Preparing for your Adventure

I had a hard time in the beginning. I didn't know what was required of me and I often felt as if I were in the midst of chaos those first couple months. It didn't help that the binder I got from the previous leader only had a couple handouts from previous activities and a more than year old outdated phone list in it (yikes!!!). There was also little to no planning ahead of time and activities were...

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What is the Activity Days Program?

If you are new to the program, it helps to have someone break it down for you. In the Activity Days Program, girls ages 8-11 are working toward earning their Faith in God award. In order to get their award they must complete 8 goals in each of 3 areas (this breaks down to 2 goals in each area per year): 1) Learning and Living the Gospel 2) Serving Others 3) Developing Talents Most of the activities...

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Modern Pioneers

Last summer we did the traditional Pioneer Day stuff and it was fun…but this year we wanted to go a different route. We decided to talk about modern pioneers and why they are important. While trying to figure out what to do for that, I remembered going to the Exploratorium in San Francisco as a kid. If any place could teach a kid about modern pioneers it is there. If you have never been, it is so...

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