Submitted by  Bella, Ashlyn, and Carolyn of Troop 62851

Parker

Denver Metro

For our Silver Award, we decided to make fidget mats for senior citizens with Alzheimer’s and Dementia in nursing homes. We finished our project at the end of our last Cadette year. We’ve made it sustainable by creating a website and giving flyers to our schools and the nursing homes for teens and other people to get volunteer hours. 

The flyers included information on how to make the mats and how we got them to the senior centers. We had to do a lot of preparation and sewing to get the mats done, but once we figured it out, it was much easier to make the different patterns and accessories. We put little things like ribbons and buttons on the mats as fidgets to improve their memories.

Our goal, ultimately, was to make the mats to help the elderly so that they may be more attentive and engaged. The idea originated from one of the girls’ in our groups moms and because two of the three of us have grandmothers diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and Dementia. We want to help people connect with an older generation and make a difference in their lives. 

Our website is volunteerideascommunityservice.weebly.com Please check it out if you’d like to know more about our project or want to use it for volunteer hours. Our project was very important to us, we hope you take interest in it!