Helping the Homeless is a powerful CSR team building experience focused on supporting individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness. Your group will assemble essential-care backpacks for homeless community members, filling each one with meaningful items selected specifically for the needs of unhoused men, women, and children. The program highlights an urgent reality: one in thirty children in the United States experiences homelessness each year, representing more than 2.5 million kids who lack stable housing and basic items of comfort and care. This activity serves as both a meaningful service initiative and an impactful homeless charity event, providing your team with an opportunity to directly assist those in need.
This charitable event combines teamwork, compassion, and friendly competition. Participants work together in sub-teams to earn points by completing fun challenges such as trivia, creative tasks, and light physical activities. As teams accumulate points, they gain access to the items needed to fill their care backpacks, which may include socks, toiletries, blankets, snacks, school supplies, hygiene essentials, and toys for children. Throughout the experience, the energy builds as teams track their progress and race toward completing high-quality care packages that will truly make a difference.
Program Agenda
The program begins with a welcome and energizing introduction that sets the tone for a meaningful and collaborative experience. Participants are then divided into sub-teams and complete a series of engaging challenges that help them earn the points needed to acquire backpack items. As the momentum builds, teams redeem their points, gather supplies, and assemble care packages tailored to the needs of unhoused individuals and families. The session concludes with a heartfelt debrief, group photo opportunities, and, when possible, remarks from a charity representative who highlights the impact of your team’s contribution.
Program Outcomes & Takeaways
- Increased team unity through shared purpose
- Meaningful engagement with a community-focused cause
- Strengthened communication and collaboration
- A rewarding sense of impact through direct charitable support
Program Customization
Consider customization options such as:
- Expanded care kit options tailored to specific populations
- Partnerships with local shelters or national homeless organizations
- Inclusion of themed challenges to earn extra items
To ensure a great experience, aspects of this event may be modified to accommodate your group size, makeup, available time, and other variables.
Our historically popular iPad activities are still available upon request.
We had been planning the launch of this program for a while, and now it seems more timely than ever. Our nation has a significant homeless population, and recent events are taxing the resources of shelters and support agencies. Our hope is that we can inspire companies and their staffs to work together better and support their communities in the process. Nationally, homelessness is rising and it’s not just children and families. Among older homeless adults, 44% became homeless for the first time AFTER age 50. America’s homeless elderly population is projected to nearly triple by 2030, according to new research. If we’re not part of the problem, we should be part of the solution.