Social Gathering Toolkit

Your Gathering Game Plan

Make room for connection without losing sight of your limits. Social gatherings can offer celebration and support. They can also bring packed schedules, changes to sleep and routines, family tension, pressure around food or alcohol, and moments of loneliness even in a crowded room.

This month’s one-page worksheet helps employees decide what matters most before an event, choose limits that protect their time and energy, and plan what to do if they need a pause. Use it before a holiday, wedding, reunion, team event, graduation, or other gathering. The goal is not to control every moment. It is to enter with a clearer plan and permission to leave, reset, or ask for support when needed.

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Benefit Flyer: EAP

Social gatherings can bring stress, family conflict, grief, loneliness, or pressure around food and alcohol. Your EAP offers free, confidential counseling for employees and their families, plus legal and financial support.

Benefit Flyer: Identity Theft Protection

Busy social seasons can bring more online shopping, travel bookings, digital invitations, and payment requests. Identity Theft Protection helps secure devices, monitor credit and social media, and flag suspicious activity.

Email Template

Use this email as a template or starting point for an email communication to your team.

English Email

Subject

Your Gathering Game Plan

Body

Hi team,

Social gatherings can bring connection and joy. They can also fill the calendar, disrupt routines, create family tension, add pressure around food or alcohol, and leave people feeling lonely or overwhelmed.

We are sharing a one-page worksheet, “Your Gathering Game Plan” [attached/linked]. Use it before a holiday, wedding, reunion, team event, graduation, or other gathering to decide what matters most, set limits around your time and energy, and plan what to do if you need a pause.

You do not have to do everything or stay for every moment. It is okay to say no, leave early, step away for a break, or ask someone you trust for support.

[Employers: include this paragraph only if you offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)]
Your EAP offers free, confidential counseling and support for you and your family. Reach out for help with stress, family conflict, grief, loneliness, substance use, or other personal concerns. Legal and financial support is also available.

[Employers: include this paragraph only if you offer Identity Theft Protection]
Busy social seasons may bring more online shopping, travel bookings, digital invitations, and payment requests. Identity Theft Protection can help secure your devices, monitor for suspicious activity, and send alerts. Activate the benefit before you need it.

Take care,
[Sender name]

[Attach: Your Gathering Game Plan PDF]
[Optional: EAP flyer, if offered]
[Optional: Identity Theft Protection flyer, if offered]

Spanish Email

Subject

Tu plan para una reunión social

Body

Hola equipo:

Las reuniones sociales pueden ofrecer momentos de conexión y alegría. También pueden llenar el calendario, alterar las rutinas, causar tensión familiar, crear presión con la comida o el alcohol y provocar soledad o agobio.

Compartimos una hoja de trabajo de una página, “Tu plan para una reunión social” [adjunta/enlace]. Úsala antes de una celebración, boda, reunión familiar, evento laboral, graduación u otro encuentro para decidir qué te importa más, poner límites a tu tiempo y energía, y planear qué hacer si necesitas una pausa.

No tienes que hacerlo todo ni quedarte hasta el final. Está bien decir que no, irte temprano, hacer una pausa o pedir apoyo a alguien de confianza.

[Employers: include this paragraph only if you offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)]
Tu EAP ofrece consejería y apoyo gratuitos y confidenciales para ti y tu familia. Pide ayuda con el estrés, los conflictos familiares, el duelo, la soledad, el consumo de sustancias u otras preocupaciones personales. También hay apoyo legal y financiero.

[Employers: include this paragraph only if you offer Identity Theft Protection]
En épocas de muchas reuniones puede haber más compras en línea, reservas, invitaciones digitales y solicitudes de pago. La protección contra el robo de identidad puede ayudar a proteger tus dispositivos y alertarte sobre actividad sospechosa. Activa el beneficio antes de necesitarlo.

Cuídense,
[Sender name]

[Attach: Your Gathering Game Plan PDF]
[Optional: EAP flyer, if offered]
[Optional: Identity Theft Protection flyer, if offered]