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Building Great Programs for Seniors: Presenter Outline (July 2020)
- 1. Building Great Programsfor Seniors Amy Alessio amyalessio@sbcglobal.net Senior Friendly Ideas • No fines • Punchcards for fines, bonus materials, extensions • Discounts for trips, events • Technology drop ins • Appointments for extra help or designated times • Repeating popular event • Non-binding registration • Microphones • Visibility (even subtitles) • Lighting • Short handouts • Time for sharing • Early seating • One Page reminders for upcoming events Online Programming Tips for Seniors • Training video on registration and access • Work with senior centers • Reminders on program, with steps on how to access • Set up chat time before or after • Sharing time • Email handouts • Multiple showings, or set time and date • 2 staff, one to help with glitches Second Chapter Café, Whitehall Public Library, PA • Coffee bar • Collection including puzzles, gadgets • Programs All Libraries Provide • Social Opportunities • Education • Entertainment • Assistance and Training • Resources • No or Low Cost Services • Independence Friends Groups
- 2. • Fits lotsof requirements from previous page • Maybe a younger Friends group is needed also • Can fund senior programs or special events • Should have its own special events/rewards • Train library volunteers • May have to end and restart periodically as members change • Online meetings • Video about Friends • Test out library procedures on them • Survey on programs, services Options for Growing Clubs • Realistic timeline for staff while retaining interest: monthly, weekly, quarterly • Duplicate club during day and evening • Multi-generational • Streamlined registration • Easy to participate • Rotate leaders or project leaders Club Connection: Library Academy • Four Weeks • Presentation on Each Department • Quick Trainings • Fun Handouts • Based on Community Police Academy • What do you wish more of the public knew? • **Do this online for one week, highlighting some services with speakers, videos Easy Well of Ideas • Friendship Club (Gary, IN, Lib.) – seniors come at set date and times for rotating topics, programs • Senior Library Council (Brampton Lib.) – seniors plan programs, provide ideas, like Teen Advisory Board Local and National Benefits • State Department on Aging • Spousal Impoverishment • Illinois Family Caregiver Support • Grandparents Raising Grandchildren • Basic Overview of Types of Retirement Accounts • Voter Registration & Mail-In Ballots • Area Assistance: Deliveries, Masks, Testing
- 3. Senior Discounts • AARPCard discounts • Feature Chamber businesses with senior promotions • Senior business fair o Online: featuring several or video introductions o Senior shopping hours • Travel and transportation for less (handout in summer or around holidays) Club Connection: Grandparent Opportunities • Family Entertainment • Gaming Night • Reading Night • Healthy Snacks • Movie Nights • Crafts • Special Events • Day Trips or Free Tickets to Museums Support • Grandparents Raising Children Groups • Materials on State Support • Family Programs • School Readiness • College Application Process Support • Financial Aid or Family Finance Workshops at Same Time as Kids’ Events Medicare and Medicine • Partnerships with hospitals, health departments, agencies • Living Wills • Screenings and drives • Online: link to exercises for eye strain, stretching • Link to local needs for blood donation, testing • Information and resources • Medicare • Showing people how to look up medicines • Housing funding Health and Fitness • Health Fair: gyms, simple screenings, demonstrations of classes • Self-Defense • Wellness and Healthy Living • Grocery Stores: new food choices • No Sweat Sugar Free • Couponing
- 4. • Mental Health:stages of grief, holiday stress Health and Fitness from Home • Eye exercises • Simple stretching • Virtual fitness challenges for walking, steps • Meditation • Chair yoga Easy but not Fast Food • Microwave magic (also good for new adults) • Four ingredient recipes • $5 dinners • Super salads & soups • Ethnic foods and history • Restaurant festivals Safety and Scams • Internet and phone scams • Basic self-defense • Travel safety – international and domestic • Identity and password safety Mysterious Events • Puzzle Apps • Crime Scene Drawings or Covers • Mystery flavors • Classic crime TV & movies • T/F Town ordinance laws vs. historical • Puzzle • Puzzle & Scrabble crafts • Guess the ending booktalks Housing Fair • Organizations to help Age in Place • Information on Hospice • Representatives from Day Programs • Organizations with Senior Programs • Housing Representatives • Veteran Benefit Speakers Downsizing and Selling Houses • Choosing furniture
- 5. • Hosting estatesales, or how to sell and donate household items • Realtor readiness Value of items • Selling Online • Antiques Expert Fair • By Theme: Books, Jewelry, Glassware • Values of Popular Items by Decade • Display of Items with Resources Trigger Memories • Oldest cookbook • Oldest recipe • Apron • Treasure • Ribbon or trophy • Letter • Photo/Polaroid • Prom Picture WWI: From Over There to Your Library • Meatless meals • Famous ads and marketing campaigns or commercials • Genealogy program on military records • Live Streaming lectures from National War I Museum and Memorial: https://theworldwar.org/visit Topics for Both WWI and WWII • Vegetable Gardening, Canning and Meatless Meals • Knit Your Bit: patterns knit for soldiers WWII and the Battle on the Homefront • Rationing, Vegetable Gardens and Spam: WWII Foods • Norman Rockwell, Marvel and other memorable art from WWII • Skype program with WWII Museum Staff: http://www.nationalww2museum.org • Local Veterans’ groups or reenactors • Rosie, Spies and Farm Corps: the role of women during WWII (Marilyn Monroe) • Memorabilia sharing Victory Tea Veterans • Collect Photos, Memorabilia • Veterans Benefits, Spouses • Records of What Units from Area Were in Each Major Conflict Including Civil War
- 6. 50’s • Vintage CarShows • Vintage Apron Decoration (or Poodle Skirts) for multiple generations • History of Billboard Hits • Soda Fountain Mixology • James, Audrey or Marilyn Movie Fest • Korean War 60’s • Elvis, the Beatles, Neil Diamond and Woodstock • October Sky, the Rocket Boys and Space mania • Tie Dyeing (socks, accessories, something different) • Cooking Trends: in the van,easy gourmets, • Cocktail Parties • Anniversaries: Assassinations of JFK, Bobby and MLK Jr. 70’s • 10 Tips for Saving Energy in Your Home • Woven Oven Mitts, Macrame • Saturday Night Fever Moves • History of Tupperware • Owls Everywhere Again • Watch parties, trivia and discussion • Sewickly PL Pinterest Board https://www.pinterest.com/mgs311/decades-1970-s/ Club Connection: Decades • Fashion • Food • Music • Books, movies or TV from that time or set in that time (Happy Days) • Tutorials and demonstrations of dance steps • Photos – ask patrons for memorabilia, prom pictures, recipes from that era for contest • Trivia Contests World of Ideas • Virtual Travel and tasting for countries, regions • World of Flavors tour with phrases • International holiday traditions • World famous candies • Artists by country, copy their style on tiles, t-shirts • Local travel through time Leaving a Legacy
- 7. • Genealogy • Recipes •Memoirs • Story History • Photos • Transferring media Club Connection: Geneaology Technology • Electronic library resources and downloadables • Simple photo and movie editing from phones Club Connection: Tech Savvy Seniors • Setting up Goodreads shelves, other social media • New library technologies: 3-D printer, downloadables • Test gadgets or services for other seniors Easy and Low Cost: Senior Tech Scavenger Hunt • Prizes for completing or entering • Online chat with reference • Downloadable app – show staff • Sign up for program • Link to library social media • Put item on reserve online, or online search • Use online databases • Download ebook or audio book Job Fairs • Part-Time or Volunteer Opportunities • Resume Writing, Tips • Job Hunting • Computer and Social Media Training • Senior Craft Showcase Indiana Public Media Creative Aging Festival, or Senior Maker Fair Recipe Scrapbooking • Glue copies onto 8 ½ x 11 cardstock or scrapbook paper • Stickers, printed recipes and quotes from cutters • Page protectors for 3-ring binder • Have patrons email recipes for kits • Ties in with holiday or international themes Club Connection: Cookin’ Up Nostalgia
- 8. • Retro RecipeExchange • Trends by Decades, Cold War Era • Vintage Holiday Foods • Classic Chicago Candies • Desserts by the Decade • Vintage Tea Parties • Kolackies and More o Apple Pie and History of Harvest Foods Club Connection: Crafty Seniors Retro Crafts • Flower Loom • Quilling • Pom Poms (think roller skates) • Macrame (but no plant hangers) • String Art • Woven Barrettes • Fascinators Modern Fun • Scrapbooking • Knitting/Crochet • Quilting • Computer Crafting: printing transfers • 3-D Paper Crafts, origami, ornaments • Terrariums Club Connection: Crafting for Charity • Cards for Senior Centers, Veterans • Knotting Blankets • Knitting/Crocheting: clothing, blankets, squares for blankets • Blankets for Animal Shelters • Sell or Raffle Items for Charity Club Connection: Creative Writing • Memoirs • Flash Fiction • Calligraphy • Journaling • Basic Blogging • Website Creation • Non-fiction Writing • Query Process • Magazines Seeking Senior Stories: Reminisce
- 9. • Self-Publishing • BookTalk on Writing Craft Books Music, Dance and More Music • Festival • Connected to Dates: Elvis’ Birthday • Local artists, performers • Outdoor events • Beatles’ Tribute Bands, Civil War Music, Renaissance Dance • Teach dance steps for classic steps • Demonstrations with Music from Professionals • Ethnic Dance Groups Hollywood Comes to the Library • Gourmet popcorn • After hours Oscar night party • Hollywood history – by decade • Short movie festivals • Local actors, filming locations Books with Pizzazz • 50 Shades of Racy Reading • Sweet Reads w/Cupcake Decorating Demonstrations • Crafty Reads • Delicious Reads • Forgotten Reads or Shocking Reads • Novel Bites: Book Club Food Suggestions • Edgy and Sexy Reads Club Connection: Book Clubs for Seniors • Easy lending, registration • Flexibility in choices, themes • Skype with authors • Books set in past, even children’s • Non-fiction • Play audio Creatures • Adults read to dogs too! • Local animal scavenger hunt
- 10. • Pet parades– virtual • Get Caught Reading with an Animal • Make Blankets for Shelters