Best Chol HaMoed Trips: (1) local hospital, with your age-appropriate children, a lulav/esrog, and a plate of cake. (2) local nursing home, with your age-appropriate children, and a plate of cake. (Check patients’ dietary restrictions before offering food). Maybe an hour during an afternoon of a couple of days of chol ha’moed.
Nothing makes a bigger or better impact on children than teaching by example that while we have time off from work and school we SHARE that time with others who not be able to go on trips or be with family. The opportunity to teach selflessness should be embraced.