Bar - Bat Mitzvah - More Meaning

How to make the celebration more meaningful?

These are some of the ideas that were suggested to make a Bar or Bat Mitzvah celebration meaningful:

Make the "theme" of the party related to the parasha that is read by the bar or bat mitzvah. (sometimes this can be easy and a fun way to add to the meaning)

Make the decorations something that can be donated ... fruit for the food bank, books for a library, toys for an orphanage.

Give a meaningful gift to the synagogue to honor the event: umbrellas for them to keep for rainy days, a wheelchair for the elderly or disabled, books for the library, Chumash for the services. Find what is needed by the synagogue and donate in honor of the event.

Give guests meaningful gifts that relate to the subject. A book that relates to the tradition or the parasha or something else meaningful. A "mitzvah gift" that offers a suggested mitzvah that is easy to fulfill (such as call a friend or relative you haven't seen in a long time).

Please give me more ideas for this...