Program Title: Senior Lock-In
Program Description:
Together with the Chelsea Senior Center, join us for the first ever Senior lock-in at the library. The library will close at 6pm and reopen at 6:30pm. We will feature a host of activities including a Hawaiian rib dinner, massage therapist, flower arranging with Gigi’s Flowers, Fortune Teller, Nintendo Wii, and more. Don’t miss out on this exciting event. Space is limited so register now!
Topics:
Video Games
Food
Massage Therapy
Flower Arranging
Tarot cards
Card games
Speakers:
Local Flower shop owner
Local massage therapist
Senior center activities director
Adult Services Librarian
Tarot Reader
Basics:
If your library isn’t big enough, you may have to host this offsite at a residential facility or senior center
Cater in dinner
Set up programming room cafeteria style to serve dinner
Separate staging areas or rooms for the massage therapist, tarot reader, card tables (Bridge), Nintendo Wii, flower arranging activity
Stage lock-in on a Friday or Saturday night from 6:30 to 10pm
Make sure you recruit volunteers to help set up, coordinate, and clean up after everyone leaves
Extras:
Cold beverages and cookies for people to snack on since this is a long night
Marketing:
Library newsletter and website, distribute fliers at senior centers, nursing homes, and senior residential facilities
Notes:
The best senior program I’ve ever done, and maybe the first of its kind at any library
It’s expensive, but you can find ways to do it cheaper