Holiday Service Ideas for Employers and Families

Holiday Service Ideas for Employers and Families

Written by MyCreativeStirrings.com

This Holiday Season is going to be the best! Why? Because you can make it epic. Lift employees’ spirits, cultivate an environment of service and care, and express gratitude to bring a sense of wonderment and comradery. Try these creative ideas:

1. Holiday Sticky Note Challenge - Purchase a variety of sticky note pads and gather some markers and tape. Designate a wall to feature your festive masterpiece and attach the following description of the challenge. “Think of a service you can perform either at home or work. Write an anonymous brief description on a sticky note and place it on the wall. Try to create holiday artwork that will deck the halls with boughs of inspiration.”

2. Glad Tidings - Give each employee a stack of sticky notes (less than or equal to the number of employees) and these instructions: “Write a cheerful note to someone in the office and secretly place where they can find it. One note per person. The fastest deliverer of all their notes wins a gift card!”.

3. Ho Ho Ho Holiday Humor - Why wait for a party, laugh all day! Host a memorable competition during a work break. Tell employees in advance to form teams or to individually dress up and perform a “Jolly 1-Minute Holiday Mic Drop” act or song.

4. Light the World - Live a life of service! Print off this service advent calendar and post it on your community board. https://www.churchofjesuschrist. org/comeuntochrist/light-the-world/downloads

5. Holiday Hunt - Hide a holiday item (e.g., ornament, stuffed reindeer) somewhere in the office. Tell people that there is a sugary treat for the first person that finds it. Allow that person to re-hide the item and repeat the challenge.

6. Create a Giving Tree - Be the miracle! Find a local charity that needs toys, gift cards, or food and adorn a “Giving Tree” with ornaments and/or tags that each list one needed item. Instruct people to grab a tag of their choice and donate the needed items by placing them under the tree (or in a safer place). Not all charities receive the help they seek during the holidays.

7. Holiday Tin Time - Bring the holidays to life! Place each employee’s name in a holiday tin. Draw 1 name from the tin weekly (or more often) and combine efforts to serve that person for the day! Help them feel an abundance of love this season!

8. Musical Grams - Musical Magic! Find a community or high school choir to provide a small group of singers to serenade your office with joyful carols. Thank the singers by serenading them back or by giving them cookies and hot cocoa.

9. Charitable Cheer - As a team, choose a day of service and local charity to serve. Collect gift cards, donate food or money, decorate the outside of their building, write a group thank you card, or ask them how you can serve. Then, carry out the plan on your day of service.