#1: Paddling Challenge (Required). Your team will be given a specific time to check-in at the Eagle Creek Outfitters boat launch. If you have a team of 4, take two canoes with 2 team members in each canoe. If you are a team of 3 have everyone on your team in one canoe and rotate as needed so that everyone gets equal time in each position. You will each be given a paddle but here are the restrictions that will make this more challenging:

1. The person in the front of the canoe can only paddle on the right side of the canoe and the person in the back can only paddle on the left side.

2. You can’t paddle at the same time as the other person, so figure out a strategy that adheres to these guidelines but enables you to steer your boat effectively.

Before launching click HERE to see the route you will need to follow. Get your team to the beach area on the far side of the marina peninsula. Once there, get out of your canoe and use natural debris such as sticks or rocks to form a word on the beach that you think is a skill or quality a great leader should have. Once finished, switch positions in the canoe and head back to the launch location, still adhering to the paddling restrictions above.

#2: Get to any grassy surface and take a video of your team all completing the Group Sit & Stand Challenge. Basically, your team members will all be standing shoulder to shoulder in a tight clump/circle with your backs all facing in and your arms interlocked. Slowly lower the entire interlocked group to the ground until you are in a seated position with your butt on the ground, and then slowly stand back up while remaining interlocked. To watch a video of a group successfully completing this challenge click HERE.

#3: 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.

#4: Anywhere around the area find an active military person or a veteran. Then take a video of your team asking them “what does it take to be a great leader” and listening to their answer. Then after they finish have your entire team do 10 push-ups or sit-ups at their feet to honor their service.

#5: Take a video of your team successfully completing the Whipped Cream Catapult Challenge. 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.

If any team member would prefer a more “distanced” version of the challenge they can 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 either option, every team member should successfully complete a catch in their mouth. To understand the challenge better and watch a video of a team successfully completing it click HERE.

#6: Take a video of at least half the members in your group completing the "Bite The Bag" challenge. Stand on one leg, bend down and grab a brown paper bag with your teeth and lift it up as you stand back up on one foot. Must remain on one foot the entire time and can not use your arms, hold onto anything, or bump into anything else. To watch a video of someone successfully completing this challenge click HERE.

#7: Get to any open grassy area. Once there, combine your team with another team doing the adventure so that you have at least 8 total people (you could have more but just make sure it’s an even number of participants). Once your group is formed, take a video completing the “Human Knot” challenge. To watch a video about how to do the challenge click HERE. To improve your chances of success, don’t grab the hands of either person immediately next to you on your right or left, and make sure you have the hands of two different people.

#8: Take a team picture with any parked vehicle that has a license plate which contains numerical digits that add up to 10, no more, no less. So if the plate were "CF2H 5K3" it would be acceptable because those numbers add up to 10 and there aren't any additional numbers.

#9: 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. Disclaimer, although healthy this will likely not be pleasant, which is exactly the point.

#10: Great leaders are able to remain focused, even when surrounded by distractions. Click HERE to complete the Concentration Challenge. Once there, select the option for “Concentration” and get ready to begin the test. You will see a series of shapes. The goal is to decide whether the word inside the shape matches the color of the shape. If it does, click the check mark. If it doesn’t click on the X. Your score will be based on speed and accuracy. To complete this challenge successfully, any member of your team needs to score 27 or more points total on one test. Once someone has achieved an acceptable score, take a picture of the highly focused team member proudly displaying their score on their screen.

#11: Get one large plastic cup for each team member and fill it with water (or lake water if that’s more accessible). Then line up shoulder to shoulder and balance one full cup on each team member’s head. Once everyone’s cups are balanced, hold hands with the team members on either side of you and take a video of your team working together to all take 10 steps forward without anyone touching a cup or having it spill. If someone’s cup spills make sure to encourage them and then refill any spilled cups and start again as a team. After your team successfully travels 10 steps together without any touches or spills dump the cups to prove they were full and then celebrate!

#12: Take a video of your team successfully completing the “Stopwatch Challenge”. Have one team member open the stopwatch feature on their mobile device. That person will need to close their eyes and another team member will give them commands of when to start and stop the stopwatch so that the time stops somewhere between 4.90 seconds and 5.10 seconds. Every time you don’t successfully do it, reset the clock to 0.00 and rotate roles so that someone else is pressing the stopwatch with their eyes closed and someone else is giving the commands. Try out different strategies and then once you get it, show your time on the video and celebrate as a team!

#13: Talk as a team about different unique skills or knowledge each of you has. Have each team member figure out something they can do or something they know that the other team members don’t have experience with. Then take separate videos of each team member teaching their skill or knowledge to the others. If a team member is providing some unique wisdom on a topic then make sure your video shows that person dropping knowledge while everyone else is engaged and listening closely. If a team member is demonstrating some sort of skill such as a trending Tik Tok dance, a life hack, a magic trick, etc, then make sure the video not only shows them teaching it but also your other team members actively trying out this skill with them.

#14: To be an effective leader it’s important to have fun and not take yourself too seriously, so that the people you’re trying to lead can feel more comfortable with you. To demonstrate this critical leadership quality, take a fun team picture after everyone uses Scotch tape to stretch and distort their faces. For some inspiration click HERE.

#15: Developing an array of leadership qualities is a great way to get people to listen to what you have to say. But being a leader who is kind is the best way to get those people to actually follow you and do something. Grab some blank paper and something to write or draw with. 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 from Oregon that loves to receive mail. Create a fun or uplifting message, a drawing, or something you think would brighten John’s day and sign it with your name or your school’s name. Then take a team picture with all of your letters and complete your Act Of Kindness by giving them to your school leader so they can mail them all to John.