MPA Faculty Olympics

The Mount Prospect Academy Self-Care Committee consists of Megan Marra (Plymouth MC), Ashley Ackert (Plymouth PC), Jennifer Michaud (Rumney MC), Rachel Umberger (Plymouth Rumney ED), and Emily Boyd (Plymouth PC). This year’s Summer Event took place at Smith Bridge Field with the organizational assistance of Mike Adamkowski of Upper Valley Stewardship Center.

The goal of this event was to bring MPA Residential employees together for a bit of fun team building outside of work hours. Clinical Director Eli Gubenko and Executive Rachel Umberger along with other MPA Clinical and Permanency Faculty joined the fray.

Food and drink were provided, and the designated DJ, MPA’s Gabe Vega, kept the energy pumped-up throughout the event which featured a series of team contests with co-workers.

As was intended, the lighthearted Olympic Games created both a competitive but entertainingly amusing atmosphere for the MPA Faculty participating.

There was a frozen T-shirt contest, water balloon toss, and the traditional tug-of-war event. A new event challenged team members to unwrap a Nalgene bottle wrapped in plastic wrap while wearing gloves. This was NOT easy at all!

Another contest called the “Bucket Brigade” involves passing cups of water down the line to fill a team’s bucket before another team. Communication is the key to this game to avoid spilling as little of each cup’s precious water as it passes through the hands of each member.