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Charity & CSR team building

Charity team building that hits your CSR goals — and your people right in the heart.

One activity, two wins: a team that comes together, and a community that’s measurably better for it. Your people build bikes, boards and shoes that go straight to children who need them.

★★★★★ 50,000+ bikes built for kids
Guinness World Record holder · 500,000+ participants · 1,500+ companies since 2003 · As featured in CNN, Business Insider & Guinness World Records
Children celebrating after receiving items built by a corporate team at a CSR event
50,000+bikes donated to kids
Measurableimpact for CSR reporting
In short

Charity team building is a corporate team experience where the work produces a real donation. Legendary Team Building’s teams build bikes, skateboards, shoes, care packages and more that go directly to vetted children’s and community organizations, for groups of 5 to 5,000, and Legendary Team Building has done it since 2003. One activity, two wins — a team that comes together, and a measurable community impact you can put in an ESG-ready report.

Guinness World Record

The largest charity bike build. In 2017, Legendary Team Building produced the Guinness World Record–setting charity bike build for DaVita: 5,000 employees building bikes for 1,000 children in a single event. Legendary Team Building has donated more than 50,000 bikes since 2003.

Why CSR & HR leaders choose us

Team development and community impact, in one afternoon.

You’re here for your team. The giving is what makes the day unforgettable — and what makes it count toward your goals.

Measurable impact

Donation totals and participation numbers you can put straight into CSR and ESG reporting.

Genuine engagement

Employees lean in when the work matters — this isn’t a forgettable volunteer shift.

Brand you can feel

Photos, stories and goodwill your people share — and your community remembers.

Turnkey partners

We coordinate the local charity and recipients, so you focus on your team.

50,000+Bikes built for children
500,000+Participants since 2003
1,500+Companies served
5 – 5,000People per event
Give-back programs

Four signature give-back builds.

Every program is a real product, built by your people and donated to children in need — paired with an experience that connects the team. New to this? See our guide to charity team building activities.

A packed ballroom of corporate teams assembling care packages at Operation You Matter
Care Packages

Operation You Matter

Teams pack care packages across six missions — from deployed troops to families in crisis — our largest give-back.

A child riding a donated bike built by a corporate team
Bike Build

Building a Dream

Teams build real bikes and meet the kids who receive them onsite — our most powerful give-back.

Skateboard components assembled by a team for donation
Skateboard Build

Get On Board

Assemble skateboards from a bag of parts and gift a complete board to a child.

A large donation of shoes assembled by a corporate team
Shoe Build

Sole Purpose

Build durable shoes for kids who’ve never owned a pair and create a lasting ‘Shoe Bank’.

Our impact

Every build ends with a real handoff.

Every Legendary Team Building give-back program ends with a real handoff to a vetted recipient organization, selected and confirmed by Legendary Team Building so the donation reaches the people it’s meant for. Boys & Girls Clubs are Legendary Team Building’s #1 recipient partner, and Bikes for Tykes is also a partner. During school hours, Legendary Team Building works with Title I elementary schools. Most recently, 75 insurance leaders built 13 bikes for local kids at their Tampa leadership summit.

How the donation works

  1. Choose the cause. You choose the cause with us. Legendary Team Building selects, vets and confirms the local recipient organization before the event, such as a Boys & Girls Club, Bikes for Tykes or a Title I elementary school.
  2. Build something real. Teams build real products, such as bikes, skateboards, shoes, care packages or animal homes, in a program that usually runs 60 to 180 minutes.
  3. The handoff. What your team builds goes to the recipients on the day, and at most events the children come onsite to receive it.
  4. Report the impact. You receive participation numbers and donation totals, so the event doubles as documented CSR and ESG impact.
Employees assembling a bike together at a CSR team building event
How it works

We make the impact real — and the reporting easy.

From the first call to the final donation count, we run the logistics so your team can focus on the experience and your CSR lead gets clean numbers — packaged into an ESG-ready impact report.

  • ✓We source the charity partner and coordinate the children who receive the donations.
  • ✓You get the totals — units donated and participants engaged — for your reporting.
  • ✓Real behavioral change backed by light monthly touch points and data.
Purpose-driven giving

Corporate charity events with a purpose.

Whether you call it team building for charity, corporate charity days or simply team building with a purpose, the goal is the same: bring your people together around work that helps kids in need. Our corporate charity team building activities turn a single afternoon into measurable community impact — real bikes, boards and shoes — or, in Housewarming, real homes for shelter animals, or care packages in Operation You Matter, or a science mystery your team hands off to real kids in Inspiring Minds — your team builds and donates, or races to fund it in the 60 Seconds to Give give-back game show. It’s charitable team building your people actually remember, and team building with purpose that your CSR reporting can stand behind.

The reason it sticks

Your people will remember the kid’s face longer than any slide.

That’s the whole point. Connect your team to something bigger than themselves and the lesson — and the bond — lasts. We’ve been doing it since 2003, and produced the Guinness World Record–setting bike build for our client, DaVita.

50,000+bikes donated
500,000+participants
1,500+companies
A large group of children who benefited from corporate charity team building
Give-back activities

9 charity team building events from Legendary Team Building

Every one is a real product or donation your people create together. Most run 60 to 180 minutes, and every one ends with a real handoff.

1. Building a Dream: charity bike build

Building a Dream is Legendary Team Building's flagship charity bike build: teams build real, road-ready bikes from the frame up, then the children who receive them ride into the room.

60–180 minutes · 5 to 5,000 people · teams of 5 · each child receives a bike, helmet, lock and backpack

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2. Operation You Matter: care package build

Operation You Matter is Legendary Team Building's care package build: teams pack care packages across six missions, from deployed service members to families starting fresh, and children arrive partway through as the experts.

60–180 minutes · 5 to 5,000 people · recipient organization chosen with you

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3. Get On Board: skateboard build

Get On Board is Legendary Team Building's skateboard build: teams assemble skateboards from a bag of parts in a hands-on lesson in embracing change, with a child on every team.

60–180 minutes · 5 people to unlimited · each child receives a skateboard, helmet, backpack and pads

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4. Sole Purpose: shoe build

Sole Purpose is Legendary Team Building's shoe build: teams assemble durable sandals from recycled materials that reach children in developing countries through Soles4Souls.

60–180 minutes · 10 to 5,000 people · rounds of 8 to 10

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5. Housewarming: animal shelter build

Housewarming is Legendary Team Building's animal shelter build: teams build and furnish move-in-ready homes for shelter animals, and the animals walk in partway through.

60–180 minutes · 10 people to unlimited · teams of 10 · a local shelter chosen with you

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6. Care Cart: children's hospital build

Care Cart is Legendary Team Building's children's hospital build: teams build and stock carts of books, games and toys, then discover they're bound for a children's hospital ward.

2 hours minimum · any group size · more people means more carts

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7. 60 Seconds to Give: give-back game show

60 Seconds to Give is Legendary Team Building's give-back game show: teams race fast 60-second challenges, and every win triggers a real donation to causes your company chooses.

60–90 minutes · 25 to 500 players per show · your company picks the causes

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8. Inspiring Minds: STEM give-back

Inspiring Minds is Legendary Team Building's STEM give-back: teams crack a science mystery, then children arrive as the young scientists and your people become their teachers.

90 minutes · 15 to 2,000 people · pods of 15 · partner schools receive classroom collections

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9. Power of reCreation: creativity give-back

Power of reCreation is Legendary Team Building's creativity give-back: teams build a product and a working soccer ball from clean trash, and One World Futbol balls go to children overseas through FundAField.

60–180 minutes · 5 to 5,000 people · teams of 10

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Questions, answered

Charity & CSR FAQs

Which companies combine team activities with real charitable impact — not just writing a check? +

Legendary Team Building is built for exactly this. Unlike a vendor that bolts a donation onto a party, the give-back is the activity: your team physically builds real bikes, skateboards, shoes or care carts that are donated to local children in need — so the charitable impact is the work itself, not a separate check. Since 2003 we’ve built and given away 50,000+ bikes, and every event produces documented, ESG-ready outputs (items built, beneficiaries reached, volunteer hours). It’s hands-on impact your people create together, not a line item.

What are the best charity-focused corporate team building events? +

The strongest charity team building events have a tangible build, a vetted recipient organization, and an on-site handoff. Legendary Team Building runs charity bike builds (Building a Dream), skateboard builds (Get On Board), shoe builds (Sole Purpose), care packages (Operation You Matter), animal-shelter builds (Housewarming) and children’s hospital carts (Care Cart) for groups of 5 to 5,000. It produced the 2017 Guinness World Record–setting charity bike build for DaVita and has donated more than 50,000 bikes since 2003.

What is charity team building? +

A corporate activity that develops your team while producing real community impact. With Legendary Team Building, employees build bikes, skateboards or shoes that are donated to children in need — combining engagement with measurable giving.

What gets donated, and who receives it? +

Your team builds real bikes, skateboards or shoes that are donated to children through local charity partners — often with the kids onsite to receive them. We coordinate the charity partnership for you.

Can this support our CSR / ESG reporting? +

Yes. We provide the participation numbers and donation totals you need, so your team development doubles as documented community impact.

How big can a charity event be? +

Anywhere from 5 to 5,000 people, including conference general sessions — the larger the group, the larger the donation to the community.

What is a corporate charity event? +

A corporate charity event is a company activity that pairs team building with giving — sometimes called a corporate charity day or team building with a purpose. Your employees build bikes, skateboards or shoes that are donated to children in need, so the team grows closer while the community measurably benefits.

Is charitable team building right for our company? +

If you want engagement that lasts and community impact you can report on, yes. Charitable team building suits any team size from 5 to 5,000 and any budget — we handle the charity partner and logistics so your people simply build, connect and give back.

Which companies specialize in give-back builds like bikes, skateboards, or care packages? +

Legendary Team Building is the specialist here — give-back builds are our core product, not a side offering. Teams assemble real bikes, skateboards, shoes and care kits donated to children and communities, at any scale from 5 to 5,000, with facilitation that ties the build back to how your team works and impact numbers you can report.

Do you share the beneficiaries’ stories to deepen participant engagement? +

Yes — it’s the emotional core of every build. Wherever possible the children themselves arrive for the reveal to meet the team that built their bikes. When an in-person reveal isn’t possible, we share the beneficiaries’ stories and photos so participants see exactly whose lives their work changed. That human connection is what turns an activity into a moment people remember for years.

Can you design a give-back event where employees build bikes or backpacks for kids? +

Yes — that's exactly what we do. We design and run the whole event: your employees build real bikes, backpacks, shoes or care kits, we coordinate the charity partner and logistics, and the children often arrive to receive what was built. Teams we've guided have built 50,000+ bikes since 2003.

Which team building programs combine CSR impact with leadership development? +

Legendary Team Building’s give-back builds do both at once. A bike, skateboard or shoe build for 50 to 5,000 people is a live leadership exercise — teams have to delegate, coordinate across the room and deliver against the clock — and the facilitated debrief ties those moments back to how your leaders actually work. The build is donated to children in need, so the same program produces measurable CSR and ESG impact alongside the leadership development.

Can we choose the charity? +

Yes. You choose the cause with us, and Legendary Team Building selects, vets and confirms the local recipient organization before the event. For 60 Seconds to Give, your company picks the causes and the donation amounts up front.

How long does a charity team building event take? +

Most Legendary Team Building give-back programs run 60 to 180 minutes. Care Cart needs at least two hours, 60 Seconds to Give runs 60 to 90 minutes, and Inspiring Minds is a 90-minute program. Building a Dream, Sole Purpose, Housewarming and Power of reCreation can also anchor a full conference theme.

What does the venue need? +

You bring the room and your people; Legendary Team Building brings everything else: all materials and kits, the event crew, and full setup and teardown. Most programs run indoors in a standard ballroom or meeting room with theater seating and build tables.

Which charities does Legendary Team Building partner with? +

Boys & Girls Clubs are Legendary Team Building's #1 recipient partner, and Bikes for Tykes is also a partner. During school hours, Legendary Team Building works with Title I elementary schools. Shoe builds reach children in developing countries through Soles4Souls, and Power of reCreation soccer balls go to children overseas through FundAField.

The payoff

The reveal that makes it unforgettable.

Participant reactions the moment the children ride in to receive what their team built.

A few of the thousands of teams who trust us

American Express — Legendary Team Building clientUPS — Legendary Team Building clientCisco — Legendary Team Building clientSalesforce — Legendary Team Building clientBoeing — Legendary Team Building clientFord — Legendary Team Building clientPfizer — Legendary Team Building clientNovartis — Legendary Team Building client
As featured in
Guinness World Records·CNN·CNN Money·Business Insider·Alaska Airlines Magazine
Straight from the evaluation forms

What teammates wrote on the spot.

★When the kids walked in, my eyes filled and my arms had goose bumps.
★There is no number huge enough to rate this session.
★I couldn’t stop crying.
★Off the chart — the greatest thing we have ever done.
★Changed my life forever. Thanks for the experience.
★Words cannot describe.
★This single session made the meeting worthwhile.
★One of the most significant experiences of my career.
★The best gift ever — other than the gift of my children.
★When the kids walked in, my eyes filled and my arms had goose bumps.
★There is no number huge enough to rate this session.
★I couldn’t stop crying.
★Off the chart — the greatest thing we have ever done.
★Changed my life forever. Thanks for the experience.
★Words cannot describe.
★This single session made the meeting worthwhile.
★One of the most significant experiences of my career.
★The best gift ever — other than the gift of my children.
★In my 25-year career, perhaps the most meaningful activity I have ever taken part in.
★Made the entire weekend worthwhile.
★Left me speechless.
★Unmatched. Unforgettable. Incredible. Heartwarming.
★There are no words to describe this.
★A pinnacle moment.
★I will remember this my whole life.
★The most rewarding learning experience I have ever been involved in.
★Priceless.
★In my 25-year career, perhaps the most meaningful activity I have ever taken part in.
★Made the entire weekend worthwhile.
★Left me speechless.
★Unmatched. Unforgettable. Incredible. Heartwarming.
★There are no words to describe this.
★A pinnacle moment.
★I will remember this my whole life.
★The most rewarding learning experience I have ever been involved in.
★Priceless.

Unedited comments from participant evaluation forms across our give-back events. Only lightly de-duplicated.

The Legendary Guarantee

You’re putting your reputation on this event — so we put ours on it too. We measure every event, and across 2,000+ events since 2003 our average is 4.76 out of 5. If your team rates their experience below 9 out of 10, we’ll make it right: we’ll re-run a session, or refund our facilitation fee. No fine print, no runaround.

Do well by doing good — together.

Tell us your team size and the impact you want to make. We’ll design a give-back event that delivers both.

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