THUNDER LEADERSHIP OVERNIGHT
Truck Town Thunder met at Brandon High School at 8am on October 29, packed into vehicles and left for Camp Copneconic.Ā This activity made us use teamwork because we needed to depend on other team members to help us get across. The last activity of the day was a high ropes course. This was an activity that required team members to climb an obstacle course that was built on two levels. The first one was twenty-five feet in the air, and the second was forty feet in the air.Ā This activity helped build teamwork because not all of us were comfortable with being 25 feet off the ground and it required encouragement from other team members to help us complete the obstacles.Ā
This was an excellent opportunity for team members to face personal challenges with the encouragement of fellow team members.Ā This was for the first annual team leadership overnight. Once we arrived at camp, we unloaded our items, split the team into 2 groups (Sigma Pi and Yoshi Riders) and headed off for our first day of team building activities. During one of those activities, called āMountaintopā, the teams tested their co-operation, teamwork, and listening skills. This activity required the teams to makeĀ their way across four platforms using only two wooden boards. While doing this no one was able to touch the ground, which would result in penalties such as temporary blindness, temporary deafness, or even aĀ combination of both. In order to get the whole team across without touching the ground, everyone had to stick together and move as a group.
The last team building exercise was to play āDodgebeeā, a combination of Frisbee and dodge ball. Truck Town team members learned more about each other, how to work as a team, and how to build trust one another. Truck Town Thunder Team members were put in leadership positions and were able to practice their ability to lead others. Team members are expected to be leaders in their community, in their school, as well as on the team.“Circles make friends” – Camp Staff