Operation Snowball builds trust, self-esteem in county teens
By Amy F. Reiter
Monday October 20, 2008
MONTICELLO – Blindfolded teenagers walked around a field at the 4-H camp at Allerton Park in Monticello on Friday, clapping hands and snapping fingers as they moved in circles, bumping gently against each other and giggling.
Huh? What kind of class is this?
It's not quite a class, but the exercise is about learning. For students who took part in Champaign County Operation Snowball's retreat this weekend, each game is actually a lesson in disguise. For the blindfolded exercise, students stood a few feet from each other, and each was given a number. Their goal was to find ways to communicate with each other to get in a number-ordered line – without using words.
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