- Starbucks and Pinterest
- Kick field goals
- Find a radar gun and clock guys throwing baseball pitches after school
- Volunteer to sign in students at the late sign in desk
- Offer free hair buzzes (check with parents first)
- Picnic in the park
- Be a substitute teacher
- Run with the cross country team
- Take guys fishing
- Have a contest throwing frisbees through field goal posts
- Organize a game of flag football or ultimate frisbee
- Plan a sleepover
- Paint your chests and go cheer at the JV game (Guys only)
- Mani-pedis
- Babysit together to raise money for camp
- Have a hair dying party (with parental
permission) - Shoot and edit a video for club
- Help build the set for the school play
- Plan a camping trip
- Volunteer assistant coach a team
- Carve a pumpkin
- Surprise wake them up and take them to breakfast
- Offer after school tutoring
- Volunteer together at the soup kitchen
- Play foot golf
- Bonfire and s’mores
- Cook dinner for another Campaigners group
- Road trip to the state fair
- Surprise your area director and take some kids to rake his/her leaves
- Play frisbee golf at the local college
- Fill someone’s car with balloons the night before their birthday
- Volunteer to chaperone a field trip
- Go to a professional baseball, football, basketball, hockey game
- Double date
- Take piano lessons together
- Go pick apples
- Take them with you to church
- Kick it old school and go roller skating
- Driving range or putt-putt
- Invite them to study at your college library
- Ask a kid to teach you something new (how to edit videos, play guitar, throw a fastball)
- Play racquetball
- Save $15 and do a thrift store shopping spree
- Learn a new board game together
- Go to the zoo
- Look at upcoming concerts and pick one to attend
- Play Stickball
- Visit the pet store or animal shelter
- Plan a KanJam or Spikeball tourney
- Grab some friends and hammocks and build an eno village
19 More Contact Work Ideas
Shared by Ashton Zager, Food Services at Windy Gap & YL leader in Buncombe Co, NC. You can read her blog at girlgonewife.blogspot.com.
1. Go wrap another Yl leader’s house…or Saran wrap their car…or put pink flamingos in the yard
2. Visit a haunted house and pee your pants
3. Have them teach you how to do make up…because most of my high school friends are way more put together than I am.
4. Volunteer at an animal shelter as an excuse to kiss on cute puppies
5. Take them go to buy goldfish. Put a wager on whoever gets their fish to live the longest
6. Relive middle school and go try on fancy homecoming dresses just for giggles
7. Have a themed movie marathon
8. Make big cookie. Or 3 of them. Make sure and eat them straight out of the tin like you do at camp
9. Have a poker night. Which will most likely mean teaching them how to play poker
10. Decorate shirts and go all out with school spirit at their football game this week
11. Have a board game night
12. Have a craft night. You can usually find canvases and paint on sale at Michaels
13. Go on a hike
14. Go thrifting
15. Pick out a recipe and cook a fancy meal
16. Teach them to knit or some other activity you’re proficient in
17. Go play putt-putt
18. Have a one roll night with a list of consequences
19. Go to a local restaurant that has a food challenge. Example: a steak that becomes free if you eat it all or a really spicy wing that might make you throw up
