Tips to organize community events in your apartment community
Social events and activities in various housing communities and townships bring together people to enjoy the true essence of community living. There are a number of social events and activities that can be conducted by various society communities in order to do their bit for the society while empowering the mind of the impressionable children. Here is a list of some recommended activities that housing society community members can explore while planning their social event celebrations.
Celebrate Birthdays Together: Man is a social animal. Celebration of birthdays together in the community brings a sense of extended family celebrations within each community member. While children are more eager to celebrate their birthdays on a large scale, such community celebrations not only helps cut costs, but also allows far more social interaction between various community members. Celebration of birthdays for the elderly can be an effective stress buster for the aged while helping them feel a part of the larger society. Association members can plan for collecting data for the same.
Trivia Nights: Trivia nights can be conducted once in a month. Rather than having dance and music celebrations for all occasions, having trivia nights for the kids and adults bring in a sense of enjoyment, while empowering informative and educative notes to the children of the community. Trivia nights can be held in conjunction with other community get-togethers. Trivia nights are quite cost efficient and hold the interest of all members of the society across the genres of age.
Festive Celebrations as a Community: India is a land of festivals and social harmony of various sects and religions. There are a number of religious and non religious festivities throughout the year. Conducting each festive celebration collectively as a community helps in cutting down individual celebration costs while adding a sense of social togetherness in the children and adults alike. While common festive celebrations like Independence day and Republic Day bring a sense of patriotism while empowering the children with the history behind the festivities. Other religious celebrations like Diwali, Holi, Eid and Christmas increase the social bond of the community, which is the underlying strength of the nation.
Community Gardening Activity: Most residential housing communities and townships have a dedicated green belt which brings them closer to Mother Nature. Exploring a weekly community gardening workshops allowing community members a chance to do their bit is a great activity which can be planned. Regular cleaning and plant care workshops also help in empowering education about the importance of having a green living to the children of the society. In this day and age of concrete jungles and regularly declining green belt, the importance of community gardening workshops help in giving out a powerful social message as well as allowing members to feel a part of the space around.
Organize Volunteer Work: Community events and celebrations must not be limited to the housing society community or the township, but can also include various volunteer works. The old clothes collected from the society members can be distributed to the needy. Volunteers’ of the society can help the aged people in the nearest old age home or hospitals. Volunteer works not only helps the community members to do their bit for the society, but also helps in fighting the social evils of our day and age.
