Designated as a "Day of Atonement" Yom Kippur occurs the tenth day after Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and is the traditional time in which people of the Jewish faith spend a day not in work, but in fasting and seeking forgiveness and restitution for any wrongs they might have done to another person. This fast ends at nightfall, and is usually followed by a feast and Yom Kippur Party.
Most Yom Kippur parties normally incorporate traditional Yom Kippur Activities such as eating and drinking Erev Yom Kippur, increasing charitable giving, and seeking atonement for any wrongs you have done throughout the year, so there is normally a lot of visiting and calling friends and relatives during Yom Kippur, taking part in mikvah, which is a ritual bath. Participants dress in white, and at mincha, the afternoon service, confession, called Viduy, is recited.
Jeopardy games, trivia, and even Pirate scavenger hunt games are easy to find and especially when you incorporate the winner being allowed to choose a certificate which allows them to name their prize. The prizes can incorporate charitable giving in this manner. Before the party, each person is given a list of things they can choose to do for charity. Some examples would be to give money or work in the rescue mission or bathe dogs at the animal shelter. That way, each person can choose what it is most convenient to give, be it monetary donations or use the barter system and donate their time. When a winner draws a particular name after winning, that person makes their donation, thus reinforcing charitable giving at Yom Kippur, and keeping with Yom Kippur traditions, and making your Yom Kippur Party the best it can be.
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