Suggestions for At Home Activities

  

ACTS OF SERVICE

  • Write cards to residents at local nursing homes and/or Hines VA Hospital
  • Write thank you cards to first responders at local firehouses and police stations
  • Write thank you cards to someone you know who is a healthcare worker (doctor, nurse, paramedic, hospital personnel), maintenance person, mail carrier, etc.

**To maintain safe distance practices, please mail these cards rather than dropping them off**

If mailing to institutions, call ahead to check on their policies for outside mail.  If it is for a family member, consider creating a card or artwork and texting or emailing a picture of it.

 

  • At home: make dinner and clean the kitchen afterward; go around and sanitize every door knob, faucet handle, and railing; sweep and mop floors; learn to sort, wash and fold your own laundry
  • If it is safe for an adult in your family, buy and drop off groceries for someone who is still working or who cannot go out themselves
  • Order and pay for flowers to be delivered to an elderly neighbor
  • Clean out your closets and donate your old clothes
  • Donate to Catholic Charities to support homeless residents who are sheltered in hotels
    • Collect and drop off items for food boxes
      • Items Needed: food, hygiene products, paper products (napkins, paper plates, paper bowls, cups, plastic utensils)
      • Items can be dropped off at Daybreak Shelter 611 E. Cass Street, Joliet on Mondays 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, Wednesdays 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, Fridays 2:00 – 4:00 pm
  • Monetary donations are being collected to supply food, as well as provide hotel rooms for the homeless. Donations can be made online at https://catholiccharitiesjoliet.org/general-donation/ or check payments mailed to Catholic Charities 16555 Weber Road, Crest Hill, IL 60403
  • Make phone calls to elderly homebound neighbors or family members
  • Do some yard work and gardening for an elderly neighbor or person in need
  • Read a book or teach a new game to a younger family member
  • Pray together for what you see in the news. Participate in special calls to prayer from your parish or the Vatican.
  • Share gifts and talents with others. If your recital or program was canceled, make a video to send to family, friends, neighbors, and share your talent with them.  This could be anything (orchestra, band, choir, dance, sports, etc).
  • Donate to Catholic Charities to support homeless residents who are sheltered in hotels
    • Collecting items for food boxes
      • Items Needed: food, hygiene products, paper products (napkins, paper plates, paper bowls, cups, plastic utensils)
      • Items can be dropped off at Daybreak Shelter 611 E. Cass Street, Joliet on Mondays 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, Wednesdays 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, Fridays 2:00 – 4:00 pm

This list is suggestions to help you complete your expectations.  If you have other ideas of activities you can do that will help your family grow in your Catholic faith at home, share those experiences!