GREAT IDEAS TO MAXIMIZE

A HEROES OF HISTORY PERFORMANCE

You can turn a Heroes Of History performance into a much bigger event with a little imagination. The following are some ideas that we have come up with and some that we have seen several Activities Directors use. What are your ideas?

• Tell your residents to invite their grandchildren (8 years on up) to our Heroes Of History performance – 4^th graders on up love this type of performance. One of our focuses is schools.

• If your senior’s community supports a local elementary school, have the Heroes Of History performance at the elementary school for the children and bus your residents over to the school as an outing. One of our focuses is schools.

• If any of your residents know of a home schooling group or family, or a Scout Troop, invite them to attend the Heroes Of History performance as a community service.

• Ask your residents to “dress Texas” for the Heroes Of History performance…red, white and blue for the Texas flag or western style dress.

• Work with your dietary people to do a Texas meal on Heroes Of History performance day.

• Put up some Texas or western decorations.

• Play a Texas trivia game with prizes – the June, 2001, issue of Texas Monthly magazine published Texas trivia questions in an article called “Testing Testing”.

• Offer to have resident’s pictures taken with the Hero for their memorabilia and/or to share with their families. Your Hero will work with you.

• Use the Heroes Of History performance as a marketing event.

• Send out press releases to local news media announcing the Heroes Of History performance and/or send a report afterward on the performance to your local paper with candid pictures.

Share your Heroes Of History ideas with us and we will pass them on to others!

Life is too short not to live it as a Texan!

For information on HEROES OF HISTORY call

Bob Heinonen at (830)833-0809

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