GIRLS CAMP

MIA Shalom 2013

GIRL ON FIRE!
I am touched by the FIRE of FAITH I see in the eyes of young women everywhere.
-Sister Elaine S. Dalton

CONTENTS
Girl On Fire

GIRL ON FIRE!
MIA Shalom 2013

Ward Theme Assignments! ................................................................................................... 3

Your Stake Camp Committee

Camp Committee Directory! ..................................................................................................4

Calendar
2013 Calendar! ...................................................................................................................... 5 Important Dates! ................................................................................................................... 6 Camp Schedule! .................................................................................................................... 7

How To Plan Camp

Preparation! ........................................................................................................................... 8 Objectives! ............................................................................................................................ 9 Plan! .................................................................................................................................... 10 A Day At Camp! ...................................................................................................................11

Certication
Certication Charts! ............................................................................................................ 12 Correlations Between Camp Certication & Personal Progress ....................................... 15 !

Sample Packing Lists

What Young Women Should Bring! ..................................................................................... 16

RESOURCES
People, Manuals, Websites ................................................................................................17 ! SOURCES: Young Women Camp Manual, Young Women Camp: A Guide For Priesthood And Young Women Leaders, MIA Shalom Winter Workshops, www.jennysmith.net, www.lds.org, https://sites.google.com/site/
ywcampmiashalom/

W Theme Assignments ard

The 2013 Girls Camp Theme is "Girl on Fire." We want to focus this year on helping the young women of our Stake to nd a SPARK to IGNITE their testimonies and have it BURN in their hearts always! We pray that each of them will have a personal experience with the Savior this year at Camp. Our Stake will be divided by Districts (Wards) and will be assigned a value with its associated color. You can use this color to decorate. In addition we ask that each District come up with an emblem that represents your value (ie. faith-dove). Create a ag with your emblem to display at the front of your camp areas. We ask that each district nd a Woman from the scriptures, church history or even modern day Prophet's wives (ie. Emma Smith or sister Hinckley) - women who represent that value. There will be an opportunity at camp for someone in your ward to tell us about your "Woman on Fire." Wednesday evening at camp, will be "singing in the trees". All districts will meet at a designated area in the woods. Each girl is asked to bring a ashlight. And the Districts are asked to bring a tarp or mat for all your young women to sit on. Without speaking, each district will take turns turning on their ashlights and singing a song that represents their value. The song does not have to be a "Church song" but we will ask that you submit your song selection to our Music Specialist- Manu Harris for approval. This is a reverent activity. Please remind young women to be mindful and aware of this special musical tribute. District District District District District District District District District District District District 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 Lehi 41st Lehi 42 EM 12 EM 13 Sunset Spanish Fork Orem 8 Orem 9 P10 AF2 Stake Priesthood Faith Divine Nature Individual Worth Knowledge Choice & Accountability Good Works Integrity Virtue Divine Nature Good Works

YOUR STAKE CAMP COMMITTEE

Provo Wasatch Stake
This is your camp committee. They serve one purpose, to provide you and the young women of this stake with all the tools necessary for a successful Girls Camp! Use them. Stay in communication with your Stake Camp Committee, and make your job easier.

PROVO WASATCH STAKE CAMP COMMITTEE

NAME HOME WARD
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EMAIL

PHONE NUMBER
8017627857

WARD ASSIGNMENT
STAKE CAMP DIRECTOR Lehi 42 Am. Fork 2 Eagle Mountain 13

Priscilla Beckstead Makay Tautu Marieta Reid Manu Harris

priscillabeckstead@gmail.com

Lehi 42 Lehi 42 Eagle Mountain 13 Eagle Mountain 13 Eagle Mountain 12 Orem 9 Orem 9 Lehi 41 Lehi 41 Provo 10 Provo 10 Orem 9 Am. Fork 2

makay@hapari.com marietatr@hotmail.com manukharris@gmail.com

8014725289 8013801479 8013627947

Joann AhYou

chazion@hotmail.com

8014272349

Penny Vaea

pvaea@hotmail.com

8016439647

Eagle Mountain 12 Sunset 12 Orem 9 Lehi 41 Orem 8 Provo 10 Spanish Fork

Patrice Fano Luisa Kuaea Becky Katoa Lila Paongo Heather Reid Lori Fano Julie Kaio Geni Tausinga

patricelk@yahoo.com lkuaea@gmail.com katoafamily@hotmail.com tfpaongo@gmail.com gabeandheather2000@yahoo.com lorifano@hotmail.com julie.kaio@gmail.com tausingafam@yahoo.com

8019213570 5106140949 8013187147 8016905622 8018364796 8013199879 8018363642 8017081444

Am. Fork 2

FIRST YEAR
Marieta Reid Penny Vaea Heather Reid

SECOND YEAR
Patrice Fano Luisa Kuaea Lori Fano

THIRD YEAR
Manu Harris Becky Katoa Julie Kaio

FOURTH YEAR
Makay Tautu Lila Paongo 4 Joann AhYou

Camp Committee Level Assignments:

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Important Dates
February 16 Ward & Stake YW leaders, camp leaders & Stake & Ward YCLs, Practice for Camp Kick off- 5 pm stake center STAKE YCLS PLANNING SESSION (Sister Beckstead's Home) 894 North 1530 East Orem @ 6 pm STAKE CAMP KICK OFF at Stake Center @ 7 pm Camp Directors Training Retreat in Kamas, Utah Stake Camp Meeting with YCLS, Ward camp leaders and a member of the ward YW presidency @ 6:30 pm location TBD

February 22

March 7 March 22-23 April 14

April 27

Camp Certication Clinic at Stake Center @ 10 am

May 19

Stake Camp Meeting with YCLS, Ward camp leaders and a member of the Ward YW presidency @ 6:30 pm location TBD Deadline for Head Count and Check for T-shirts . Stake Camp Meeting with YCLS, ward camp leaders and a member of the Ward YW presidency @ 6:30 pm location TBD, Checks due for buses 4th Year Back Pack Overnighter (5th and 6th year invited this year only) 2013 GIRLS CAMP

June 9

June 14-15 June 24-29

How To Plan Camp

PREPARE SPIRITUALLY
...do everything you can to create or to provide the circumstances for a spiritual experience in the lives...of our young women of the Church...Nothing we do for them in our various programs will matter as much as that, and I promise you it is what they will remember and treasure the most. Elder Jerey R. Holland, Worldwide Leadership Training Meeting, June 2004 Plan with a purpose. Pray for each girl individually, to receive guidance as to her needs and how to make a dierence in her life. Everything we do at camp should help young women come unto Christ. Encourage leaders and young women to prepare spiritually for camp through gospel study and prayer. You might assign specic scriptures to read and possibly discuss, that relate to your theme.

COUNSEL WITH PRIESTHOOD LEADERS

Make sure your priesthood leaders are involved as you make decisions concerning purpose, goals, budget, fundraising and scheduling.

READ THE LEADERS GUIDE & CAMP MANUAL

Almost all of your questions about camp guidelines and procedures can be answered in these two references.

USE MUTUAL NIGHT

Think of things that can be done before camp, e.g. certication, craft preparation, rst aid kits, etc. Involve the girls as much as possible during mutual nights. For example, you could put together simple rst aid kits with items such as tweezers, ice packs (instant), needles and thread, plastic bags, band aids, antiseptic cleaner or wipes, heat packs (instant), safety pins, mylar blankets, after bite cream, etc.
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CREATE CAMP OBJECTIVES

When planning for Girls Camp, it helps to outline four or ve specic objectives. Ask yourself: Why are we going to Girls Camp? What do we hope to accomplish? Your objectives may (or may not) look similar to these examples. Girls Camp Objectives (examples): -The young women in our ward will develop stronger faith in Jesus Christ and in His Restored Gospel. -The young women in our ward will learn to respect and appreciate nature. -The young women in our ward will feel the Spirit. -The young women in our ward will learn skills and work hard, and thus feel strong, successful and condent. -The young women in our ward will prepare to be women, mothers and wives. -The young women in our ward will form bonds of friendship and have fun. Another way to do this is to form objectives for before, during and after your camp. For example, what do you hope the youth will know/do/feel before camp? What about during, and a"er camp? Important: When you plan your activities for Girls Camp (before/during/ after) make sure EACH activity relates back to one or more of your objectives. This way, all activities and experiences are done with a purpose and will produce specic results. However you decide to do it, mapping out objectives is an important part of your camp organization.

DEVELOP YOUR CAMP THEME

A theme for Girls Camp will bring unity to your activities, devotionals and objectives. Have fun with it!
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PLAN YOUR FOOD

Questions to Consider: How many breakfasts, lunches and dinners do we need to prepare for? Who is in charge of each meal? How can we tie in the theme, to the food? How do we make sure the girls drink enough water? What will snacks be? When are snacks available? What is our food budget? Plan Your Skit Night What night will skit night be? Who will be doing skits? Leaders? Each ward? Each class? Who will be in charge of coordinating skit night and informing the leaders of their responsibilities connected to this night?

PLAN YOUR DEVOTIONALS

*Devotionals are a great time to teach the gospel and invite the Spirit. Questions to Consider: When will we have devotionals? Every night? Every morning? After lunch? What subjects do we want addressed in the devotionals? Who will teach each devotional? *Let your objectives and your theme guide you here.

PLAN YOUR CERTIFICATION

Questions to Consider: What and who needs to be certied before camp? Who will teach this? When and where will this be taught? What and who needs to be certied AT camp? Who will teach this? When and where will this be taught?
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PLAN OUT EACH DAY

Have a clear schedule written out for each day. Your daily schedule might look something like this:

A DAY AT CAMP
1. Traveling to camp or waking up at camp 2. Breakfast and cleanup 3. Morning devotional (scripture, prayer, music, announcements, and assignments) 4. Certication activities 5. Mealtime and cleanup 6. Quiet personal time (scriptures, meditation, journals, and prayers) 7. Other activities and fun 8. Mealtime and cleanup 9. Cleanup of camp 10. Evening devotional (talents, talks, testimonies, music and prayer) 11. Evening prayers 12. Bedtime 13. Brief *evaluation of the day by leaders *It is important to evaluate the activities and experiences of camp. Evaluation should take place daily at camp. This will allow you to make changes and adjustments in planning when necessary.
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Ideas to use the Personal Progress Program along with Girls Camp Certification. First Year Certification
Personal Progress Book Faith #6 Increase your understanding of the Plan of Salvation Personal Progress Book Faith # 8 or 9 (write your own) Learn about Joseph Smiths First Prayer Personal Progress Book Faith #4 Learn about the Sacrament Divine Nature #4 Memorize the Sacrament prayer. Practice keeping your Baptismal covenants. Personal Progress Book Faith #5 Increase your understanding of the Atonement Good Works Value Project Receive training in First Aid (10 hours) Personal Progress Book Faith #3 Choose a gospel principal. Plan and present a lesson about how faith helps you live that gospel principal. Divine Nature Project (10 hours) Carry out a project that will promote unity. Good Works Value Project Receive training in First Aid (10 hours) Camp Certification Requirements Read from the scriptures Learn about the creation of the earth. Camp Certification Requirements Read from the scriptures Learn about Joseph Smiths first prayer. Camp Certification Requirements Read from the scriptures Learn about the covenants made at baptism. Read from the scriptures Learn about the covenants made at baptism Camp Certification Requirements Read from the scriptures Learn about the events in the Garden of Gethsemane. Review all the first aid skills Camp Certification Requirements Devotional Idea Possibilities are endless Select a topic to teach to others.

Second Year Certification

Third Year Certification

Fourth Year Certification

First & Second Year Youth Leaders Certification

Any Level of Certification

Personal Progress Book Camp Certification Requirements Diving Nature Project Use an art or handicraft to Craft Project make something for your future home. (10 hours) Individual Worth #3 Build others and make them feel of worth. Everyday Mailbox Acknowledge them in writing or verbally. Individual Worth #7 Parent or Leader letter activity Solo time. Ask someone to write down your positive qualities Knowledge #2 Learn a new skill that will help you Cooking and planning menus care for your family (Cooking) Knowledge #3 Memorize two hymns & learn how to Flag ceremonies, devotionals, singing around conduct them, conduct for a group. the campfire. Knowledge #4 Select a gospel principle, prepare and Devotionals present a five minute talk. Knowledge #7 Develop and practice the skill of Have a ward storytelling festival around storytelling. Tell two stories. the campfire. ! 15 Good Works #1 Learn about and perform service. Throughout the entire week.

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Resources
Planning and executing a successful Girls Camp is a joint eort. The Camp Director will need assistance from other leaders in the ward, along with help from the young women themselves and their parents. It is very important to divide responsibilities. A specialist may be called and given a specic assignment pertaining to Girls Camp. The specialist is responsible for coordinating all details that pertain to her assignment. Examples of a specialist are, Food Specialist, Certication Specialist, Decoration Specialist, Devotional Specialist, Music Specialist, etc. People, Manuals and Online References are all resources that, when used eectively, can add to the overall experience at Girls Camp.

People: Man/Woman Power

Priesthood Leaders Relief Society Stake Camp Committee Parents Camp Specialists YW Leaders YCLs (Refer to pp. 87-88 in the YW Camp Manual) Your Young Women

Manuals
Young Women Camp Manual Young Women Camp: A Guide For Priesthood And Young Women Leaders MIA Shalom Leadership Manual

Websites
http://provotonganstake.blogspot.com/ (Provo Wasatch Tongan Stake Girls Camp Blog)

www.lds.org (lds.org, go to menu-Serving In The Church-YW-Camp) https://sites.google.com/site/ywcampmiashalom/ (Camp MIA Shalom website) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LDS_girlscamp_leaders www.sugardoodle.com www.christysclipart.com www.ldssplash.com www.jennysmith.net www.beehivemessages.blogspot.com www.ywgirlscamp.com www.ldsyoungwomentips.blogspot.com www.goforwardwithfaith.blogspot.com www.youthleaderstash.com ! 17 www.holyhandouts.com www.sissyprint.blogspot.com