Giant Angry Birds Game
What do water balloons, stacks of boxes, and 500ft sling shots get you? GIANT ANGRY BIRDS GAME! And we had FUN! The youth chose to split up in boys vs girls teams and battle it out by launching water balloons at each other’s box towers, trying to knock them down and pop huge water balloons hidden inside them. It was a ton of fun. Everyone got a bottle of water and an icecream bar in between games. When we were finished, everyone worked together to pick up every single water balloon piece in the grass. What an awesome group of kids!
And of course, it ended with a pretty epic water balloon fight!
Flag Football and More
On July 10, 2019 Pleasantville Youth Initiative hosted a flag football game/hangout at the park in town. Youth had a blast playing flag football and extreme paper rock scissors!
We ended the event by making sure these awesome kids knew how much we cared about them. We reminded that they mattered to us, and to God. We had a lot of laughs, and everyone wanted to stay longer!
4th of July Parade 2019
Did you think you saw Ben Franklin and George Washington dancing on a float in the 4th of July Parade? It wasn’t the heat…you actually saw that. It was us. And yes, we almost passed out from heat exhaustion but hey, we had FUN! Our great big float read “WE WANT YOU TO BE AWESOME”, and we DO! We loved being our silly selves and passing out a gazillion fidget spinners to the kids in town. Let FREEDOM ring!
Bet you never thought you’d see old George and Ben shakin it to “Firework”, did ya?
500 May Baskets
To celebrate MAY DAY we came together to make over 500 May Baskets!
Youth and volunteers punched holes in paper cups and used pipe cleaners to make a handle. We added popcorn, M&Ms, and some suckers in assembly line fashion. Students wrote encouraging messages on each basket.
Early on May first we delivered these to every student in the entire elementary school! We also left a shiny new pencil for each student as well. The kids were so surprised to get a special May Day gift!
We hope kids at Pleasantville Elementary School felt loved and appreciated!
Be YOU Middle School Events
On April 12th, 2019, two events were held simultaneously. One was for middle school girls, the other for middle school boys. At each event, youth were encouraged to shine uniquely as God has created them. We talked about practical ways to apply this to our lives, and leaders shared how God has taught them to value themselves through life experiences.
We also handed out the following printout to the girls group. You can read more about what we taught in this blog post!
