Hello Everyone, I bought some "punch cards" they look like business cards and they have twenty places you can punch on it. I want to punch the card when a resident attends a program. After they get their 20 punches I will give them some kind of prize (haven't come up with prize yet). Then their card goes into a box with other completed cards to be drawn every two months, and the one drawn will get a bigger prize. My problem is, I have the same people come to my programs each day. I have 2-3 daily programs. How do I do it so they are not filling their cards up in two weeks? Do I punch the card only for the first time they come to the activity for the month? Like bingo is every Friday. Instead of punching their card every Friday, I do it once for the month of January?
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June Spry Leverton Activity Director United States
I bought some "punch cards" they look like business cards and they have twenty places you can punch on it. I want to punch the card when a resident attends a program. After they get their 20 punches I will give them some kind of prize (haven't come up with prize yet). Then their card goes into a box with other completed cards to be drawn every two months, and the one drawn will get a bigger prize.
My problem is, I have the same people come to my programs each day. I have 2-3 daily programs. How do I do it so they are not filling their cards up in two weeks? Do I punch the card only for the first time they come to the activity for the month? Like bingo is every Friday. Instead of punching their card every Friday, I do it once for the month of January?
Punch cards may work, but read these articles from where ideas
https://www.goldencarers.com/how-to-overcome-barriers-to-group-participation/9101/
https://www.goldencarers.com/how-to-get-reluctant-residents-to-attend-activities/5980/