Monday, December 28, 2009

Gifts from the Heart

As a policy, our center as well as the individuals are not allowed to accept money from clients or the families for personal gain. Therefore, if anyone wants to reward us for a good job with money, the amount will be delegated to our program costs and it is a nice tax write off.

What about if clients want to give money to another? This incident has happened quite often as clients interact with one another daily and friendship began to form. Money is exchanged especially on birthdays. A recent incident had the staff come up with creative ideas for goody bags. One of our clients' had a birthday within that week. She insisted that she give money to other clients because they were going to be there to celebrate with her, and she was also very appreciative. To acknowledge her effort but not to have her wallet go empty, we suggested she can make cupcakes, write thank you cards, or even bring the drinks.

Here are a few more ideas that can be gifts for guests at a party:

-If you have a garden, pick flowers and tie a bow around it.
-Fold origami
-Take pictures of the group and give it to them
-If you are a singer, sing them a song

If people are there to celebrate with you, it really does not matter what you give them because your presence is enough.