This year the Hallam Volunteering fundraiser was a little different. Usually a wobble down West Street in the style of a three legged race, the cry went up for a change and Smash It! was born.
On Monday 7th December 2009, Hallam Volunteers gathered in The Scholar on London Road and made history. Well, maybe not history, but they certainly broke some interesting HV records.
All the games were monitored by the friendly fundraising team dressed as leprechauns-complete with top hats. These were to be our guides for the evening and also the judges to check that no one was sneakily trying to cheat!
First, came ‘Pass It’, a game some of you may have played before which involves passing a playing card from one player to another using only the mouth. This game has all the ingredients for a laugh-out-loud event which, unfortunately, didn’t help when trying to pass the card.
‘Taboo It’ was next on the agenda, which was a large recreation of the traditional game. One person tried to get you to guess a word without using certain ‘taboo’ words stated on the card and the object of the game was to guess as many as possible in the time provided.
Then there was ‘Shake It’; how many handshakes can you do in one minute? A line was formed and we sought to figure out the answer to just that. The lucky person at the front of the queue had to shake everyone’s hand quickly before moving on to the next.
‘Sock It’ was a game to see how many socks could be placed on one foot in a minute. ‘Make It’ was a really fun game where teams were given a random selection of objects and asked to make something surrounding a specific theme. This year’s theme, as it is December, was Christmas!
‘Flaunt It’ was the final challenge for the volunteers to strut their stuff and pose in their fancy dress costumes. There were mimes, pyjamas, footballers ,walking newspapers and famous book characters posing and prancing all over the room.
At the end of the day one winner had to be announced and that
winner was the Blue Team. However, everyone who took part contributed towards the ultimate goal; we all got sponsored and raised some money for Hallam Volunteering. Special congratulations to Emma James and the Fundraising team for the success of the evening!