High School and College Sports Teams

Ideas Targeted to Sports Teams (adapted from Athletes in Action)

• Oranges for High School Football Practice
• High School Sports Party
• Watermelon after practice
• Gatorade after a hard practice
• Facilitate a community service project
• Make hospital visits
• Greet students and parents and help the freshmen move in
• Baby-sit for the coaches
• Physical therapy rehab
• Care packages during finals week
• Offer tutoring
• Honor a team at your athletic meeting
• Shag, throw and rebound
• Shovel manure
• Go to lesser followed sports
• Set up social settings
• Copy great talks and hand them out to the athletes
• Capture seasonal times with high touch ideas
• Take a camera to practice/games
• Make up your own Appreciation Day
• Clean up after a sporting event
• Meet with the freshmen for a coke
• Organize surprise mini-birthday parties
• Give away peanuts/popcorn at sporting events
• Offer to do videoing of a team's practice
• Offer to keep stats
• Free car washes for the athletic department

High School Sports Party
Decorate one of your large church rooms with a sports theme and invite high school students in for a party after home games. Offer them free food (pizza and snacks), music (a Christian rock band), and games (Pinball, Ping Pong, Foosball, and video games).