“We Share” Book Guide
Each Club should turn in a copy of their “We Share” report each year to the 1st Vice President by August 31st. Copies of each clubs reports and current membership lists are then distributed to State Reps at the Fall Convention. This is a useful tool for clubs to share ideas and strengths, so that we can all become more successful by sharing good ideas.
Click Here for a blank form for submitting your club's "We Share" report.
We Share Ideas
Club events:
· Rummage Sales
· Be in parades: July, Memorial Day, Xmas
· Playgroups
· Halloween party
· Christmas party
· Easter/ Spring party
· Summer picnic
· Mom’s night out
· Dads night out
· Couples night out
· Grandparents ice cream social
· Mom’s prom
· Pamper yourself night: spa, manicures, etc
· Trip to museum, zoo, pumpkin patch, circus parade, farm, etc
· Movies, bowling, dinner out
· Easter parade at Nursing home (or Halloween costumes)
· Collect non-perishable food, toys 4 tots
· Camping night
· Sprecher root beer tour
· Gambling night, casino/ dog track
· Packer Party
· Clean up day at community location
· Volleyball at members church gym
· Horseback riding, hayrides
Kids Party ideas:
· pinata
· goodie bags
· book/ toy exchange
· games
· songs
· Easter egg hunt
· Santa
· Dice game- bunco
Adult game ideas
· Double Jeopardy with twin questions
· TWINS bingo
· Auction for unknown prizes with play $
· Twin pictionary
Meeting Ideas:
· Make a craft item
· Beer/ wine/ cheese tasting
· Desert tasting
· Gobbler giveaway: everyone brings one item for a thanksgiving dinner, draw a winner for the dinner out of a hat
· Club scrapbook night- at end of year members make scrapbook pages for the events & families of the year
· Club Xmas cookie exchange
· Basket making
· Plant, ornament, book exchange
· Photo match- everyone brings a picture of their mom or yourself as child or pregnant
· Recipe exchange
· Kids recipe demonstration
· Exchange unwanted Xmas gifts
· Question of the month: put question in newsletter before each meeting, discuss it at the meeting, publish results in next newsletter or in a booklet for new moms
Guest Speaker topics:
· Stress management
· Discipline ideas
· Landscaping/ gardening
· Photographer tips/ Scrapbooking
· Twin genetics
· Family budgets
· Speech/ lang. Pathologist
· Attention deficit disorder
· Craft ideas to do with your kids
· Beauty tips
· Early childhood/ brain development
· Healthy marriage tips
· Fire safety and awareness
· Making a will, power of atty for health
· Breast cancer
· Immunizations
· Gang awareness
· Floral arrangments
· Relaxation therapy
· Nutrition
· Twin socialization
· Car seat/ bicycle safety
· Pool safety
· College investments
Fundraisers:
· Sell items at State Conventions
· White Elephant auction
· Brat fry outside grocery store
· Current
· Grocery club cards
· Scholastic book sales
· Entertainment books
· Flower/ plant sales
· Pizza, candy
· Cookbooks
· Avon, Home Interiors/ Discovery Toys, Pampered Chef/ Partylite, etc
· Kringles, cheesecakes
Membership/ publicity:
· Newspaper community section
· Radio, cable
· Posters at grocery stores
· Brochures at ob/gyn offices and hospitals, public health dept, WIC, Visiting nurses
· Business cards to hand out
· Send card to new moms in newspaper
· Buddy match- match each new member with an active member who contacts them before each meeting and offers support and advice
· Deliver meals to new moms
· Helpful hints booklet to new moms
· Make “Bedrest Survival kits” each year for local hospital for expecting mothers of twins. Include old book/ magazines from club library, twin articles, crossword puzzles, blank journal, easy craft kits, pens, and club info.