Claudette’s Birthday Adventure

FUN

#1: Today is actually National Scotch Tape Day (it’s true, look it up). To honor this incredibly versatile product, take a fun team picture after everyone uses Scotch tape to stretch and distort their faces. For some inspiration click HERE.

#2: One week from today, the Bucs will become the first ever team to play in a Super Bowl at their home stadium. To help them get psyched up for the big game , find a logo of the Bucs anywhere around the city being proudly displayed, worn, flown, etc. Then take a video of your group pretending to Gronk spike an imaginary football and immediately breaking into your very best celebratory touchdown dance while the logo is clearly visible in the background. If you need some inspiration for your performance you can click HERE.

#3: Take a video of your team successfully completing the Whipped Cream Catapult Challenge. There are two options for completing this depending on your Covid comfort level with the other members of your team. Option #1 is to divide your team into pairs. Have someone squirt a dollop (small lump) of whipped cream onto the back of their hand. Have the other person stand a few feet away from them ready to catch the whipped cream in their mouth. The person with the whipped cream on their hand will swing their arm back, palm down. When that hand gets back in front of them at about waist height, they’ll strike their wrist with their other free hand, causing the whipped cream to go flying. The second person should successfully catch the whipped cream in their mouth, or at least catch some of it in their mouth and the rest on their face. For this option, at least half your team should make a successful catch in the video. For Option #2 each team member will put the whipped cream on the back of their own hand and fling it up to themselves, at least 3 feet above their head. For this option everyone on the team would need to make a successful catch in the video. To watch a video of a team successfully completing this challenge click HERE.

#4: Research shows that consuming raw garlic can boost your immune system. So take a video of all your team members each chewing a separate raw clove of garlic for at least 10 full seconds, Team members should be actively chewing the clove and not just holding it in their mouths.

FIND

#5: As an homage to Claudette’s birthday, and each of her 29 incredible trips around the sun, find someone 85 years old or older around the city or contact them via Facetime or video chat technology. Take some time to chat with them, listen to a story they may have about Tampa, or just ask them about their life. Then at some point take a video of your team asking them the question “What is the most important thing we should do in life?”.

Then at some point after this adventure click HERE to learn about how loneliness in seniors can be as hazardous to their health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and how a simple interaction like what you’ll do for this challenge can change that.

#6: Work together as a team to locate the life-size bronze statue of John Lennon here in Tampa. It depicts his famous walk across Abbey Road. Once you’ve located him, take a fun group picture with it while you all pretend to be super fans that just encountered your long time icon.

#7: When the city was established in the 1800’s Tampa’s streets were made of sand. Bricks were embraced at the turn of the 20th century. The city primarily used bricks made in Augusta, Georgia and according to the Augusta Museum of History, the now-defunct company initially provided bricks for more than 730 Tampa streets. Get your team to any of the few remaining streets that are still made of these historic bricks and take a fun team picture so that your team and the bricks are clearly visible.

#8: Find a postcard that features your local area in some way and purchase it. Then click HERE to go to the Postcard Happiness Project website and scroll down to the profile for John Craig, an adult with Downs Syndrome that loves to receive mail. On your postcard include a fun or uplifting message and sign it with your names or your group name. The mailing address for John can be found in his profile description. Stamp your card and take a picture with it to show you've completed your Act Of Kindness.

SKILL

#9: Take a video of any two team members both successfully completing the “Bottle Flip Challenge” at exactly the same time. Basically, take a video of both members each flipping their own standard (16 ounces or so) bottle of water onto a hard surface, and getting it to successfully remain standing upright once it lands. The bottle can be filled with as much water as needed to improve your chances of completing the challenge successfully. What will make this challenge difficult is getting both people to make a successful flip on the same attempt. If one of you fails, encourage them and both try again. To watch a video of two people successfully completing this challenge together click HERE.

#10: Imagine you’re the Bucs kicker and you have a last second field goal attempt to win Super Bowl LV. To see whether you have the grit to knock it through the uprights, create a regulation paper football using one sheet of paper. To learn how to make one you can click HERE. Once created, take a video of someone placing the football on a hard surface roughly waist high (a table works well). Then have them “flick” it up into the air and another person who is standing at least 6 feet away catches the flicked football in a standard drinking glass or plastic cup. To watch a video of two people successfully completing this challenge click HERE.

#11: Take a video of any one team member successfully completing the OREO Face Challenge. Place an Oreo on your forehead and using only your facial muscles and gravity attempt to move the cookie down your face and into your mouth without grabbing it with your hand or having it fall off. If it falls off place the cookie back on your forehead and try again. All racers can be attempting the challenge but only one needs to successfully complete it. Follow your local health guidelines for removing your mask to complete this challenge, such as being outdoors and properly distanced. To watch a video of someone completing this challenge successfully click HERE.

#12: Somewhere outdoors, take a video of any one team member balancing a large (16 ounces or so) open-top paper, plastic, or foam cup on their head filled with water. Then have them walk 10 paces ahead without touching the cup or having it fall off at any point during their walk. If you touch the cup or it drops, fill the cup back up with water, re-balance, and start again. All team members can attempt this challenge at the same time but only one needs to be successful.

PHYSICAL

#13: Get your team to the Tampa Postcard Mural located near 1102 North Florida Ave. Then take a well-timed picture of your team all jumping in the air and high fiving as a group while the beautiful mural is in the background. Work together to time your jump and communicate well with the person taking the picture (or the camera timer) so it captures your team getting some air.

#14: Get your team outside the popular Crab House located at 225 South Franklin Street. Once there, take a video of your team all “Crab Walking” in front of the restaurant. To learn how to properly crab walk you can click HERE.

#15: One month from today marks the 61st anniversary of the Woolworth Sit-In, which is credited with spurring a civil rights movement in downtown Tampa and began the desegregation of many establishments in the city. To honor the bravery of these high school aged demonstrators, get your team to the site of the former Woolworth’s building located on the corner of Franklin and Polk streets. Once there take a picture of your team all doing "wall sits" against the old building. To learn how to do a proper wall sit click HERE.

#16: Head to the American Victory ship, which is one of only 4 fully-operational WWII ships in the country. Once nearby, you’ll need to find an active military person or veteran in the area, or you can Facetime or video chat one located anywhere in the world if needed. Then take a video of them watching your entire group doing 10 push-ups or sit-ups to honor their strength, while the American Victory is visible in the background. After you’ve finished recording, spend a few minutes learning more about their time in the service before you depart or disconnect, as a small gesture of appreciation.