Songs - Christmas Please print song sheets or save to digital device for Christmas Caroling
Christmas Card Template Cards not required, optional (If you choose to make Christmas cards you can use template or create your own card design, cardstock etc. - please do not use loose glitter and please sign the cards for a more personal touch)
CBS: News Coverage A Holiday Project Visit
The Holiday Project's National Website
Christmas Day Visit at 10:00 am:
ManorCare Sharpview
7505 Bellerive
Houston, Texas 77036
713-774-9611
Christmas Day Contact Person: Debra Williams - Activity Director
Volunteer Meeting Location at 10:00 am - Front Lobby
Pass out Christmas Cards, visit with the residents and sing Christmas Carols as a team!
Visit as a team – (Large teams can be divided)
In the note section of this need sign up please add how many will be visiting.
The Holiday Project - Volunteer Visits... on or near holidays (Nursing Homes)....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. Volunteers always share that they are blessed through their visits. 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. See detailed instructions 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. (see details above)
*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!"
*Follow up email, stories, and photos always appreciated for The Holiday Project Website and Facebook (following photo details above) to Donna Martin at: theholidayprojecthouston@yahoo.com
Participant Notes:
Please ensure all members of your group are in good health as you visit on Christmas morning.
Thank you for spending a few hours of your holiday with our residents!!
