6 Ways to Run a Competitive Cleanup With Your Teammates

This summer, thousands of young people are joining DoSomething.org and NFL Huddle for 100 to Huddle Up to Play It Forward. Through this nationwide cleanup, we’re getting out, getting active, and cleaning up local parks, beaches, courts, fields, and other places to practice and play. The campaign is part of NFL Huddle for 100, which is mobilizing 1 million volunteers to donate 100 minutes of their time to the causes of their choice.

Looking to level up your cleanup? Clean like a champion! Challenge friends or teammates to these drills and join our movement to create better places to play nationwide.

1. Relay Race Cleanup

Each team has a bag. The first player collects five pieces of trash, then hands the bag to a teammate. First team 25 pieces (or whatever goal you set) wins. To level up, make your relay race go through an obstacle course you create of things to run around or jump over. Another idea: Each leg of the race gets more challenging -- so maybe the first leg is just running, the second leg is hopping on one foot, and so on.

2. Collect Against the Clock

Set a timer, and see how much trash you can pick up before the clock runs out. The team or person with the most trash collected wins.

3. Blindfolded Trash Challenge

Partner up. One partner is blindfolded, and the other has to guide them to pick up trash using only spoken directions from a distance. First pair to collect five pieces of trash wins.

4. Trashball!

Collect some trash to stock up for a trash-tossing accuracy competition -- more trash means more shots. Line up trash cans at varying distances (or if your trash cans are fixed, place yourself at varying distances). Farther distances = more points.

5. Category Scavenger Hunt Races

In this relay race, you pick up trash in specific categories (maybe five to 10 categories) in a specific order. So maybe the first category is a cigarette butt. Once you collect that, the next level is an aluminum can. After that, a piece of paper. First to pick up those items in that order wins.

6. Bag Carry Time Trials

Once you collect and bag all your trash, you can do relay races (or any of the drills above) to move the bags to a dumpster or to a car to be transported to a recycling facility. I guess you could say you’re in your bag.

Sign up for the campaign, and share on social using #NFLHuddlefor100 to encourage your friends to donate 100 minutes of their time!