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Giving as a Team - for the holiday season

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Winter holidays and cold weather inspire many people "'Tis better to think about giving and volunteering during this time of yeargive . Sharing and helping are often part of traditions for Christmas, harvest festivals, Solstice, Chanukah and other religious or secular holidays. The season when many are inspired to be generous coincides with when many feel more vulnerable or alone due to holidays, winter weather, or shorter days and more darkness."
Teams who join together in philanthropic team building activities get all the benefits of team building with an extra glow of feeling that their Winter holidays and cold weather inspire giving efforts are also enhancing their group's communication, skills, enjoyment, and identitysharing. There are endless ways Reaching out to give as the wider community can become a team, including building and creating items which will then be donated, raising money as a team, collecting new or used goods, and doing community service for those who are in need's tradition during this season.
Consider the list of Groups that join together in [[:Category:Philanthropic Team Building] we have started compiling here on Teampedia as a good starting place. Teams do clean-up on playgrounds or at community centers, serve meals at soup kitchens, construct ramps, teach computer skills... Many [Team Building Companies Philanthropic_Team_Building| team building companiesphilanthropic activities]] listed in our directory offer get all the know-how and materials to help your group with onsite benefits of team building activities in which your team , with the extra glow that comes of generosity. Projects that provide for others can build bikesalso be welcome substitutes for “sigh, wheelchairsone more” holiday party or “oh no, or welcome wagons which are then donated to people in neednot a gift exchange.
Some activities have become common, such The endless ways to give as Adopt a Family: facilitated by a charitable agency, a work team gets general information about the agesinclude creating gifts, sizesrepairing items, and wishes of adults and children in a familyraising money, and the team member buy appropriate gifts or donate funds collecting goods for a representative to do the shoppingdonation. A variety of such giving involves a display on which paper tags give the age and a few hints about a person's needs or wishes; each Another fantastic team member takes on or more tags and replaces it at the display with an appropriate gift, (This -builder is often done with "Christmas trees," but because not all givers nor receivers are Christian, we encourage alternative, universal symbols and decoration.) The team can enjoy getting providing community service together to do the wrapping of the gifts. Usually, the identity of the family is not revealed and the contact and delivery are managed by the agency.
"'Tis better to give [[File:4305714987_f9fdc7741c. . ." jpg|200px|thumbnail|left| A team building event your team is said often during this season, yet Teampedia encourages people sure to create opportunities love for giving together in any and all seasons. In the autumn, have a wandering party holidays!]]Consider the growing list of leaf[[:Category:Philanthropic_Team_Building|philanthropic activities]] here on Teampedia. Teams clean-raking to people who need such helpup playgrounds; then return in the summer to mow the lawns of your neighbors. Help plant a community garden in the spring. Teach serve meals at soup kitchens; construct ramps; teach computer skills in Januaryto non-profits ... Give your team the gift Several [[Team_Building_Companies|companies]] listed in our directory offer packaged workshops for onsite building of givingitems for people in need, such as [[Bike Building|bikes]], [[Build a Wheelchair|wheelchairs]], and [[Build a Wagon|little red wagons]] .
One group holiday giving activity that is now common: '''[[Adopt a Family]]:''' Facilitated by a charitable agency, each team member provides appropriate gifts for children and adults in need. The team wraps the gifts together as their social gathering.
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