2019 Houston, TX - Cypress area - Thanksgiving Day Visit to Grace Care Center of Cypress

The Holiday Project's Thanksgiving Day Visit
Thursday, November 28, 2019

Time: 10:00 - noon (Please arrive as close to 10:00 a.m. as possible to form visiting team/teams - large groups can form smaller teams)

Meeting Location:

Grace Care Center of Cypress,

9602 Huffmeister Rd. 

Houston, Texas 77095

281-463-9001

Visit confirmed by Unique Owens, Activity Director

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.

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.

Time spent at the facilities will vary, but generally the visits last from about 1 to 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 Thanksgiving cards and visiting with the residents and rehab patients. If all goes as planned there will be 100 cards available to pass out to the residents.

You can bring Thanksgiving cards if you want to be guaranteed cards to pass out. 

Upon arrival: Meet in Lobby at Grace Care Center of Cypress until it appears all volunteers have arrived....large groups of volunteers can break into smaller groups if necessary....

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 Thanksgiving 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 Thanksgiving Day for the residents in nursing homes!
We encourage you to send follow up pictures (remember though no identifiable pictures of resident's faces) 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.info