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Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation

A Creative, Competitive, and Charitable Team Experience

Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation is a fun charity team building program where your group will design, construct and play a mini golf course using canned and boxed food items. Working in teams, each hole has a special theme and rules, unique to that hole. After the course has been built, an entertaining tournament ensues with scoring and fun competition. Once completed, the course will be deconstructed and the food donated to a predetermined food bank or similar organization.

  • 30 to 1,000+
  • 1.5 to 2 hours
  • Indoor / Outdoor

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Group Size
30 to 1,000+
Per Team
10
Length
1.5 to 2 hours
Setting
Indoor / Outdoor
Physicality
Medium
Space
35 sq. ft. per person

Looking for a way to combine creativity, friendly competition, and community impact? The Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation event challenges your team to design and build their own mini-golf holes—using non-perishable food items that are later donated to a local food bank.

This interactive program encourages collaboration, resourcefulness, and out-of-the-box thinking—all while making a meaningful difference for people in need.

Program Agenda

After an energizing warm-up, your group is divided into golf teams of 10. Each team is tasked with designing and building a unique mini-golf hole using canned and boxed goods, indoor/outdoor carpeting, cardboard, and decorative materials. Teams are responsible for the hole’s construction, layout, theme, and even the rules of play.

Once the full course is completed, participants rotate through the holes to play a round of team-designed miniature golf. Officials ensure each hole’s rules are followed and that gameplay stays on par (pun intended!). No golf experience necessary—this game is all about innovation and fun.

Following the tournament, teams break down their creations and repack the food for donation. In many cases, a representative from the receiving organization joins to personally thank the group and share how the donations will be used.

Program Outcomes & Takeaways

  • Encourages creativity, problem solving, and time management
  • Builds collaboration through shared design and gameplay
  • Reinforces the value of giving back through direct charitable impact
  • Provides a highly visual, energizing team experience
  • Leaves participants with a sense of pride and accomplishment

Program Customization

  • Custom team themes or decorations
  • Branding of food donation boxes or scorecards
  • Choice of food bank or nonprofit partner
  • Prizes or awards for most creative hole, best teamwork,

Want to build something amazing and give back while doing it? Book your Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation event today!

To ensure a great experience, aspects of this program may be modified for your group size, group makeup, time available, and other variables.

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Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation

What Clients Say About Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation

We were extremely satisfied with the way our Charity Mini-Golf Course Build was organized. The icebreaker and the golf course build were great team builders. Everyone was very happy with everything, from icebreaker to donation. Playing the completed golf course was the most fun. Your lead facilitator was excellent, this was our second year with him and he knows how to keep our group happy and engaged. Well done!

Kennedy Health Systems, Inc.

Jessica

Kennedy Health Systems, Inc.

More client comments

Our Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation at the JW Marriott Marquis Miami was an outstanding experience from start to finish. The teams brought great energy and friendly competition as they worked hard to design and build their own creative par-3 holes. The competitive spirit was high, but so was the collaboration — each group was fully engaged and determined to create a course that was both fun and functional. Beyond the competition, what truly stood out was the enthusiasm around the service component. The teams were excited to pack the food donations and personally help load them onto the donation truck. There was a real sense of pride and purpose in knowing their efforts would directly benefit families in need. The group also appreciated hearing from the representatives of Joshua’s Heart Foundation. Learning more about the organization’s mission and understanding how the donated items would be distributed added meaningful context to the activity and deepened the overall impact. It was a powerful combination of team building, creativity, and community service that left everyone feeling accomplished and inspired.

Tonya

Viatris

Viatris

Our group absolutely loved the idea of teambuilding, competition, and giving back to the local community. The teams had to work together and talk through ideas to achieve the end result and that’s what team building is all about. The event was well organized and your lead facilitator Joe was great!

Heather

Legrand North America, LLC

Legrand North America, LLC

Our group enjoy the activities and charitable aspects of our Mini-Golf and Food Donation program and rated it a 10 out of 10! Your facilitator was good, and our group thought the most fun was the building of the holes and the explanations of the theme of each team’s golf hole. Well done and good communication overall. We’d like to do another program in six months.

Joe

Johnson Supply, the Ware Group

Johnson Supply, the Ware Group

The group loved our Mini-Golf Food Donation program! It was so much fun watching the creativity and competitive spirit. Our facilitator Indy brought an unexpected level of energy that had the team engaged from the word go! Indy’s energy and engagement were the success factors – we would very much like to work with Indy again.

Carolyn

NGP Energy Capital Management

NGP Energy Capital Management

The whole aspect of the golf course building was a great team building activity! It was really well organized and we always love the icebreaker games before we start. Our group enjoyed the programs activities and all the food that was donated. Great Job on every part!

Angela

CLM Mortgage

CLM Mortgage

The event turned out really well and everyone enjoyed it. Our Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation is an extremely organized event. The teams working together to design and construct their mini golf holes turned out to be a great team builder. Everything we did in the program was fun! They really enjoyed themselves and having the opportunity to contribute to the community.

Jenita

Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

Our Mini-Golf Build was very organized. Our team leader was awesome! She kept the energy and interest levels high Working together in small groups to problem-solve was a great teambuilding exercise. Our group enjoyed the activities and charitable aspect of the program. They were major highlights of the event. The most fun was giving all the canned and boxed goods away to charity at the end.

Lori

AAA NCNU

AAA NCNU

Mixing the groups so that the interns worked with different people than they are used to was a great team builder, as was working together creatively with limited resources. The most fun was seeing the interns proud of their work and presenting together. They enjoyed it! Something different for them and they liked being creative. I noticed there was a shift in energy to being more positive and engaged with this activity closing the day after lots of sessions. Your facilitator was great and I enjoyed working with Pam as the primary contact for our local charity.

Jessica

SAP

SAP

Thank you for a wonderful fun-filled event today. Your lead facilitator certainly had a way of getting everyone engaged and excited about the afternoon. Our team had an amazing time and still talking about each other’s golf challenge. Very nice to have worked with your company and hope that we have the opportunity to work with your organization again in the future.

Deb

Janssen Infectious Diseases

Janssen Infectious Diseases

Our Mini Golf event was fun because every hole was different and so folks got to try other holes. The program seemed very well received by our group. The best “team building” aspect of the program was not knowing what we were going to do and then having to work together to come up with an idea and then executing it. Your presenter and supporting staff were great in their interactions with our group and were very pleasant to work with.

Ann

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Your Charity Golf Course Build team building program was one of the most unique giving-back programs we have ever done. Fun, creative, competitive and philanthropic! It was a very nice twist of competition and caring.

Kate

McKinsey

McKinsey

LOVED IT, Charity Mini-Golf was hands-down one of the best team building events we have ever done! It was fun watching everyone interact with each other and see their creativity! The event was extremely well organized with constant communication, which was appreciated. Your awesome facilitators were very fun to work with. They kept the group engaged, sparked competitiveness, and made the whole process seamless! Loved that a representative from the charity came by to give an overview of where the food was going. Thank you very much. We had a blast!!

Tanya

W.L. Gore & Associates

W.L. Gore & Associates

We had a great experience last year with your team, so we were interested in possibly working together again. The program you delivered this year, a Charity Mini-Golf Course Build, went great. It is really refreshing to work with all the same people again this year. It’s so rare, but really makes me glad that we can work with your company again and again!

Jess

Kennedy Health

Kennedy Health

Best Corporate Events was very responsive with our questions about the Charity Mini-Golf Course Build program. The event was well organized and I thought the lead facilitator was excellent and really got the group going.

Whitney

Cotiviti Healthcare

Cotiviti Healthcare

Your Las Vegas lead facilitator has been great to work with over the past couple years. Our group really enjoyed him hosting our Charity Mini-Golf Course Build™ event. Best Corporate Events has done a great job for us over the years. Keep up the great work!

James

Drury Hotels Company

Drury Hotels Company

Your two leads did an amazing job facilitating our Charity Mini Golf Course Build program.  We had a great event and would highly recommend them for future events.  They kept things flowing and were very engaging when they addressed the attendees.

Lesley

Diageo

Diageo

Our Charity Miniature Golf Course Build event went well. Everyone that attended enjoyed it. Thanks again for your assistance. We look forward to having other events in the future with you.

MaryAnn

Societe Generale

Societe Generale

Thank you for contacting the White Center Food Bank to be the recipient of food donation from the Best Corporate Events Charity Mini-Golf exercise at Cedarbrook Lodge. It was great meeting you and seeing the creative program you organized. The generous donation of 633 pounds of food will help feed hungry families and is greatly appreciated. On behalf of the White Center Food Bank, and all the people that have received help because of your generous donation, we thank you!

Audrey

White Center Food Bank

White Center Food Bank

Wanted to say thank you to both you and Best Corporate Events for organizing on short notice and MC-ing the event tonight. Your facilitator did a great job and our teams had a great time. It was obvious the impact the program had on our company. We will definitely keep you in mind for any other events we have planned in the future.

Warren

Sculptra Marketing

Sculptra Marketing

When the 6,000 pounds of food was donated, the director pulled me aside and said, ‘We had a meeting 3 weeks ago and came to the tough realization that this fall we would not have enough food to feed all the needy families of Las Vegas in our neediest time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. In one amazing effort, you guys have solved that problem. Thank you!

Joseph

Las Vegas Rescue Mission

Las Vegas Rescue Mission

FAQs about Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation Team Building

How does the Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation event work?

Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation is an interactive team building program that combines hands-on construction, friendly competition, and community giving.  After an energizing warm-up, your group is divided into golf teams of 10. Each team is tasked with designing and building a unique mini-golf hole using canned and boxed goods, indoor/outdoor carpeting, cardboard, and decorative materials. Teams are responsible for the hole's construction, layout, theme, and even the rules of play. Once the full course is completed, participants rotate through the holes to play a round of team-designed miniature golf, with officials on hand to ensure each hole's rules are followed. No golf experience is necessary — the program is all about innovation and fun. Following the tournament, teams break down their creations and repack the food for donation. In many cases, a representative from the receiving organization joins to personally thank the group and share how the donations will be used.

What team building outcomes does the Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation event generate?

The Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation program is built around collaboration, resourcefulness, and creative problem-solving. The design-and-build format requires teams to think strategically, communicate effectively, and make decisions together — all within the constraints of the materials provided. A few elements make this format particularly well-suited for team development:
  • Creative constraints — working with non-perishable food items and limited materials pushes teams to think outside the box and leverage each other's ideas
  • Shared ownership — teams are responsible for every aspect of their hole, from concept to construction to the rules of play, which builds accountability and pride in a shared outcome
  • Inclusive participation — the combination of creative, physical, and strategic tasks gives different team members different moments to contribute and lead
  • Purposeful conclusion — the donation component adds a layer of shared meaning to the experience, giving the team's efforts real-world impact beyond the competition itself

What happens to the donated food after the Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation event?

The food items used to build the mini-golf holes don't go to waste — they're the heart of the charitable component that makes this program unique. After the tournament, teams break down their course holes and repack the canned and boxed goods for donation to a local food bank. In many cases, a representative from the receiving organization attends the event to thank the group in person and explain how the donated items will be distributed. This closing moment connects the day's activities to a larger purpose and gives participants a tangible sense of community impact alongside their team building experience. The program can be delivered anywhere in North America, and the charitable partner is coordinated locally to ensure the donation reaches families in need in the community where your event takes place.

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