Media: Meetings West (6/08)

Team-building experts Odyssey Teams recently created a Helping Hands program to aid thousands of people in developing countries who have lost hands to landmine explosions or political violence. The program challenges participants, many from Fortune 500 corporations and other businesses, to assemble artificial hands for later donation overseas. The goal is for participants in Helping Hands to learn teamwork by confronting and discussing their challenging assignment. The new program is part of the company’s evolution of philanthropic training programs. Odyssey is working in conjunction with the Ellen Meadows Prosthetic Hand Foundation. Odyssey Teams also runs the Life Cycles program in which participants build free bikes for needy children.