- When:12/3/2014
- QIC: Tryon and 2.0 (Co-Q's),
- The PAX: Tryon and 2.0, Barracuda, Cadillac, Barnabus, Chelms, Senior Chips, Backup, Rev Florida, Chicken Coop
GIANT JENGA – Tryon Hits Grand Slam at AG Middle School
Nine men of purpose and over 30 young boys gathered for a game of GIANT Jenga (considering sumbission to Guinness book of world record for largest Jenga game ever)
The Thang:
Circle up (figuratively) with the boys. First item of business was for Backup to show the kids the Billingsville shovel flag and let them know he would make a shovel flag for them with a design they created. Barrcuda explained why F3 has shovel flags. On the fly, we selected one of the boys who stepped up to lead the design effort #futureleader.
Main event – Tryon and his 2.0 Paige arrived early to set up the Giant Jenga sets and we divided the boys into four teams.
- First activity was to knock down the tower and work together to re-assemble with a member of the PAX providing guidance. All the teams did a great job of working together to re-assemble.
- Next was the main event – play the game to create the tallest tower by removing pieces from tower and stacking on top. Each team member rotated and all four teams did a great job of staying focused on the task at hand with assistance from a member of the pax (Cadilac – Team 1, Senior Chips – Team 2, Barracuda – Team 3, and David Price – Team 4). Team 3 was the winner.
T-claps to Barnabus for being the event photographer.
Not only did Tryon lead this effort, he (or more likely his 2.0) created the awesome video. Cannot give him enough props for the idea and the follow thru on this activity. He set the bar really high for the rest of us (#ISIS). Rev Florida has next week and everyone knows he has the creative talents to make a run at the bar Tryon set.
Announcement – Please consider making donation to F3 Foundation (go to Foundation page at F3nation.com for pay-pal link) to support holiday parties at Billingsville and AG Middle School.
Chelms aka Tatertot author
We were really struggling last year with the tutoring trying to make impact but floundering. Men were not feeling like the in class tutoring was worthwhile and interest started to wane. #10,000 fails was felt deeply by many of us. But the F3 men regrouped, white boarded some changes and implemented a new plan. The result is an unbelievable turn-around due to the ingenuity and creativity of the men of F3. With continued perseverance, we will only get better as more fails will surely happen but our experience shows these are merely obstacles to overcome.
PS – I should not have been given so much credit at the end of the video. Tryon and his 2.0 were the real heroes on this day. T-claps to him and his daughter Paige
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