Fun In
The Work Place: Candy Cards
Submitted by
Joanne Goldwater, Assistant Dean for Residential Life, St. Marys
College of Maryland
At St. Marys
College of Maryland, we create a fun candy card for each building
staff each semester. Using candy such as Milky Way, Icebreakers,
Extra, Snickers, Promises, Treasures,
Payday, Butterfinger, Lifesavers,
Dum-Dums, Mounds, Hugs, Kisses,
25 Grand etc., we create posters that utilize the candy in
phrases.
For example:
Dear Queen
Anne Staff
No SNICKERS
about it: you are the best staff in the MILKY WAY! We
have no DUM-DUMS or BUTTERFINGERS on our staff. You go
the EXTRA mile doing MOUNDS of ICEBREAKERS for
your residents. You keep your PROMISES and you are real LIFESAVERS.
You are special TREASURES to us. We wish we could give you 25
GRAND on PAYDAY. HUGS and KISSES, Joanne, Jeff,
Amy, and Mark
There are
many variations that can be done on these cards. They can be done individually,
different candy can be used, etc. Well make them and deliver them
to the staff offices after fall opening, at mid-semester as a pick-me-up,
and/or for RA Appreciation Day. The staff always enjoy receiving these
cards. They are fun to make and fun to eat!