Helping at a homeless shelter, food co-op, or building project. Involved in Christ-like Service. The need to visit the sick and infirm needs to be taught early. There is often a park within two to three hours of most communities. Large exhibits of Orthodox art, Russian, Byzantine, and other, have become more popular and widespread.
Exhibits ranging from high-tech to complete wilderness can entertain all ages.
Be sure to preview the movie before showing it to a group. Whether secular or religious music, there are many free and open-air concerts in cities during the summer months. The local town fair, a block party, or an ethnic festival, can be great opportunities for teens to go, have fun, volunteer, or run their own booth. It can be a dinner cruise, barbeque at family fun parks, or a formal affair. AROY has established a very successful yearly cotillion which gathers teens from throughout the country for an elegant formal dance and planning meeting for the groups activities during the coming year.