How to Incorporate the Theme

How to Incorporate the Theme
There’s a whole galaxy of possibilities for getting employees involved in your
workplace campaign, here are just a few:
Astronaut Training
Have an employee rally that features a Partner Agency speaker, a United Way speaker and the
United Way campaign video. Encourage your fellow “astronauts” to attend this “training” and
learn how to love their community to the moon and back.
Lunar Luncheon
Have a group luncheon where attendees pay $5 dollars to eat lunch (hotdogs, burgers, potato
salad, “astronaut” ice cream, Tang, etc.). Proceeds benefit your campaign.
Snack Pod
For $2, employees can purchase some meteoroid munchies from the snack pod! Outer space
options can include Starburst, Star Crunch, Orbit gum, Cosmic Brownies, rock candy, Milky Way
bars, Moon Pies, “constellation” cupcakes, Meteoroid munchies, e.g. cheese puffs, or any of
your other favorite treats!
Hydration Station
For $1, employees can purchase some rocket fuel, e.g. the beverage of their choice! Bottled
water can become “liquid hydrogen,” and so forth.
Welcome Aboard
Make sure to give new space cadets the United Way new employee packets welcoming them
aboard the “YOUR COMPANY” rocket ship.
Moon Pie Match Up
A good, old-fashion, pie baking contest!
“Space Shuttle” Auction or Raffle
Auction or raffle a prime parking space for one lucky winner’s “space shuttle”!
Supernova Scavenger Hunt
Create a fun scavenger hunt around the office using moon rocks. Create moon rocks by painting
a few rocks "silver" or by using a few rolled up balls of tin foil. Whoever finds them wins a prize.
Also, the person who collects the most moon rocks wins a prize.
Space Station Contest
Encourage employees to decorate their office or their department in an out of this world theme.
Winner gets a prize.
The Sky’s the limit
Make rocket ships out of toilet paper rolls or empty soda bottles and have a decorating contest,
or take the Mentos and Diet Coke challenge and see whose “rocket” flies farthest.
Space Jams
Create some excitement by playing space themed music around the office. Song ideas include:
David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” (Major Tom), Elton John’s “Rocket Man,” The Police’s “Walking on
the Moon,” Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon,” Steve Miller Band’s “Space Cowboy,” Moby’s
“We’re All Made of Stars,” Muse’s “Supermassive Black Hole,” Foreigner’s “Star Rider,” Frank
Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon,” and theme songs from E.T., Star Wars, The Jetsons, Start Trek,
and Space Jam.
Meteor Movie Day
In your break room, have an outer space themed movie playing in the background for
employees to enjoy while eating their lunch. Think ET, Space Jam, Star Wars, Wall-E, etc.
Terrestrial Trivia…it’s not rocket science!
Have an office-wide trivia contest. Send out a daily email with several trivia questions, and the
first to respond correctly each day wins a prize! Or have a lunchtime trivia competition in the
break room.
Black Hole BINGO
Employees pay $2 per Bingo Card and then play as their numbers are "called out” via email, with
the game continuing until someone gets a BINGO!
Planetarium Photo Booth
Set up a photo booth with glow sticks, rocket ships and other astronaut gear and let employees
dress up and take pictures.