Tuesday, January 29, 2008

It is 10:30PM . Just wanted to tell you that We applied for an Activities Director this week and we got the job. We will be training starting tomorrow. We will be responsible for contacting all the leaders of the different activities making sure they are doing their job. Some of the activities are 5-6 different card game bingo, crib. Weekly Craft activities, Games like Poker, uker, bridge, hand and foot, pool, shuffle board, horse shoes, and different exercise classes, line dancing, weekly Pot lucks and soup dinners. There are out side activities like( Pizza dinners bowling, Red Hat ladies) I don't think we are responsible for. They have musical jamming sessions once a week. anyone that has a instrument can join them. We have to set up chairs etc for that. Professional bands all have to be booked up one year in advance some of them coming from Bronson etc. Once a month they come in too entertain the seniors. The manager has done this for next year already. But we will planning for the year after as well. Invitation go out to all the RV Parks in this area, along Benson Road there must be 15 or more RV camps. 250 came last week to the Rec hall to hear the group. We seniors pay $3.00 each. Invitations are sent to all RV Parks in the area. We are responsible for the weekly bulletin, It get sent out to be made up, once I gave them a list of activities that are going on each day. There are crafts sales , Carnivals , dog parades , and decorated gulf cart parade in this park. all the parks in Mission elect their own valentine King and Queen. Which happens to be the retired Pastor and his wife who minister to us at the Rec hall each Sunday. Wenda Persson plays the piano for us.) Then all RV parks put on a parade with all their Kings and Queens on their own floats they say it is a blast. In exchange we get free rent. We will be training from now til end of March to be already for next November. Maybe it will be too much for us. so this is our chance to test the waters, Once we are trained it probably be 3 hours to 4 hours a day or less. We do not have to do any of the activities, just make sure there is a leader in place that has volunteered for the job. If you have any ideas to send us we could do for seniors let us know we need new ideas. Pray we will blend our personality with all the leaders and that we will be tender hearted toward the
stubborn,stay in the mud won`t change or up date their activities or ideas.

That we will know how to deal with the ones who want to lead an activity then does not show up to lead it.
Pray for strength and enthusiasm from us for each activity. We have met a lot of Christians in this camp. and grace is always said at each pot luck etc. There is a craft sale Saturday and I may sew some of my bags to sell. also my Ostrich books.

There is no heavy lifting with this job. Just organization skills.


Good nite

2 comments:

Jen said...

Sounds like a fun job! Good for you guys.

wandi said...

Yippee. Sounds fun. Maybe next year I can come down and help you do it and take a leave from work here. Hee hee;)