They build a cart. A child gets the care.
Teams build and fill carts with goodies — working hard without quite knowing why, or for whom. Then the recipients are revealed: children in a hospital ward. It turns a good team building day into one people never forget.
A room full of teams building painted Care Carts — every one stocked with books, games and toys, then donated to children in need.
A fun, interactive give-back event — originally built for healthcare organizations — where each team builds a Care Cart and stuffs it with goodies. At the end, the “real” customers are revealed to cheers, and every cart goes to a children’s hospital ward or a local children’s organization. Giving your people a shared act of generosity lifts a standard team building day to something most have never felt.
At a glance
- Duration4 hours to 2 days (4–6 hours is common)
- Group sizeAny size — more people means more carts
- FormatIndoor or outdoor; hotel or conference room typical
- What teams buildDecorated carts stocked with books, games & toys
- Where they goA children’s hospital ward or local children’s organization
- Built forExecs, managers, sales, service, cross-functional teams
- LocationOn-site, at a conference facility, or almost anywhere
- Setup & teardownFully managed by our event crew
How it works
The setup is simple — usually a hotel or meeting-center conference room. Teams assemble and stock their carts through a facilitated experience designed to inspire and motivate — working hard, at first, without knowing who the carts are for. The more participants, the more carts; the more carts, the more building, interaction and impact. Then comes the reveal: the “real” customers — children in a hospital ward — which reconnects everyone to the people they serve and the difference they can make.
It scales from a boardroom of executives to thousands on a general-session floor. We’ve run Care Cart for 300+ people at a healthcare company’s retreat, rotating teams through the cart build alongside other challenges — the more people in the room, the bigger the reveal.
What your group will learn
Care Cart is a shared act of generosity wrapped around a real learning agenda. Facilitators tune the debrief to your goals, drawing on themes like:
- Leadership
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Creativity — thinking beyond “my job”
- Quality
- Motivation & inspiration
Who it’s built for
Like all our programs, Care Cart is tailored to your group — the curriculum flexes to the situation each of these audiences is facing:
Senior executives
Every executive event is constructed around the specific situations the team faces. Because leaders shape the whole workplace, the experience can be transformational well beyond the room itself.
Managers
Chasing business goals and personal numbers can build silos, and the company’s overall goal gets lost. Care Cart pulls managers back to the bigger picture — and to what’s happening inside their own team.
Sales groups
Even the best salespeople drift into tunnel vision, applying solutions before truly listening. Care Cart re-centers them on putting themselves in the customer’s shoes.
Customer service
The day-to-day grind makes it easy to lose focus on the customer. The curriculum gives reps a memorable metaphor to re-center on treating every customer with excellence.
Technical service groups
Service techs often feel they’re on their own. The experience helps them see they’re part of a larger team with goals beyond what any one person does alone.
Cross-functional teams
Temporary teams have to build trust and open communication fast. Care Cart is an amazing kickoff — and once trust is there, brainstorming and productivity take off, even on dry subjects.
Program length & location
Formats run from four hours to two days, on-site or at a conference facility — wherever your group needs to be. It pairs naturally with our other give-back builds like Building A Dream bikes, shoes and skateboards, and follows the same Point A to Point B thinking.
What it costs
Care Cart flexes on group size, format, location and the goods donated, so there’s no flat rate. Tell us who your team is and what you want them to feel, and we’ll scope it with you. Book a call.
Carts built, decorated and donated.
Frequently asked questions
Who receives the Care Carts? +
Each finished cart goes to a children's ward of a hospital or a local children's community organization. The recipients are revealed to participants at the end of the event — often the most moving moment of the day.
How long is a Care Cart event? +
Anywhere from a four-hour program to a two-day format. The more participants, the more carts — and the more building, interaction and impact.
Who is Care Cart best for? +
It's tailored for senior executives, managers, sales teams, customer-service teams, technical-service groups and cross-functional teams — any group that benefits from reconnecting to the customer and to each other.
What will my team learn? +
Care Cart pairs the give-back with a real learning agenda tuned to your goals — commonly leadership, communication, collaboration, quality, motivation, and the creativity that comes from thinking beyond “my job.” The curriculum flexes to the audience in the room.
Where can you run it? +
On-site, at a conference facility, or almost anywhere you need to be — the typical setup is a hotel or meeting-center conference room.
What’s included? +
Everything to run it end to end: a lead facilitator and event crew, all build materials and kits, the charitable donation of what your team builds, plus full setup and teardown. You bring the room and your people; we bring the rest.
How much does it cost? +
Pricing depends on your group size and city, and it’s set per participant with the charitable donation included. Tell us your group and we’ll send a tailored proposal, usually within a business day.
A few of the thousands of teams who trust us
What teammates wrote on the spot.
Unedited comments from participant evaluation forms across our give-back events. Only lightly de-duplicated.
Give your team a day they’ll never forget.
Tell us your group size, timing and the audience. We’ll design a Care Cart event that builds the team and puts a smile on a child’s face.