CAMPINGCamping can bring a whole group closer together. When everyone’s out at a camp site together, bonding is bound to happen, along with the fun! Do all the quintessential camping activities for an amazing trip. Camp in tents, have bonfires, go canoeing and hiking, make dinner together over the fire, tell stories around the campfire, and toast marshmallows.

SWIMMING/WATERPARKSummertime means time for enjoying some water! Whether that means just heading to the local swimming pool or visiting a water park, youth will have a great time together. Of course, it’s important to make sure group members can swim before letting them in deeper water. Parents will want to sign o� on this one.

FOR YOUTH GROUPSSUMMER ACTIVITIES

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BBQSA barbecue at a local park is a great way for this to happen! Make sure to bring plenty of food to grill, side dishes to feed the crowd, and di�erent yard games and game balls to toss around while the food cooks and after eating. If your group is large enough, you could even start a real game of touch football, soccer or kickball.

SUMMER SPORTING EVENTSSummer is the perfect time for taking in a game. Baseball is a great choice for those who are interested. Have everyone grab their gloves and head to a game! Make sure the kids bring money for concessions. The hot dog and bag of chips are as essential to a game of baseball as the home runs! Don’t want to watch a sporting event? Have your own instead!

SCAVENGER HUNTWhile a scavenger hunt can be quite a bit of work for the organizers, it can be an incredibly fun event for youth! You can either hide a final prize in a public area and have the group look for it based o� of clues, or make a list of certain things each group has to find. You could even turn this into a fun community event by making the items that they have to find non-perishable food items for the local food bank. The group then has to go door-to-door to collect them!

TRACK & FIELD DAYMany school gym classes put on a track and field day (or days) each year. Why not do it as a group? Have everyone sign up for a specific event (or several if your group is smaller), have some training time, then a day where you compete and invite families to come watch.

GARAGE SALEThis is a great fundraising opportunity, as well as a fun one. Ask residents around town for garage sale donations. Odds are, many people have “junk” they’d love to sell! Have the group set up and run the whole sale. Money raised can go toward camping trips for the summer!

PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITYThere are a lot of people in the community that might need a little help with their yard, or with a project around their home. Public areas need a little housekeeping, too! Volunteer to pick up trash along a stretch of road, a stream, in a public park, or on a bike trail.

HAWAIIAN NIGHTThis one’s a little more fun than work! Have a luau. Everyone dresses up in their finest grass skirts and Hawaiian shirts, eats pineapple, does the limbo, and tries to hula.

FOOD TASTING COMPETITION

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The group leader buys some not-so-common foods and feeds them to blindfolded youths. The youth have to guess what it is they’re eating. Fun and hilarious, this activity is sure to keep the group talking! Turn it into a fundraising event by making it a competition and inviting the public, or at least families of the youth.