Monthly Challenges

DESCRIPTION

Created for busy families looking for free activities that can be done around their schedule, Monthly Challenges compiles a list of exciting ideas that are appropriate for all ages! Suggestions are intended to motivate families to actively fill their free time by creating unique memories in their local communities, both CFB Comox and the Comox Valley. Each month also includes challenges specific to helping families proactively prepare for work related absences by encouraging a sense of community, selfcare, freezer meal preparation, and more. Through these experiences, screen time is minimized and quality time with loved ones is maximized.

Since inspiration can come from diverse sources, in addition to listing relevant dates for social media publications, Monthly Challenges showcases various prizes that can be won simply by visiting Comox MFRC and collecting ballots. Contest rules are as follows: 

• Contest is open to members of all CAF families: actively serving or veteran.
• Challenge checklists are available on the 1^st of every month; entries must be submitted by the last day of the same month. 
• Checklists are available in PDF and at the Comox MFRC. 
• Complete the challenges in whichever order you like. Each completed challenge earns a ballot. Each member of the family can complete their checklist at their own speed.
• To receive your ballots, show a picture of your completed challenge to staff at the Comox MFRC.
• A draw for each of the four age groups will be made the 1^st day of the following month: 0-5, 6-12, 13-18, 19+. 
• The winners’ names will be announced on Facebook: @ComoxMFRC. Prizes will be available for pick-up at the Comox MFRC.

MONTHLY CHALLENGES - JANUARY

1. Tell a friend about the Comox MFRC’s Monthly Challenges! Receive a bonus ballot if they also participate in this month’s event!
2. Make a list of New Year’s resolution. Receive a bonus ballot for each resolution started this month.
3. Learn the braille alphabet. (Jan 4 = World Braille Day)
4. Determine your favourite kind of Canadian cheese. (Jan 20 = National Cheese Lovers Day)
5. Play a game of cards.
6. Build a Lego castle. (Jan 28 = International Lego Day)
7. Complete a colour by numbers page. 
8. Spot the 10 differences between the two identical pictures in the Totem Times. (Jan. 23 edition)
9. Make a paper snowflake mobile.
10. Camp in. Set your sleeping bags up on the floor and have a family slumber party.
11. Sample a fresh local oyster.
12. Put together a puzzle.
13. Skip stones on the water.
14. Stargaze on a clear night.
15. As a family, bake a loaf of bread and eat it while it’s still warm.
16. Take a family picture with the biggest tree you can find in the Comox Valley. (Remember to take your measuring tape to see how wide it really is!)
17. Make stovetop popcorn. Receive a bonus ballot if you eat it with chopsticks.
18. Go bowling.

19. Borrow a book from the Comox MFRC’s Second Language Lending Library.

20. Prepare a planting calendar for your outside garden. [Optimal dates for Comox]

21. Look for animal tracks in the wet trails. Try to identify them.

22. Host an outdoor family happy hour.

23. Do slow stretches for 10 minutes to promote flexibility and relaxation. (Office Ergonomics)

24. Make a list of all the books you read this month. Receive a bonus ballot for each book on your list.

25. Try swing dancing.

26. Host a closet cleaning party.

27. Go bird watching. Receive a bonus ballot for each different type of bird you can identify.

28. Participate in a scheduled activity organized by a CFB Comox Mess.

29. Participate in a scheduled activity organized by 19 Wing PSP. Receive a bonus ballot if you make one of Health Promotion’s monthly recipes.

30. Participate in an activity on Comox MFRC’s January calendar.

The Comox Military Family Resource Centre respectfully acknowledges that we are standing on the Unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks First Nation.