As you prepare to come on your Reverse Road Trip, here are some ideas to get you thinking about how to make the most out of your trip:

1. Contact your friends or family who live along the route and ask them to contribute their favorite Christian books (along with a buck for shipping)!
2. Collect books by hosting a party inviting friends to dress up as their favorite Christian author and to bring a book written by that person!
3. Make it a race with relatives or friends to see who can get to CRI first and with the most books and money for shipping.  Loser buys dinner!
4. Invite participants to donate one of their favorite books in exchange for being entered into a drawing to win dinner and a movie!
5. Post about your trip on your Facebook page and invite friends to join you.
6. Make it a family camping trip!  Michigan offers a lot of great camping/hiking spots.
7. Look up churches along the route and contact them to see if they would be willing to participate by donating some books or organizing a book drive event!
8. Organize a “Bingo night” at church inviting participants to bring their favorite Christian books and using the book titles as Bingo squares!
9. See one of the Great Lakes nearby and experience the fun they have to offer along the shore!
10. Make it a missions trip for your Sunday school class, small group, or youth group!
11. Take a “Spring Break” reverse road trip and plan around the kids’ school schedule!
12. Do a family book walk and ask supporters to donate a book and a buck for every lap or mile walked!
13. Compete with another family for most books and bucks collected and take the trip together!
14. Purchase books at a Christian book store and bring them with you!
15. Take some pictures of your trip and send them our way along with an email or letter! We’d love to share your story with other champions!