\" width=\"250\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.notjustbingo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Not Just Bingo<\/a>\u00a0is an online resource of fun, senior activity ideas for activity professionals of nursing homes and assisted living facilities. They have been providing fun activity ideas online since 2009, and continue to assist activity professionals across the country by creating meaningful and engaging activity ideas for their residents that go \u201cbeyond bingo.\u201d Not Just Bingo feels\u00a0privileged to help activity directors better the living experiences of their residents while demonstrating that a senior\u2019s quality of life can actually\u00a0<i>improve<\/i>\u00a0when they move to a nursing facility!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want even more ideas each month? Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notjustbingo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.notjustbingo.com<\/a>\u00a0for how-to activity ideas, monthly newsletters, and daily holiday ideas. 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