1. Visit the WVU Arboretum.
2. Bowl for Kids Sake!
3. Start a hobby together (astronomy, clowning, sewing, music, singing, drama, dance, stained glass, pottery etc.)
4. Start a collection of something you are both interested in like stamps, rocks, coins, comics, bugs, dolls, figures, etc.
5. Walk, train, and play with your dog together.
6. Pop popcorn (the old fashioned way, not in the microwave) and watch a movie.
7. Tour West Virginia University.
8. Build a model car, plane, or rocket.
9. Form your own book club (with other matches) and/or read together.
10. Go to a circus or carnival.
11. Go bowling.
12. Draw, paint, work with clay or make paper-mach'e animals or casts of each other.
13. Play Charades, checkers, chess, backgammon, or any board or card game (you can even create your own).
14. Take a bike ride together.
15. Research your family trees together – the library and internet are great resources!
16. Attend your Little’s school play or sporting event to cheer him/her on.
17. Check out the free movies at Hazel Ruby McQuain all summer long.
18. Fly a kite at the park – for an extra challenge make your own kites!
19. Visit an area firehouse or police station.
20. Attend a BBBS match activity.
21. Feed birds or go to a park and feed the ducks.
22. Go roller-skating, blading, or ice skating.
23. Have a TV show you both watch every week, then call and talk about it.
24. Do a science project together using household products (find out what happens to an egg soaked in vinegar).
25. Take a free kid-friendly class at your local Home Depot, Lowes or Toys’R’Us.
26. Bounce on a trampoline.
27. Go to local art fairs, festivals, and events (Italian Heritage Festival, Festival of the Seven Fishes, Coal Festival).
28. Watch a parade.
29. Go horseback riding.
30. Visit Veteran’s Memorial Park in Clarksburg and visit the pool.
31. Check into local history/archeology.
32. Take a walk and bring a memento bag to collect interesting objects along the way.
33. Prepare a meal together from start to finish – try finding good recipes online or in your favorite cookbook.
34. Help your Little with homework or a school project.
35. Write a letter to your Little on your match anniversary telling what you’ve noticed about him/her in the last year.
36. Watch a fireworks show.
37. Talk your Little to your place of employment.
38. After you have been matched for six months, go on a camping trip, even if it is in your backyard or inside (remember how much fun it was to throw a sheet over the dining room table)
39. Make your own cards for the holidays, birthdays, and other special occasions for friends and relatives.
40. Trim the hedges, mow the lawn, rake the leaves, and do other yard work together.
41. Build a bird house or feeder.
42. Visit a Park.
43. Write and send letters to each other or get pen pals.
44. Share family/vacation pictures with each other.
45. Create a match scrapbook or photo album to record all your fun times together.
46. Start a garden indoors or out.
47. Visit Prickett’s Fort in Marion County.
48. Carve a pumpkin together. Don’t forget to roast the seeds.
49. Make a log cabin, picture frame, or anything you can think of out of popsicle sticks.
50. Try new restaurants together.
51. Go to the movies or rent one for your vcr/dvd player.
52. Teach him/her how to change the oil in your car, or any handy skills you may have.
53. Complete a jigsaw puzzle.
54. Volunteer at a community center/soup kitchen/humane society.
55. Make up new lyrics to a song – maybe even about your match.
56. Go to an auto show, boat show or truck pull.
57. Make your own t-shirts with fabric markers and colored glue.
58. Enjoy cloud watching on a nice day.
59. Go swimming or even play with the water hose or sprinkler in the backyard.
60. Visit the YMCA in Clarksburg.
61. Keep a journal of all your outings together and what you liked/disliked about each.
62. Make friendship bracelets, or do other crafts together.
63. Visit a local courthouse and observe a court hearing.
64. Play Frisbee, catch, basketball, volleyball, touch football, croquet, badminton, etc.
65. Make paper airplanes and gliders.
66. Go Christmas caroling.
67. Go apple picking and try different apple recipes with your apples.
68. Visit Coal Country in Fairmont and play a game of mini-golf.
69. Write a newsletter together to send to your friends and relatives.
70. Play games on the internet or peruse your favorite age-appropriate sites together.
71. Play golf or putt-putt, or just hit golf balls at a driving range.
72. Make wrapping paper from old magazines and newspaper.
73. Show him/her how to maintain their bike – replace chain, repair brakes etc.
74. Make an obstacle course in your yard or local park and time each other.
75. Make puppets.
76. Play video games/pinball.
77. Use sidewalk chalk and draw pictures on the sidewalk.
78. Let your Little drive…at a go-cart track!
79. Go to a gem and mineral show.
80. Look through coupon books for 2 for 1 deals for your favorite activities.
81. Let your Little do chores and run errands with you.
82. Eat lunch with your Little at school.
83. Visit Dorsey’s Knob Park, the highest point in Monongalia County!
84. Explore your local area (www.beatourist.com). 
85. Go on sound scavenger hunt with a tape recorder.
86. Bake a cake, cookies, or brownies or make candy – make sure to share with your Case Manager!
87. Visit your church or your Little’s church.
88. Have a picnic.
89. Make a collage on “friendship” or your Little’s life using pictures and headlines from old magazines and newspapers.
90. Visit the Humane Society.
91. Visit Cooper’s Rock.
92. Have your Little teach you something.
93. Plan for a money earning project and save money for a special event.
94. Blow bubbles.
95. Listen to music together.
96. If your Little is a teenager, sign up for a scholarship account at: www.fastweb.com and check it regularly for results.
97. Show your Little your high school year book, baby pictures, old report cards etc.
98. Build a snowman/woman.
99. Go on a camera scavenger hunt – Make a list of things you want pictures of before you go and let your Little take the pictures.
100. Spend some time with your Case Manager! We love getting out of the office and hanging out with matches!
101. Talk about this list! Make a goal to complete everything on the list. Share your ideas with us so that we can add them to the list! 
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