The Holiday Project's 2017 Christmas Day Visit to The Forum at Memorial Woods

The Holiday Project's 2017 Christmas Day Visit

Monday, December 25, 2017

Time: 10:00 - noon

Meeting Location:

The Forum at Memorial Woods
777 North Post Oak Rd
Houston, Texas 77024

For a fun, successful visit please read all the details below...thanks!

Visit confirmed by Gwen Mabray and Margaret Holiday, Activity Directors

 Meet at the one story building, Memory Care and Assisted Living building, next door to the high rise building:

801 N. Post Oak Rd - Houston, TX 77024

There is a secured entrance so ring the bell to enter - the contact person is the Receptionist.

Volunteers can visit Memory Care and Assisted Living Residents and then visit the nursing home residents and rehab patients in the high rise building on the 2nd and 3rd floors...

Christmas Songs - go to www.holidayproject.org and click on the index page to Print out Christmas Songs or save to electronic device for Christmas Caroling 

CBS Coverage of a Holiday Project Visit - go to www.holidayproject.org and click on Index Page to see a Holiday Project Visit in action.

Christmas Card Template - go to the index page at www.holidayproject.org - Making Christmas Cards is optional ....

See Christmas Card Template if you want to make cards, or you can design your own original cards!

Questions - email Donna at: theholidayprojecthouston@yahoo.com

Bring the Spirit of a Holiday to Those Who Otherwise Might Not Have a Celebration! Make a Difference!! Brighten someone’s holiday and help them know they have not been forgotten.

All ages are invited to visit but an adult must accompany children throughout the visit.

Volunteers will visit as a team with the residents in community areas and room to room.

Time spent at the facilities will vary, but generally the visits last from about 2 hours, depending on the size of the facility and other circumstances unique to the team and the facility. (Sometimes the staff on duty want us to visit in a communal area of the facility such as a recreation room or dining hall. Other times we are invited to do both a communal visit and then break into small clusters to visit room-to-room for those persons who don't get out of their rooms. Which of these approaches is used also affects the total length of time we spend at a particular facility.)

Goal: To brighten up the holiday by passing out handmade Christmas cards, singing Christmas Carols and visiting with the residents and rehab patients.

In the note section of this need sign up, please add how many will be visiting.
See detailed instructions for day of visit below....

Visit Policies:
1. Remember that you are in a medical facility. Be aware and be careful.
2. Do not assist a resident in moving from or to a wheelchair. Ask an employee to help.
3. Do not feed or offer food to residents unless directed by an employee.
4. When entering a resident’s room, always knock and introduce yourself as a volunteer. Ask permission before entering.
5. Stay with the group as you move through the facility.
6. Do not go into isolation rooms, those rooms will be marked with a sign to see staff before entering. If you are passing out cards please give staff cards for residents in isolation rooms.
7. Because of HIPAA Privacy Rules most facilities require a signed photo release for pictures of/with residents. Therefore no pictures of resident's faces are allowed on The Holiday Project visits. The best way to take a picture is taking the back of the resident and the faces of the volunteers. The experience can still be documented in a picture without the resident's face.
8. It is not required but volunteers can make handmade Christmas cards to pass out during the visit.
9. Have Fun! Together we CAN make a difference and REMEMBER..."To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world!"
10. Any questions email Donna Martin at: theholidayprojecthouston@yahoo.com

Participant Notes:

Please ensure all members of your group are in good health for the visit. Thanks for sharing your time to brighten up Christmas Day for the residents in nursing homes!

We encourage you to send follow up pictures and/or stories, to Donna after your visit. Stories and pictures are always appreciated....email her at: theholidayprojecthouston@yahoo.com
To learn more about The Holiday Project go to www.holidayproject.org