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Winter holidays and cold weather inspire giving and sharing. Reaching out to the wider community can become a team's tradition during the season when many people feel vulnerable or lonely.
Groups that join together in [[:Category:Philanthropic_Team_Building|philanthropic team building activities]] get all the benefits of team building, with the extra glow that comes of generosity. Projects that provide for others can also be welcome substitutes for one more holiday party or yet another gift exchange.
The endless ways to give as a team include creating gifts, repairing items. raising money, and collecting goods for donation; and providing community service.
One holiday giving activity that is now common:[[Adopt a Family]]: Facilitated by a charitable agency, a team receives general information about a family. Each team member provides appropriate gifts or donates funds for a representative to do the shopping. In one version, tags in a display give the age and ideas about each family member's needs or wishes. Team members select tags and replace them with appropriate gifts. (Often, the tags are decorating a Christmas tree and the gifts are then arranged under it. Alternative symbols and decorations can be more universal inclusive - consider a flower garden display, with each flower an adult or child in the family.) The team may enjoy getting together to wrap the gifts. Usually, the identity of the family is not revealed, and contact and delivery are managed by the agency.
Teampedia encourages people to create opportunities for giving together in any and all seasons. Here's one year-round model, for a neighborhood in which people want such help: Before the holidays, pot houseplants together. In the spring, help plant a community garden. In the summer, have a lawn weed-in and watermelon event. Throw a leaf-raking and popcorn-eating party in the fall. As a bonus, in March, bring in a community organization to establish neighborhood emergency preparedness.
The team that gives together . . .
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:“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
:― Winston Churchill
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:“I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.”
