Adventure In Adventure OutAIAO Staff Teambuilding – Poly Prep
This summer we were hired to do a program out of state, which sent Christopher, Kyle, James, Elizabeth, Frank, and myself on a two day trip, where we spent the night in an AirBNB before doing the program the following day. It was an exciting adventure for us to have a team building experience within our own organization, where we went on a journey together to do something that we do well in this area, but in a new and distant land that we’re not familiar with: Brooklyn, New York.
When we arrived in New York, we had a fun time setting up the GPS Scavenger Hunt on the Poly Prep campus – which was absolutely beautiful. It had been a long day of travel, so it was nice to get out and stretch our legs. We traveled around the whole campus, and placed hidden riddles for the following day – we found a lot of fun places to hide them and came up with clever clues.
We arrived at our AirBNB that evening, and each of us had our own room to ourselves. It was a beautiful space, and when we were settled in we ordered Mexican takeout from Oaxaca Taquería and ate together around a big table in the AirBNB.
In the morning, we cooked a great big breakfast to get us ready for the day, and then we took off towards Poly Prep for our full day of programming.
The program ended up being quite challenging, and we found ourselves supporting each other throughout the various challenges of the day. The long van ride home afforded us the opportunity to chat about our various highs and lows during the program, and to learn from each other about what worked and what didn’t work with our participants. The drive home ended up being the highlight of our experience. Having this time to process and debrief the whole trip served as a way for us all to bond, and as we continued on our way, we each shared music with each other through the van’s stereo system and sang together on the road home.
