Local youth organizations can benefit from this in two ways. First, it will help monetarily. Second, it will bring more community awareness about the organization.
Difficulty: Average
Time Required: 3 weeks
Here's How:
- Pick a date. Find out which teens would like to attend and send a flyer home to all parents.
- Have the teens pick the songs, write out the words, and make copies.
- Three weeks before hand write a press release and send it into your local paper.
- Make a flyer about your organization to hand out to the people you carol for. Not all will have money to donate that evening, so put an address on the flyer.
- Ask adults to help, a five teens to one adult ratio is good.
- Put one adult in charge of the donations. As you receive them, jot down the address and send a thank you note.
- Have a 'one adult-one teen' team knock on the doors first and ask for permission to carol, before the whole group shows up.
- End the evening with hot chocolate and cookies.
- Take pictures and send another press release to the local paper with a picture. Thank the community.
Tips:
- Plan it for a Thursday evening as opposed to Friday or Saturday. Families are busy on the weekends, especially during the holidays.
- Battery operated candles make an excellent effect.
- Do you feel you have open communication with your teen?
