Playhouse Challenge in Mexico
Sometimes you get the satisfaction of being able to bring pure happiness to people, and earlier this year we got to do so with kindergartners from nine different schools in San Jose Del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas Corridor in Mexico. We teamed up with Scotiabank for the team building activity, Playhouse Challenge.
Corporate Team Building Activity that Creates Opportunity
Not all children have the opportunity to live a lifestyle where they get to simply be a child and play—this is why we build and donate playhouses through our Odyssey Playhouse Challenge. We provide these playhouses to nonprofit youth programs, children’s hospitals, or low-income housing in various communities.
Scotiabank’s Team Building Activity
Scotiabank wanted to have an award recognition program for their tellers and other customer-facing employees, so they reached out to Odyssey Teams. We helped conduct two different Playhouse Challenge groups—each with 250 people—to further their values of respect, integrity, passion and accountability.
Collectively, the two groups built, donated and delivered 20 playhouses to these nine different schools in Mexico.
A “Neighborhood Stroll”
The unique aspect in this specific program was that we had children from one of the schools come to see the playhouses, where they were able to pick out their three favorite houses. All participants took a “neighborhood stroll” at the end to see the houses their colleagues had built before ending with a final debrief that connected the experience back to the values and purpose of Scotiabank.
Philanthropic Team Building at Its Finest
So far, with the help of you and your companies, we have built 678 playhouses and have positively impacted more than 2,500 lives. The lessons your team takes away from this corporate give back activity are as significant as the playhouses they’ll leave behind. You can learn more about our Playhouse Challenge and other give back events.
For more information on Odyssey Teams programs, get in touch!