By Connie Timpson

Yellowbook 360 – a vision for the future.  Yes, the fat, valuable-printed Yellowbook will still be around, but this is a company that saw the future and deftly adapted.  Their new Internet-based view, goes strategy, employee, and community deep.

Their regional meetings included a fun team-building event near Philadelphia.  It challenged their skills, and tugged at their hearts.  A packet of clues, divided and conquered by competing teams, put bike parts in the hands of each person holding a correct answer.  Yes, there was one official winner, but no one lost.  Each team turned out a shiny new bike for some kids who need a hand up. They watched, surprised, as Sixteen deserving kids from the Germantown Boys and Girls’ Club shyly rushed into the room to discover that they each got a brand new bike!

The creators of the bikes watched with wonder as the kids tried out their new rides. The sight of the kids brought more than a few watery eyes. One leader in the group held up a red bag for donations.  Their goal was to send the kids to dinner.  The Boys and Girls Club opened the bag of donations to hundreds of dollars.  They were going to Golden Corral, and more.

All together the kids sang out, “thank you, thank you.”  In the end it was the teams from Yellowbook that said thanks, for the chance to give back in this time of need.  Yes, they learned, and observed some team building skills along the way. They Built Bikes, Strengthened Their Team And Opened Their Hearts – All Part of A Fun Team Building Event near Philadelphia.

By Connie Timpson/Sr. Instructor/The Leader’s Institute

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