Valentine's Day

A Valentine Candy Gram is a great way to get to know your residents. Print and place a candy gram on each resident’s door before Valentine’s Day. On Valentine’s Day, place a large bowl of individually wrapped Valentine inspired candies and chocolates in the leasing office. Place it on table covered with a festive red or pink tablecloth adorned with some Valentine hearts. Set aside some time to be available to meet and greet residents as they come to the office to retrieve the sweet treat of their choice. This is a simple but effective way to connect with your residents.

Just because you're single, doesn't mean you have to stay at home by yourself on Valentine's Day. Come out and meet your neighbors at this event! This is a great event for a community with several singles and young adults. Decorate the club house with black and white colors or anything anti-Valentine's (no red or pink). Have fun appetizers or a black and white cake. You can have the residents wear something black or white to keep with the theme. Or, they could wear all black or something along those lines. When the residents get there, give them a card with 4 or 5 questions on it. Have them fill in the answer. The object of the game is to find as many people who have the same answers and write their name down on your card. Whoever finishes first will get a prize....

Valentine’s Day and chocolate seem to go hand in hand. Celebrate the holiday of love with a Chocolate Extravaganza! A chocolate fountain is ideal for this type of celebration. It provides a stunning centerpiece. Creating the chocolate to put in the fountain is fairly simple. You simmer cream over medium heat, then stir in chopped up pieces of chocolate. You can dip whatever you like into the chocolate fountain, but it is always ideal to have a variety of items ranging from sweet to salty to savory. You can pretty much use any type of fruit, but the most popular include strawberries, cherries, pineapple, berries, apples, tangerines, oranges, pears, dried fruit, peaches, pomegranate and figs. Other ideal dipping items include marshmallows, biscotti, gummy candies, gingerbread, sugar cookies, cubed brioche, baklava, fruitcake, chopped nuts (to sprinkle on dipped items) thick cut potato chips, Rice Crispies squares, pretzels,...

We decided to do a Valentine's Day themed dessert bar. We had all kinds of desserts from cakes, cookies, candy, cupcakes, and even ice cream with red and pink sprinkles. We decorated the all kinds of hearts and red decorations throughout the clubroom.We also encouraged residents to bring their own Valentines themed dessert. It was a HUGE success, especially with the kids!

For Valentine's Day, show your residents how much you love them. Download some of the greatest and latest love songs and for about $1/unit, you can make a CD to give to your residents. Include the oldiest but goodies, and come up with a cute tagline related to your community name for the CD cover or disk. I just called a local company who had the CDs completed in a few days. We put We "heart" Our Residents and the community name on the disk, and made up a cute display for the jewel case.