One of the best team building activities  is community service. While there are many forms of community service and many venues in which to serve, there is something particularly unifying about manual labor. Help build a house for a lower-income family. Clean up graffiti in a nearby neighborhood. Spend a Saturday giving a local school a makeover by painting classrooms, clearing flowerbeds, and repairing playground equipment. When you and your team see the results of your collaborative effort, you will find satisfaction knowing you accomplished it together.

There is a school in your community that needs volunteer readers, mentors, or tutors. Once your group has found a school to adopt, exceed the expectations of your mentees by going on a group campout together. Camping requires teamwork and puts everyone on a more even playing field. Team building activities for adults that provide new experiences for less fortunate youth are the best kind of team building.

Whether it's an obstacle course, client expectations, or a family crisis, nothing promotes teamwork better than a challenge. Many families in your community are working to overcome obstacles. Work together as a team to tackle problems such as kids dropping out of school, illiteracy,  and homelessness. If you can work together to make a company or family successful, you can work together for the common good and make your community a better place to live.