What are "Tent Rotations"?

Tent Rotations

On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, while three wards are at the challenge course, the other six wards will be rotating through different activities in camp, one of which is tent activities. Each ward will have two, two-hour tent rotations on two different days, one from 9:00-11:00 and the other from 11:00-1:00.

9:00-11:00 Tent Rotations
When your ward has tent rotations from 9:00-11:00, each ward will choose two out of three great activities. Each tent activity lasts one hour and can accommodate approximately 20 girls. 

The YCLs chose the following three activities for the 9:00-11:00 tent rotations:  

• Zumba 
• Get out Games 
• Food Tent (the girls will learn a cooking skill and eat😀)

11:00-1:00 Tent Rotations
When your ward has tent rotations from 11:00-1:00, the girls will spend one hour working on a craft and one hour learning how to "Stop the Bleed" (recognizing and stopping fatal bleeds). FYI: the YCLs have chosen clock charm bracelets and spoon rings as the crafts. 

Here is the camp schedule again if you want to review your ward's tent rotations. Please let me know if you have any questions!

Flag Ceremony Assignments

Each day at camp, we will have an opening and closing flag ceremony (please check the camp schedule for times). Each ward will be assigned one flag ceremony in which they will either raise or lower the flag. Your Beehives usually have this responsibility. 

Please invite your older girls who have participated in the camp flag raising and lowering ceremony in the past to teach your Beehives how to conduct the flag ceremony. If your ward is assigned a closing flag ceremony, please ask your older girls to teach your Beehives how to properly fold the flag.

Here is a link to a simple ceremony for both opening and closing flag ceremonies. We also have a card the girls can look at if they need it. 

Monday

Opening Flag: PV4

Closing Flag: Rock Canyon

Tuesday

Opening Flag: E3

Closing Flag: E5

Wednesday

Opening Flag: E11

Closing Flag: E12

Thursday

Opening Flag: E21

Closing Flag: E22

Sweet Dreams!

Campsite Assignments:

Campsite 1: 12th and 22nd Wards

Campsite 2: 8th and 3rd Wards

Campsite 4: 5th and 21st Wards

Campsite 5: PV 4th

Campsite 6: RC and 11th Wards

Your ward will be sharing a campsite, but you will have your own fire pit. Specific cabins will be designated for your ward once we arrive at camp. Here are four FYIs about campsites: 

• Each cabin has 16 beds. 
• Two adult leaders must sleep in each cabin. 
• Sites 1, 2 and 4 have their own biffy, which they will be responsible for cleaning.
• Sites 5 and 6 share with campsite 3, which will be occupied by another ward outside of our stake.

The camp schedule is here!

Thank you to everyone who made it to our Stake Camp meeting last night.  Hopefully you found the information helpful. 

FUN FACTS

• The link to the schedule is on the right. 
• If you would like to sign up as a ward for a Heber Valley Service project, please let us know ASAP. The service projects last approximately 60 minutes, can accommodate 40 girls, and are only available on Wednesday at 4:00.  The service involves camp maintenance, i.e., stacking wood, spreading woodchips. 
• If you would like to sign up for a presentation by the Heber Valley Camp missionaries during your ward time, let us know ASAP and we can help you schedule one. The three presentation options are "All Things Bright and Beautiful,” "O Woman, Great is Thy Faith," and "I Feel My Savior's Love."

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

• One leader from each ward to ride the bus with the girls to HVC on Monday, June 24.
• 2-3 YW  leaders from each ward to help during your session of the challenge course.  These YW leaders will attend a meeting at HVC on Monday at 12:30.
• 3 ward members (don’t have to be YW leaders) who can help prepare and serve stake lunch on your assigned camp day. *Lunch assignments TBA soon. 
• A list of anyone from your ward who will be coming late to camp.This includes girls, leaders, bishopric members and their wives, or anyone else who will be coming up for any reason. Heber Valley Camp will not let them past the checkpoint unless their name is on the master list. Cheri will be sending out a Google doc link soon so you can easily share this and other info with us on a shared document. Those names must be turned in to us before the first day of camp on June 24. 

"For Such A Time As This"

Our camp theme this year comes from the Book of Esther in the Old Testament.  Just like Esther was prepared and put in place by the Lord at a time and in a circumstance that would allow her to save her people, our young women were sent to earth at this time and in these circumstances for a purpose.  While individual missions in life may vary, our Prophet has been very clear about one that includes all of us.

“You—my dear extraordinary youth—were sent to earth at this precise time, this most crucial time in the history of the earth, to help gather Israel,” the prophet said. “There is nothing happening on this earth right now that is more important than that. There is nothing of greater consequence. Absolutely nothing. This gathering should mean everything to you. This is the mission for which you were sent to earth.”

We have chosen four daily themes that will hopefully inspire and prepare the girls to fulfill their role as Esther did. Each theme can be related to Esther's mission as well as that of the Savior. Because he chose to carry out his mission, we are enabled to do the work that we were sent to accomplish. Those themes are

Monday: BE ONE

Tuesday: BE BRAVE

Wednesday: BE KIND

Thursday: BE STRONG

A Few Items of Business

• Monday will be an all Stake day. Since our theme for Monday is Be One, we would really like the girls to be one in the stake. Girls will meet at the Stake Center at 8:00 am and leave at 8:30. After arriving and setting up camp, there is an orientation meeting at 11:00. Then the fun begins! 

• The stake leaders will provide both lunch and dinner on Monday and lunch Tuesday through Thursday. Our YCL's decided on the following menu:

Monday lunch: J Dawgs

Monday dinner: Pasta Bar

Tuesday lunch: Sub sandwich bar and watermelon

Wednesday lunch: Cafe Rio-type salad

Thursday lunch: Asian Chicken (teriyaki, orange or sweet and sour), rice and vegetables or asian salad

• Please use the link to the right to print out Heber Valley permission slips. They are not the usual ones from the Church. We will need one for every girl and leader who is potentially going to Girls Camp. Please turn those in to the stake YW leaders at our adult camp meeting on March 14.

• I have had questions from ward YW leaders about cheers, and yes, we are doing them! What would girls camp be without President Peterson singing and dancing for the girls?!

And Finally

PLEASE use your youth camp leaders in all of your planning. For those who were unable to attend the Heber Valley Orientation meeting last Thursday night, the Heber Valley ladies reported to us that they had just had a meeting with the General YW Board. In that meeting, the General YW presidency asked them to relate to us the importance of letting the girls lead. However, we don't abandon them in the process. As leaders, it is our responsibility to counsel with them, train them and teach them how to seek and receive revelation. Then we must trust the Lord to lead and teach the girls His will.

It's Camp Time!

We are so excited to get things rolling for the Edgemont South Stake girls camp 2019!  In an attempt to have fewer meetings for all of you wonderful, busy ladies, I am learning new skills and will keep this blog updated with information and resources that will hopefully help you as you plan for camp. 

Things are going to be different this year. (Of course!😁) We have a new camp manual, new age groups, and who knows what will be next!  We know that these changes have come through our Church leaders from our Savior, Jesus Christ.  We are going to embrace them and know that they will lead to an amazing camp experience for all of us.  A key part of these changes is that the YCL's will be planning camp.  We are here to help them, guide them and support them. But they are instructed to and fully capable of receiving revelation to plan according to our Father's will.  Please use them in planning for ward activities as well.  With the age change, YCL's will now be defined as all Laurels who are not graduating from high school this year.  That adds just a handful of girls to our numbers.

Please note the important dates listed on the left side of this blog, as well as the links to important resources on the right.  These will answer a lot of questions.  You are always welcome to ask the Stake YW Presidency and Camp directors as well.

Unfortunately, we will not have a defined schedule for another month or so.  Heber Valley is making some changes to their website, and we are unable to schedule the confidence course and waterfront until the end of February, first part of March.  Thank you for your patience!

We love you! Thank you for all that you do for the young women of our stake.  Girls camp is going to be amazing!

WARNING: MOSQUITOS

Please warn you YW and leaders to be prepared for mosquitos. Bring repellant, long sleeves for evening activities and any other great ideas for protecting yourselves! Let's be safe up there!

With that being said, the policy for Mia Shalom reads:

Lighter Fluid & Candles

* Please take note that no lighter fluid is allowed at camp.  We recommend that you purchase pre-lit briquettes so that you don't need any lighter fluid.

* Candles and melted wax are also not allowed at MIA Shalom.  

* Please read the MIA Shalom Policies closely so that you are aware of all of the other rules regarding cooking & fires.

Shirts

Some items regarding shirts:

*Please pick up your shirts from Dalene Owen if you have not yet.
*You can pass them out at anytime you would like as a ward.
*We would like you to wear your shirts to the Friday night, Bishops week-in-review, fireside. (you can wear it other times during camp too)
*Because our numbers shift while we figure out who is going and who is not, you may have extra t-shirts or need more. Please, please turn in extras!

Service Project Update

We will be planting for our Mia Shalom service project. "We will be planting across the road from where we planted last year in the South area (to the right).  You will come across the Dam, pick up the full milk jugs that are there and go into the south area past the bathroom.  When you come to the fork by Beck's Byway go left past the cabins. Continue on that road  until you see us.  There will be no access by cars so please have the girls carry their shovels.  You may bring them to the South Parking lot.  You will need to be there at your assigned time.  Each person will be planting about 2 or more trees."

The milk jugs you have already collected will be used for cross fit and left for watering the trees in the coming weeks.

Please make sure your shovels are labeled.

Thank You!

Stake Dinner Assignments

Thank you for your willingness to host our stake camp committee, Shalom missionaries and priesthood brethren for dinner!

HYDRATION, HYDRATION, HYDRATION!

Please remind your girls to bring a water bottle and DRINK their water!

Good to know info for cleaning assignments

*Cleaning supplies (NOT including toilet paper, paper towel or gloves) are furnished by the camp and are available at the caretakers cabin.

*All floors (including stalls) must be swept, toilets scrubbed, sinks scrubbed, mirrors shined and equipment returned each cleaning.

*All floors should be washed with a hose when you do the final cleaning at the end of the camp week.

*Toilet paper, that is septic tank safe, is supplied by the wards (one 24 pack) and the stake.

*No wet wipes or sanitary supplies in the toilets, in bags in cans only.

*Toilets flush slowly and do not tolerate much paper.

*Hair clogs the drains, do not wash hair in the sinks.

*Do not let the taps run, be water conscious.

Thank you to everyone for your willingness to pitch in and keep camp clean! Please refer to the schedule for your cleaning assignments.

Reminder!

Please remind the girls to bring a beach towel for ENERGIZE in the mornings! They'll need it for yoga and cross-fit.

Map from Utah County to Camp Mia Shalom

Wilderness Map with cabin assignments

More Information

The gate to Camp Mia Shalom is open at 6:00am for those interested in taking up supply trailers ahead of the buses. Please make sure you have leaders to meet the YW and get them loaded on the buses, and your 1 leader riding with them.

Please supply one 24 pack of SEPTIC TANK SAFE TOILET PAPER per ward. You will also need to bring gloves (optional), paper towels or cleaning rags for you bathroom cleaning assignment.

You are welcome to give the T-shirts and YCL sweatshirts out at anytime. The girls are welcome to wear them anytime at camp. We are asking everyone to wear them to the Friday night, Bishops week-in-review fireside.

Information Email

Hello Ward YW Presidents and Camp Directors,

We are so excited about camp and want to share with you the updated schedule, dinner assignments for stake leaders and other information we hope will be helpful in camp planning.

The Camp Kick Off Fireside will be Wednesday, June 21st at 7:00pm, in the stake center chapel. We look forward to sharing the theme with the girls and their parents. And there's refreshments! Shortly after refreshments the young women participating in 'Path of Righteousness' will go to their assigned rooms with their parents for a quick run thru of their talks. 

Attached you will find information to help with the geocaching activity. The Shalom missionaries have 5 GPS units available. Please check in with them and reserve them for your time slot on arrival at camp. If you choose to participate a small trinket you provide is usually left in the box. Please prepare an alternate activity for your ward to participate in if you choose to not go geocaching.

FOOD: Along with breakfast and lunch the stake will also be providing snacks during the waterfront/challenge course time slots and a treat after the stake presidency speaks on Thursday evening. Please remind your girls to bring a sack lunch with them on Tuesday for the bus ride.

The Q&A on the schedule during lunch time is for ward presidents, leaders and camp directors to meet in a designated area with Mary Rencher, Diane Mangum and/or President Peterson if you have any questions or concerns you would like to address or have any special needs.

We will load the buses at the stake center on Tuesday at 11:30am, and will leave the parking lot at 12:00.  The buses will leave Camp Shalom at 1:00pm on Saturday and are projected to return around 3:00. We will have a couple of contact people within the stake for urgent or emergency messages. Contact information will be given out at the camp kick off. 

We are still not informed on whether we will be planting or watering trees for the Shalom service project. We ask that you provide a shovel for every 3-4 young women, as many empty milk jugs with lids as possible and work gloves.

If you have not already, would you please let Jenn Knapp or Holly Williams (5th ward) know the name of the leader who will be going on the 4th year overnight hike with your ward. 

Please be aware that every ward has been assigned a cleaning duty, during the week and for checkout. Please make sure you know when your cleaning duty is assigned and plan appropriately. We are aware that time is tight on Friday, so the stake leaders will be taking care of the biffy duty that day. 

Please remind your young women to bring an extra bath/beach towel to use as their mat for yoga!

Thank you for all your hard work, patience and love! We greatly appreciate your work on camp and devotion to the young women in our stake!

Schedule/Cabin and Cleaning Assignments

Girls Camp Personal Equipment List

Clothing:

•   Warm jacket
  
•   Warm pajamas
  
•   5 changes of underwear
  
•   Long Pants for 5 days
  (no capri’s or shorts)
  
•   Shirts for 5 days
  
•   Sweatshirts for cold
  
•   1 long sleeved shirt
  (no tanktops, sleeveless or cap sleeves)
  
•   6 pair of socks
  
•   2 pair of shoes – sturdy
  (no sandals, flip flops or crocks)
  
•   Hat and neckerchief
  
•   Poncho or raincoat
  
•   Gloves
  Bedding:
   Warm sleeping bag
   Extra blanket
   Pillow
   Small foam pad or air mattress
  Toiletries:
   Washcloth
   Towel
   Soap and box
   Shampoo
   Sanitary needs 
   Comb and Brush 
   Mirror
   Toothbrush 
   Toothpaste 
   Floss
   Tissue
   Toilet Paper
   First Aid Kit
   Insect repellant 
   Nail clippers/file 
   Lotion
   Sunscreen
   Personal Needs 
   Eye Care
   Medications
  

General:
 Scriptures
 Y.W. Camp manual
 Songbook
 Journal
 Pen
 Flashlight and batteries 
 Camera and film
 Canteen or Water Bottle 
 Backpack for day hike 
 Triangular bandage
 Compass (3rd Years)
 Pocketknife (2nd Years) 
 Secret Sister gifts
 Personal Progress Book
Special Assignments:

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REMEMBER!!!!!
 Please leave your cell phones, I-pods, other electronic equipment, novels, magazines face cards or other inappropriate items at home as they are not allowed at camp.
 Camp MIA Shalom can be very cold, especially at night. It rains and may even snow, so please be prepared. 

4th Year Hike Letter 2017

4th Year Hike

Girls Camp 2017

Hello 4th Year Hikers!  We are excited to backpack and camp a night with you at beautiful Camp Shalom!  The following are some details for you that will be useful in planning our adventure.

When:  We will be leaving from our Camp Stake Pavilion on Wednesday, June 28th at 4:00pm

You will need to have your packs ready to go by 3:00pm.  We will return to camp the following morning around 9:00am.

Who:  All 4th year campers and 1 leader from each ward.  We will also have 2 priesthood holders with us.

Where:  We will be hiking 2 to 2.5 miles- (depending on if there is still snow) from Camp to the end of Beck’s Byway trail at a campsite that has a fire ring and a biffy.

What to Bring:

-Backpack- a backpacking backpack is preferable, but a large school backpack could work if you can attach your bedding to it and carry it comfortably.  Guidelines suggest that your pack weigh less than a quarter of your body weight.  We will not do a “weigh-in” so you will be responsible to make sure you can comfortably carry you own pack.

-Sleeping Bag- It may get cold at night, so make sure your sleeping bag is suitable for the outdoors and colder temperatures!  You will be so much happier to be warm than cold!  You will want to put your sleeping bag in a plastic garbage bag in case we experience rain on the trail.  You can  use that same bag to cover your pack when you go to bed.  Pillows are hard to carry.  Just bring a case and use your sweatshirt or jacket as stuffing!

-Sleeping Pad- Make sure it is compact and easy to carry.  It will keep you warmer as you sleep!

-Tents & Tarp- You will need to provide your own tent to sleep in that night. It is strongly suggested to bring a tarp to go under your tent because June at Shalom can be wet!   It would be wise to get together as a ward and plan tent/sleeping assignments.  You can bring a larger tent for everyone and distribute parts to each girl to make travel easier OR you can bring smaller tents for 2 people.  No one should sleep alone!  Remember, leaders can’t share a tent with the girls.  You can get in touch with other adults who are going and make a new friend and tent buddy in the same night! :)

-Shoes- So important to wear a good comfortable pair...tennis shoes are fine.

-Water- There is NO water source!  We will be packing in all of our water. Each girl/leader should bring a 2 liter bottle of water. That should be sufficient for the time we will be away if you are careful.

-Food-  We will be eating dinner and Breakfast at our camp. You will be responsible for bringing, cooking and cleaning up your own food.  We will have a campfire on which to cook.  There are approximately 45 of us camping together so fire space might be limited. Keep meals simple and minimal.  Bring enough to fill you up, but remember you have to clean, prepare and haul out ALL of your food and waste.

Ideas:

Dinner:

Cup of Soup

Potato flakes and gravy mixes

Lipton Skillet dinners

Bagel Sandwich

Tin foil dinners

Breakfast:

Provided by the Stake!- Pick up at pavillion when we meet to leave.

We will provide a campfire treat from the Stake.

You can bring snacks, just keep them minimal as well.  Little critters like to chew through     packs if your food is not closed up well.  For this trip, less is more!

-Cook ware-  Water is limited, so washing dishes will be difficult.  You should be able to get by with a

Cup, bowl, and spoon/fork and a pot to boil water in (best to team up with water pot- maybe 1 per

ward.)  Paper towels may come in handy for clean up.  Paper products are always easy to clean!

Personal Equipment:

-hand sanitizer

- wet wipes to freshen yourself-These are awesome since we will not have much water

-a warm, lightweight jacket

-garbage bag, to cover pack

-plastic bag, to put personal garbage in

-personal hygiene items

-mosquito repellant- very important!

-hat or bandana

-flashlight or headlamp

-matches in water tight container

-couple of bandaids

-warm hat

-light weight gloves or mittens

-fresh pair of socks to sleep in and wear home

-something to sleep in… do not sleep in clothes that you hiked in or you will be cold!

-1 shirt to change into after backpacking- so you won’t be cold all night.

Question or Concerns:  Jen Knapp 801-375-4570 Cell  Holly Williams 801-318-3448