Regional Workshop--Using the YW Values at Camp

I've misplaced my notes :( but here is what I remember:

Emphasize a different value each day. Crafts, meals, scriptures, etc. revolve around that value.

If you do secret sisters, the daily gifts or thoughts can be themed around one of the values.

Have a "Value Meal" each day, with value-colored food.

Give a reward for memorizing the color and scripture associated with each value.

Plan a value hike--approx. 2 hours. Scout out a route and stop at various points along the way to have games, snacks, 5-min workshops, etc. that highlight the values.

Teaching With the Scriptures - Camp Regional Workshop

* Draw upon the experiences you've had and apply them to the scriptures
* Use imagery from the scriptures. Have YCLs or Young Women find scriptures to go along with different imagery such as:

* water - John 4 woman at the well
*blanket
*matches
*1st Aid kit
*star
*rock

Regional Workshop - Stories at Camp

* Use Mormonad cards as prompts for Young Women to use to tell about their own personal stories.
* Tell stories about yourself.
* Be in tune to know what stories to tell.

Children's Books Recommended

*The Three Trees
*Paperbag Princess
*Daughter of a King

Scripture Stories Recommended (I hope I wrote these down correctly)

*Numbers 20:8-11 - Moses smites rock- miracles
*1Kings 17:12-16 - Elijah
*2 Kings 6:6-17 - Elisha
*2 Samuel 23 - Daniel

*find ways for the Young Women to apply these stories to their lives

Hail Storm in July at Shalom

I just found this video of a hail storm at Shalom in July 2009 taken by another stake in our region (obviously). You never know what the weather will do . . . show this to your girls who don't think they need to pack warm clothes for camp.

Camp Web Sites

www.cheaptotes.com

www.craftbits.com

www.orientaltrading.com

www.ywsuggestions.net

www.theideadoor.com

www.ldssplash.com

www.marthastewart.com

www.familyfun.com

www.lightplanet.com

www.lds-yw.com

www.ywconnection.com

Book

Bright Ideas for Young Women Leaders - Deseret Book

Girls Camp Made Easy - Deseret Book

Sharing Ideas for Camp

Notes from Regional Meeting:

• Charm bracelets from ldscharms.com
• Virtue flag - gold - all the girls signed on overnight hike
• Industrial strength ziplocks bags can be obtained from BISCO - Bonneville Industrial Supply on Geneva Road
• T-shirts "Daddy's girls"
• Magnet boards
• Dinner bell
• Wallpaper stores sell books for $1 and can use for crafts
• Modge Podge pictures of Christ on tiles or boards with glaze finish
• Necklaces with odd trinkets relating to your activities
• Pre-camp booklet explaining beginning to end camp experience for girls
• Scrapbook covered journals with composition notebooks
• Start with hugging each girl at camp
• Heart cookies
• YCL's given frame "Love" to remind them of their responsibilities prior to camp
• Make bear and have each girl sign the bear - pattern can be available by e-mails listed below
• Nalgene Bottles double as hot water bottles for cold nights
• Fabric Mill and Cotton Shop have lds themed material for pillow cases, etc.

Confidence Course

Notes from Regional Meeting:

See handout on CD given to Stake. Not noted on handout, was the A-frame where girls work together to make the A frame walk. Also, the two boards to work together to walk - see picture inserted by our camp in a earlier blog. Most of the ideas on the handouts are also in the Handbook for Camp.

*special request to put the items back after use and not leave in the trees or other areas so we may all use if desire.

Camp Food

Notes from Regional Meeting:

Get Handout on CD. Excellent for new and returning cooks which includes certification level for girls.

www.scoutscan.com/pdf/dutchbeg.pdf

recipes.lovetoknow.com/make_a_charcoal_chimney

recipes.suite101/article.cfm/simple_camping_food

Ideas shared for cooking:

• Pasta, Tacos, Hamburgers, Hawaiian Haystacks, tin foil dinners
• Google: snacks, campire, kids
• Freeze sauces in ziplock bags on cookie sheets-then you can stack ziplocks in coolers
• Anything you see in a store that is frozen-you also can freeze.
• Freeze h20 jugs for at least 2 weeks and use in cooler for ice
• Freeze juices before camp - dump out some juice first - then can also be used for ice in coolers.
• Higher altitudes = longer boiling time
• Freeze pasta in al dente form, put in cold water to cool, then put in ziplock bags on flat cookie sheets, freeze then finish cooking up at camp.
• Costco has hashbrown in large cardboard containers which you only need to put hot water in and close top back up.
• Label coolers for each day so girls do not open up cooler before needed to keep cool.
• Milk and eggs can also be frozen. Eggs can be cracked and put in container and freeze
• Cover dutch ovens with foil for easier cooking.
• Shared idea: use mineral oil for cleaning dutch ovens - less rancid smell for long term storing - also place crumpled newspaper inside dutch oven for long term storage.
• Use salt to assist with cleaning out dutch oven cookers - no soap to be used.
• Charcoal - do not use store brand - it cooks too quickly. Also do not use Matchlight brand due to charcoals heating up too quickly for cooking
• Enjoy! Practice meals before going up to camp!
• Encourage girls to drink 1/2 gallon water before lunch and 1/2 gallon of water before dinner for hydration. Leaders found girls to have less falls and were healthier during camp with less trips to hospital.

Waterfront

Notes from Regional Meeting:

Ideas for Canoe Activities:

*Race across lake. Give new beehives a chance to figure out rowing.

*Use plastic balls for objects to reach for. Some balls may get you more points.

*Capture the flag. Tie flag onto back of boat loop. You cannot hide your flag. Once you get a flag, you can tie it onto your boat. One with the most flags wins.

*Relay races

*Freeze tag

*Have YCL's plan out games

*Take 5 mins and just lie back and relax in canoes

*Have leader in middle of lake with cooler and girls can come earn treats (ie. ring pops)

*Leaders only use Super Soakers and visit girls' canoes

Hints - Girls to have warm clothing ready upon return, extra shoes necessary, cold water and mud under lake = difficulty in rescue attempts if girls fall in. Leaders to show example of "obedience" to camp rules, esp. while on the lake. Respect Life Guard - she rules the lake!

Have Fun !!!

Knots

Notes from Regional Meeting:

*Kindling - bring your own from lint, pruned branches or newspaper

*www.animatedknots.com - the bowline knot will be found under climbing section at this web site.

*Stake Leaders have handout on CD on knots/fire/shelter broken down by girls' years.

*Encouraged leaders to use actual rope and stay away from snack building fires and knots