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WHEN IT’S TIME TO LEAVE THE CONFERENCE ROOM AND MAKE SOME MEMORIES, HERE’S YOUR GUIDE TO UNFORGETTABLE “ONLY IN SAN FRANCISCO” TEAM-BUILDING ACTIVITIES. BIKE THE BRIDGE If your group wants to get active, rent bikes from Blazing Saddles, Bay City Bike Rentals or Sports Basement and take a scenic group ride across the Golden Gate Bridge. You can plan lunch on the other side in Sausalito and then have everyone ride back or take a boat across the bay. Options include regular ferry service, water taxis or private charters from companies like Adventure Cat. ON THE HUNT Test your team’s creative problem-solving skills with a customizable San Francisco-themed treasure hunt. Dr. Clue offers puzzle-based treasure hunts at popular locations like the California Academy of Sciences, the Presidio and Union Square, among others. They can also customize a “micro hunt” at your location. Or, Masterminds Treasure Hunts gives attendees clues to solve as they move around the city, spotting landmarks and finding secret locations in an Amazing Race-style competition. You can see the sights and figure out who has strong management skills at the same time. TASTING TOURS San Francisco is practically synonymous with amazing food, and there are many ways teams can explore local culinary delights. Avital Food Tours offers trips that include meeting chefs, while tour companies such as Local Tastes of the City, Edible Excursions and Gourmet Walks help you navigate the food terrain of different neighborhoods. Or, you can dive deep into Chinatown’s cuisine with All About Chinatown Tours or Chinatown Adventures with Wok Wiz. TOAST OF THE TOWN If your guests would rather imbibe, San Francisco’s scene for wine, beer and libations is just as fascinating as the food. Treat your team to a crash course in wine appreciation at The San Francisco Wine School or learn winemaking at one of the city’s urban wineries like The Press Club or JAX Vineyards. At SF Mixology, attendees can flex their creativity by inventing their own drinks with master bartenders. FUN AND GAMES Encourage friendly rivalry with a night of bowling at Lucky Strike or play ping pong at SPiN. Plank, located near Oakland’s Jack London Square and just a short ferry ride from San Francisco, offers everything from bocce challenges to game floor competitions. DOG DAYS Bring big smiles by planning a puppy party for your attendees. Puppy Love will create a custom on- or off-site experience for your team, where they’ll get to play and cuddle with adorable local rescue pups. Helpful Puppy Coaches escort the puppies and take care of clean-up. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) Finding ways for meeting attendees to give back is an increasingly important consideration. Here are some creative volunteer opportunities that will build camaraderie and help meet the company’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals. SHARING A MEAL There are many ways to help feed the hungry in the Bay Area. Attendees can pack grocery deliveries with the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank, or you can arrange to have a food drive at your venue. The service organization GLIDE serves approximately 2,000 free meals daily, which means they require 85 volunteers each day to prep, serve and clean up. PROMOTING PREPAREDNESS Meals on Wheels San Francisco organizes the collection and distribution of disaster relief kits to the city’s homebound seniors and people with disabilities so that they’ll have essentials on-hand during an emergency. COLLECTING ESSENTIALS Cityteam San Francisco encourages groups to organize drives for a number of items: coats, toys, bathroom and hygiene products and backpacks for students. Project Open Hand specifically conducts toiletry collection drives for the communities it services. Items can be collected at your venue or conference hotel and then delivered to the charities themselves.
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