As a Hope Squad member, you have the opportunity to help others around you to feel seen and important. Including others in activities helps people to know that you are on their team. One of the best ways to befriend others is to invite them to participate in activities with you.
Below is a list of some student's favorite activities they have participated in school-wide.
Put a box outside the guidance office for students to write down their concerns
Have chalk drawings (like wings) to take pictures with them and post on social media
"Growing Hope" - Plant yellow flowers around the school grounds or start a Hope Squad garden
Write on hearts with the name of each student in school - post them somewhere everyone can find their name
Watch Pixar Shorts
Buy pinwheels from Dollar Tree and write positive messages on them to "plant" around campus
Hope Moments String
Self-care field Day
“Post Its of love” on the walls
Quotes for every locker
Paint Rocks
Hope Grams: write letters to people and have Hope Squad members deliver them
Donuts in the morning
Bake-off competition
Paint fight outside
Pie throwing
Cotton Candy and Popcorn Booth
Heart Attack Lockers
Write positive messages on rocks, eggs, or cardboard cut outs and hide them around the school for students to find
Write positive messages inside plastic Easter Eggs, host an Easter Egg Hunt
Stomp Out Suicide - tie a balloon to people’s feet with a ribbon, then you go around trying to pop each others balloons without getting yours popped.
Pumpkin Walk
School movie night
Stress balls
“Hershey’s Kiss”ing Booth
Have everyone sign a giant poster
Talent show
Stress Shredder Activity (write down what stresses you out and then put it in a shredder or have students rip it up)
Honey Roast - Roast people with compliments
Compliment clovers
Marshmallow chain representing relationships
Sticky Note cars
Self-Love Yoga
Fun runs
Penny Wars!
Pass out cards/treats in classes
Write the name of someone who has given you HOPE on a strip of yellow paper, link them together and hang the chain in the commons
Participate in “No Shave November” to raise awareness for Cancer