LAUREL
PROJECTS
WEDDING RECEPTION & TEACHER APPRECIATION DINNER:
- The
first
project I did was a wedding reception for a young college
student.
I got with her mom and made all the decorations.Then, I set the
Cultural
Hall up for it. It was a success. The second project I did was a
Teacher's Appreciation Dinner. I cooked all the food with my mom.
I even had our Stake President there as the keynote speaker. I
had
to get the permission of our bishop,though.I also had to get the
help of the youth to get their teacher's there. These
both required patience and a lot of hours. They were worth it,
though.
Erin
LEPER BANDAGES: - Make bandages for leper
colonies. they are actually in great need, in
foreighn countries and even in some places in the US, leper colonies
are
common. (Note from Lorrie: there is a link on the Service
page for the LDS Humanitarian Services and directions for making leper
bandages)
HOLIDAY BAGS FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER: - Make
holiday
bags for the children at a local cancer treatment hospital, due
to
the fact that this children, locked away in far corners of the
hosptial,
can be forgotten. include in the bag teddy bears that you sew on your
own.
throw in a candy cane or 2, and a little holiday note.
TRAIN A DOG: - If you have an intelligent dog,
such as a poodle, teach it agility (or in other words, train it). my
friend
is doing this and it is really fun, and you will definitly get in the
hours.
if your dog just cant be taught, don't worry, it was well worth it!
WARD CLOTHING EXCHANGE: - Organize a ward
clothing
exchange. members bring clothes that they no longer want or fit into
ect,
and after all the clothing is brought together, everybody chooses one
other
peice of clothing that someone else brought for each peice that they
brought.
you can also have other donations, such as toys. in the end, the items
that are left over can be donated to a local thrift store.
WARD TOY DRIVE FOR NURSERY: - Start a ward
toy drive for nursery: gather used but good toys from ward
members through a 'toy drive'. Spread the word (fliers are very
helpful
reminders!) and have the members bag up their toys and put them on
their
porches for pick-up. Make sure you clean the toys!
WARD COOKBOOK: - I did a ward cookbook, with the
money going to help the YW pay for camp next year. we got alot of
cool recipes, and LOTS of desserts!!!
TRAUMA BEARS: - Also, since my ward is
involved
in a ward humanitarian project, the YW volunteered to make trauma
bears.
to encourage the girls to get at least three bears done, i decided for
another project to plan a service sleepover for all the YW. not
only
will we work together to finish bears, but we'll put the printed pages
of the cookbooks together, and tie up a jean quilt i made for another
project.
we're going to video tape it if we can. it's just a fun girl's
night
out, and service is always lots more fun with friends!
ANOTHER ADULT PROM: - Two other Laurels and I
held
an adult prom for the adults in our stake. We did table centerpieces,
decorations,
and took pictures with the theme "A night under the stars." We also had
finger foods and punch. I was a big sucess!
ADULT PROM: - Our Laurels are planning an Adult
Prom for the adults in our ward who want to go out on dates and go to
dances
but the days are long gone. Have the girls prepare decorations,
find
music, provide nursery, make invitations, and run the prom night.
BAPTISM BOOKS: - We put together Baptism
books for
8 yr olds getting baptized. We made up pages about baptism, about
covenants
made, pages for them to glue in their picture, a copy of the program,
some
pictures of the Savior, and some fun activity pages for them to do
puzzles
or draw. All relating to baptism. Then we covered the little books with
report covers. They turned out very nice as we did most of the pictures
and pages on the computer. We put on the back "Made for you, with
love.
From the Mia Maids" and the date. The Primary kids seemed to really
like
them and the girls were really proud. I have an example book here at
home
if anyone is interested in further detail. Tawnie
FAMILY REUNION: - Organize & carry out a
family
reunion.
WARD YOUTH CHOIR: - Organize and lead a ward
youth
choir.
COLLECTIONS: - Create and make a collection of
your
own writings,
musical compositions, or graphic art work.
SERVICE: - Give consistent help over a period of
time
to
a family or individual in your ward with special needs.
MISSION PREPARATION: - With the approval or
member of
the
bishopric, organize and carry out a mission preparation experience for
the young men and young women in your ward.
SCRIPTURE READING PROGRAM: - Organize and
implement a
scripture-reading
incentive program for your class. You may want to invite the
young
men to participate.
SPIRITUAL PRESENTATION: - Write and direct a
dramatic
presentation
that portrays a gospel theme and involves children or youth in your
ward.
GOSPEL CHILDREN'S GAME: - Create a children's
game
that will
help a child learn a principle of the gospel, such as making correct
choices.
ORGANIZATION SYSTEM: - Learn about or develop a
system for
organizing information or materials and begin your own system.
FIRST AID COURSE: - Complete a certain first-aid
course,
including CPR training, and serve as a volunteer in teaching first-aid
skills.
SIGN LANGUAGE: - Learn signing for the deaf and
teach
a song
to your young women group to perform in Sacrament Meeting. If
there
is a deaf branch near you, you may ask for permission to assist on a
primary
lesson or help teach a group of deaf children the 13 Articles of
Faith.
SKILL TEACHING: - Teach reading or language
skills to
someone
in need of help.
VOLUNTEER WORK: - Serve as a volunteer guide or
docent in
a community park, museum, or zoo for at least three months. Share
the knowledge you have acquired as a result of your service.
GARDENS: - Plan and care for a vegetable garden
or
maintain
your family's or someone else's yard for three months without pay.
PRESCHOOL/NURSERY: - Prepare and
conduct
a preschool
or nursery class as a service for younger children.
SEWING CLASS: - Organize a sewing or other home
skills class
for younger children.
VOLUNTEER WORK: - Serve as a volunteer in a
hospital,
nursing
home, day-care center, or other community social service
institution.
72-HOUR KITS: - Prepare 72 hour kits for each
member
of your
family and present a FHE lesson on emergency preparedness. Help
plan
a
family emergency plan.
DRUG-ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM: -
Organize and carry
out a
substance abuse prevention program in your school or community.
MISSIONARY WORK: - With the approval of
your
bishop
and the mission president responsible for your area, work with
full-time
sister missionaries on a regular basis.
CULTURAL ARTS EVENT: - With the approval of a
member
of the
bishopric, organize and conduct a cultural arts event for your ward or
community. Coordinate this activity with the ward calendar
through
you Young Women President.
COLLEGE PREPARATION CLASS: - Put together a
"Plan for
College" evening or Saturday afternoon for the young men and young
women
with sessions on college preparation, scholarships, high school
academics
and other associations (clubs, etc.), study habits, budgeting, cooking,
etc.
FAMILY HERITAGE SYMBOL: - Make something
that
could
be of value to your posterity such as a piece of needlework, a family
flag,
a coat of arms, or a quilt.
GENEALOGY: - Plan and complete a personal history
on
each
parent, and all your grandparents. Type them up nicely and
present
them as gifts to other family members.
PERSONAL HISTORY: - Write your own personal
history.
TEMPLE WORK: - Work with parents to prepare names
for
temple
work.
FAMILY HISTORY STORIES: - Find stories of
experiences, personalities,
etc. of ancestors and put together a book of ancestral history that
takes
a more personal look into their lives.
CHILDREN'S STORIES: - Record children's stories
on
tape and
make puppets or flannel board characters to go along with
stories.
Donate to a children's hospital or domestic abuse shelter.
SERVICE: - Plan and organize a service day for a
youth group
where you can go serve in different places for different people.
TRICK OR TREAT BAGS: - Put together activity kits
or
trick-or-treat
bags with treats in it for children. Deliver to low-income youth
center or domestic abuse shelter.
BLANKET/COAT DRIVE: - Plan and organize a
blanket or
coat drive at a time other than the holiday season.
HOMELESS SHELTER HELP: - Plan and organize a
drive
for a
homeless shelter for household items such as towels, dishes,
appliances,
sheets, etc.
THIS IS YOUR LIFE QUILT: - Make a "this is
your
life"
quilt for you, a parent, a church leader or an "appreciation" quilt for
the bishop, stake president or stake patriarch.
VOLUNTEER WORK: - Volunteer at a service
center.
ANIMAL VOLUNTEER WORK: - Volunteer at a
veterinarian's office
or the Humane Society.
BABY QUILTS: - Make baby quilts to take to
hospitals
for women on welfare.
USED VIDEOS: - Organize a children's used video
drive
to
donate to a children's hospital, homeless or domestic abuse
shelter.
FAMILY HOME EVENINGS: - Plan and organize Family
Home
Evenings
for an entire year. Plan lesson topics, spiritual thoughts and
songs.
If you have younger brothers and sisters put together flannel board
stories,
etc.
BAPTISMAL CLOTHES: - Learn to sew and make some
baptismal
clothes for the ward.
IMPROVE TALENTS: - Take a class to improve a
talent
such
as singing, dance, piano lessons, etc. Maybe organize a night
where
you and other young women could share their talents.
TUTORING: - Put together a tutoring program for
children
in the ward.
CHILDREN'S OLYMPICS: - Plan and organize a
children's
"Olympic's"
in your ward. Talk to the Primary president and ask for names of
children who are less active or are struggling. Make it a whole
day
event. Plan fun events and have awards at the end. Make
sure
each group gets an award of some kind. You could make the events
gospel related.
PERSONAL CHALLENGE: - Pick a personal challenge
(spiritual
or physical) and set up a progress/program to strengthen yourself in
that
area. Organize and come up with a game plan to go by for at least
3 months. Make a visual display to remind yourself. Write about
it
in your journal as you go along.
SAVIOR STUDY: - Spend at least 20 hours studying
different
material about the life of the Savior. Put together a
presentation
and present it at a fireside for the youth. Write about your
feelings
in your journal as you go along.
READ BOOK OF MORMON: - Read the whole
Book of
Mormon. As you read it keep a record in a notebook of each
chapter
or section and what you learned as you go along. Make it as
detailed
as possible. Keep an ongoing record also of your favorite
scripture
references, by topic and file in a small file box for easy
reference.
On each 3X5 card write reference, write out scripture or key words, and
why it stood out to you.
READ DOCTRINE & COVENANTS: - Read the
whole
Doctrine
& Covenants and do the same as above.
CROCHET/QUILT: - Learn how to crochet or
quilt.
Make
1st college blanket, make 1st wedding quilt, or make 1st baby blanket
for
yourself or for someone else.
RECIPE COOKBOOK: - Put together a family cookbook
with favorite
recipes. Give to family members as gifts. Familiarize yourself
with
the recipes and learn to make them as you go along.
CANNING: - Learn how to can fruit.
STENCILING: - Learn how to stencil, wallpaper and
paint.
Redo a room in your house.
FREE BABY-SITTING: - Provide free baby-sitting
for 6
months
for a couple every other week for them to go to the temple or on a
date.
Plan activities for the children. If age appropriate, activities
could teach them about the temple.
CHURCH BABY-SITTING: - Provide baby-sitting
for
the
nursery for Homemaking for 6 months. Plan activities for the
children.
FINGER PUPPETS: - Make finger puppets for a
children's hospital.
When they prick fingertips, they like to give them a finger puppet
because
they do it so often. Children's Hospital in Seattle goes through
50 each day.
HOSPITAL WHEELCHAIR BAGS: - Make bags that fit
over
the back
of a wheelchair. Donate to a children's hospital. They are
always in need of them.
CHRISTMAS HELP: - Schedule and plan specific
times at
a domestic
abuse shelter or homeless shelter for the children to make Christmas
ornaments
and the moms could do a craft. On other months besides
Christmas
you could do other crafts, stories or skits.
Plan and organize a swimsuit drive or make
swimsuits
for
a children's hospital. They do therapy and have other activities
in the pool. Always in need of them!!
KNITTING: - Learn to knit and knit booties for
babies
at
a children's hospital, homeless shelter, domestic abuse shelter or any
hospital. Always a need for these!!
SEWING SERVICE: - Sew onesies for babies at a
children's
hospital.
HOSPITAL RECEIVING BLANKETS: - Sew flannel
receiving
blankets
for babies at a children's hospital.
PREMATURE BABIES SERVICE: - Sew little outfits to
give to
parents of premature babies.
BOOK DRIVE: - Organize a book drive for
homeless shelters
or hospitals. Children's hospitals are always in need of
paper-back
and regular books for kids of all ages. Teenagers included.
VOLUNTEER D.I. DRIVE: - Volunteer at Deseret
Industries for
20-30 hours.
DONATED TIME: - Call LDS or regular bookstores
and
donate
time.
LOCAL CHILD CARE HELP: - Call local child care
places
and
ask if there is a need for certain items. Maybe you can volunteer
your time to read or do a craft. Maybe there is something you
could
make for them of help them prepare (cut-outs, etc.).
ELDERLY HELP: - Volunteer your time to go visit
an
elderly
person in our ward on a regular basis. Offer to do housework or
just
sit and talk.
PERSONAL HISTORY HELP: - Offer to do Personal
History
for
an elderly person in ward. Interview them, get it organized and
type
it up for them.
SERVICE FOR ELDERLY: - Offer to organize things
such
as photos
or paper work for elderly person in ward.
HOPE CHEST WOODWORKING: - Learn to do woodworking
and
make
yourself a hope chest.
HOLIDAY BABY-SITTING: - Offer free baby-sitting
around the
holidays so families can do their shopping.
FAMILY NEWSLETTERS: - Create a family newsletter
for
a year
and distribute to all relatives every 3 months. Check with all of
them for ongoing events in everyone's lives. Have one person each
month send in a spiritual message on a certain subject. Example,
have Uncle Joe send you his message on "The Joys of Freedom" for the
July
newsletter. You could have crossword puzzles, thoughts, funny
quotes,
funny memories, announcements, etc.
PRIMARY VISUAL AIDES: - With the approval of the
Primary
President and YW Leader, serve as a helper in Primary in making visual
aids and other class materials. Help w/Achievement Day or other
Primary
activities.
FUN NIGHT OF SONGS: - Plan and organize a
fun
night
of songs and funny skits for a domestic abuse shelter or nursing
home.
Call local florists and see if they would donate flowers. Put
together
little booklets called "Messages of Hope" for the women. In the
booklet
put quotes on hope, courage, determination from church leaders.
Coordinate
w/everyone what they are doing. Make sure you have some fun songs
and skits but also some that will touch their hearts, i.e. You're Not
Alone,
Walk Tall, etc. Get permission to make little loaves of banana
bread
for the moms and little goody bags for the kids.
HAPPY HATS: - Call around to athletic clothing
distributors
and see if anyone will donate plain baseball caps. Send a sign-up
sheet around in R.S. and ask women in ward to donate things to decorate
them with (pom-poms, wiggly eyes, pipe cleaners, silk flowers, ribbon,
little army guys, small plastic dinosaurs, fabric paint, patches,
etc.)
Make "Happy Hats" and deliver to children at domestic abuse shelter,
homeless
shelter, or children's hospital.
CROCHET: - Learn to crochet and crochet afghan
squares for
the Red Cross "Warm Up America" Program. They will put the
blankets
together, they just need people to make the squares
(7"x9"
rectangle). For information call (704) 824-7838, or Warm Up
America!,
c/o Craft Yarn Council, 2500 Lowell Rd., Gastonia, NC
28054
BLOOD DRIVE: - Organize a blood
drive.
"MIRACLE OF FORGIVENESS": = Read the "Miracle of
Forgiveness",
look up every scripture you can find on repentance and forgiveness,
keep
a journal while doing so, and make some personal goals between you and
your Father in Heaven for 3 months. Make a visual reminder.
CROSS-STITCH: - Learn to cross-stitch and make a
picture
of your favorite temple or a family tree.
JOURNAL JAR: - Make a "Journal Jar" for each
member
of your
family, including yourself. Encourage everyone to start their own
personal history. Gather all the info at the end of a year and
put
everyone's history into one big family one. (For info on "Journal
Jars", click
here)
MISSIONARIES DISCUSSION: - With your Bishop's
approval, learn
all the missionary discussions by heart and offer to go on splits w/the
ward and stake missionaries for 4 months when they are teaching
women.
CAREER CHOICES: - Choose a career field in which
you
have
interest. Contact someone in that field and volunteer your time
to
learn about that specific field.
"FRIENDSHIP QUILT": - Make a "friendship
quilt". Hand
out fabric squares to your friends, have them decorate them and give
them
back to you. Make a quilt to help you remember each friend
through
the years.
PARENT'S PROM: - Plan and organize a "Parent's
Prom"
for
the couples in your ward. Collect high school pictures of them,
vote
on a king and queen, play their favorite music, etc.
HAIR SCRUNCHIES: - Make barrettes or hair
scrunchies
for at the temple or temple clothes for children being sealed to their
parents.
AUTO MECHANICS: - Learn about cars and help fix
one
up.
PHOTO ALBUM: - Put together an "Individual
Worth" photo
album. You can focus on your strengths, talents, etc. Mix
in
with the photos some of your favorite scriptures and thought.
NEW BEGINNINGS: - Plan and carry out New
Beginnings.
FIRESIDE PLAY: - When I was a Laurel, I wrote a
play
(one
act about 20-25 minutes) and put it on with another Laurel and a little
girl from primary for a fireside one Sunday.
VALUE QUILT: - For another project, I got a book
of
cross
stitch patterns from the church bookstore (I've even seen the book on
the
internet for sale) and cross stitched all the values and meanings and
the
theme and pictures of the torch and each class's picture. Then I made
it
into a quilt using the young women colors as borders.
WARD PROM FOR MARRIED COUPLES: - Put on a prom
for
the ward's
married couples, complete with pictures.
FAMILY HOME EVENING FOR A YEAR: - One YW did a
years
worth
of family home evenings, with all the flannel board pictures and
props....tons
of work, but what a wonderful resource for her future family as well as
her present one.
READING TUTORING: - One Laurel is teaching a 9
year
old boy
to read.
PIANO LESSONS: - Give piano lessons.
SPORTS COACH: - Coach or run a tournament for a
YW
sport.
TEMPLE BABYSITTING: - Do a babysitting service
projects--so
couples could go to the temple.
BEEHIVE HELPS: - Help make awards, binders,
bookmarks, or
other YW memorabilia for the incoming Beehives or upcoming
activities.
VALUE POSTERS: - Make pretty value-colored
posters
for the
values, value statements, and related scriptures.
VALUE TABLECLOTHS: - Make tablecloths out of the
value colors
for the young women's room. (You may get YW funds for this
or donate it)
VALUE ROOM DECOR: - Make a craft or room
decoration
which
includes all of the young women colors for each young woman in the
ward.
When a young woman finishes that value, shegets an item of the matching
value color. This may encourage the girls tothink about what she still
must do to complete her year's experiences.
SCRIPTURE-A-THON: - Plan an all-night
scripture-a-thon. Plan
different characters from the scriptures to visit throughout the
night/evening
and different discussions tokeep everyone awake and focused on the
reading.
CLOTHING DRIVE: - Have a clothing drive. Make
boxes
to place
around the building and asked members donate the clothes. Launder,
separate,
and fold all the donations.Take them to a shelter. (Check first with
the
shelter first to determineneeds, etc.)
PREGNANT TEEN HOME: - Organize a service project
to
benefit
a home for pregnant girls. Make a quilt for each baby that will be born
soon. Provide seasonal decorations to make the home more cozy and throw
a seasonal party. If there are also children living there, provide
activites
or crafts for them at the party.
YW SPECIAL PROGRAMS: - I have given my Laurels
the
choices
of putting together the various special activities throughout the year
(New Beginnings, YW in Excellence), and one ofmy Laurels did a Super
Saturday
activity (our ward was in charge of theactivity, and she had a great
idea,
so we let her do it). They always come upwith such creative ideas!!!
You
could put one in charge of a fireside, aweekday activity--someone said
they had about 10 mini-activities to let thegirls see some ideas for
full-blown
activities, and then they took 2 or 3 of those activities a week and
let
the girls do more involved projects.
MAKE SOMETHING FOR THE NEEDY: - Then there's the
"make something
for someone needy" activities: eg. making quilts, teddy bears, toiletry
kits and getting book donations for the localS.O.S shelter; making
quilts
for the homeless shelter; work in the local soupkitchen x amount of
hours;
making quilts and baby clothes for the hospitals tohand out; gathering
donations for the thrift shops; etc. There's also doingyardwork for a
shut-in;
helping people move into or out of the ward (mostlysetting up volunteer
schedules); visiting a local nursing home (or setting upa ward service
project for a local nursing home, doing yardwork, visiting the
residents,
having the primary make drawings and sing songs, etc)
LAUREL PLAQUE: - Someone in our Stake had a
Laurel
make a
plaque (like they have for the Eagle Scouts) for all the girls in their
ward who received their YW Medallions. I think that's a great idea
myself,
and have considered having one of our Laurels do it.
YOUTH TEMPLE TRIP: - Plan a youth temple trip
(rides,
accomodation,
lunch, etc., etc.).
HANDIWORK SKILL: - Learn to quilt, knit, crochet,
cross stitch,
etc. and complete a project.
SCRAPBOOK: - One of our girls had lived in Eupore
and
wanted
to prepare a scrapbook of her experiences there.
YW/YM NEWSLETTER: - Write an YW or YW/YM
newsletter
monthly
for a specified length of time. Distribute it to all the
youth.
VOLUNTEER WORK: - Do volunteer work at a food
bank,
shelter,
hospital, etc. Make it more than putting in time, but plan some
special
event or contribution.
HOMEMAKING SKILL: - Learn and practice a
homemaking
skill
such as cooking or sewing. (20 hours worth should teach them well)
YW RETREAT: - Plan a YW retreat for the
ward.
GENEALOGY: - Work on genealogy at you local
family
history
center. Computerize your family records on PAF or do research yourself.
Prepare names for the temple and dothe work.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: - Learn a musical instrument
and
perform
at YW in excellence.
WARD COOKBOOK: - Compile a cookbook or favorite
recipes from
ward members.
PAINTING: - Learn to paint or wallpaper.
GARDEN: - Maintain a garden for a season.
TUTORING: - Tutor a younger person in a subject
you
are good
at.
TRANSPOSING MUSIC: - This one is almost completed
by
one
of our girls: transpose favorite YW music into singable keys! We
purchased
many copies of "I walk by faith" and receivedpermission from the
publisher
to transpose a pianist copy because we' ve got a room full of altos.
This
girl comes to my house on Sunday afternoons to use my computer music
program.
It has been really nice to use some of that music thatthey would
otherwise
screech and giggle through.
PERSONAL PROGRESS REMINDERS: - Make a year's
worth of
personal
progress reminders and handouts for YW.
HOSPITAL HOLIDAY HELP: - Our Laurel class made
arrangements
to go to the children's ward of a hopsital on a monthly basis and
decorate
for the different holidays. For one weekdayactivity we would make the
decorations,
and then on Sunday we would take them to the hospital to put up on the
walls. We did this for about 7 months. We also have had several
different
service projects where we sewed bibs for a women's shelter and have
gone
to the local food bank and also the bishop'sstorehouse.
ANIMAL SHELTER: - Spend time at the dog/cat pound
doing service
there and taking care of animals
CHRISTMAS BABYSITTING: - Planning and
implementing a
large
all-day free babysitting activity a few weekends before Christmas so
that
parents in the ward can go Christmasshopping w/o little ones afoot
(includes
snack preparation, planning the day'sactivities, assigning other YW to
take part of the assignments, making Christmas presents for the
parents,
lunch, taking pictures for the parents tosee later, etc.)
CANNED FOOD DRIVE: - Planning and implementing a
canned food
drive in the community. Gathering clothes to be taken to Mexico:
pick-up, cleaning clothes, sorting by size,gender, seasons; packing and
delivery to appropriate people in the community)
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS: - Providing a large family
with
the
"12 Days of Christmas" anonymously, of course!
BABY BASKETS: - Making baby quilts and presenting
these to
new mothers in the ward along with "baby baskets" filled with essential
baby items ~ we have the mothers come andshare their feelings in
Opening
Exercises when the quilts and baskets arepresented.
YW CHOIR: - Organizing a YW choir Providing a
summer's worth
of service at a home for young children with physical and mental
disabilities.
SACRAMENT MEETING PROGRAM: - Writing a Sacrament
Meeting
Program to be "performed" (probably not the most reverent word for a
Sacrament
Meeting) by the youth (a Laurel did the Book of Mormon as her
theme)
SACRAMENT BREAD: - One of my Laurels just
finished
this project.
She baked the bread for the sacrament every week for six weeks.
It
was a wonderful project. I had to clear it with my Bishop first,
but he thought it was a great idea. No one in the ward knew she
was
doing it until we presented her medallions to her in Sacrament
meeting.
Several people came up to me afterward and commented that they had been
curious as to why we were using homemade bread. Now that her
project
is finished, her efforts are sorely missed!
WARD DIRECTORY: - Another one I just thought of
the
other
day is a class project. (unless you are very ambitious!)
We're
going to compile a handout which contains a short profile on every
family
in our ward. I thought it would be neat to be able to hand this
information
(with addresses and telephone numbers) to new people who move in, to
give
them more that just an address and phone list. This would involve
contacting every family in the ward. If there are some inactives
who didn't want to participate, their names, addresses and phone
numbers
would be the only information included.
WARD COOKBOOK: - My daughter did a cookbook
through
a fundraising company (though we did not sell it as a fundraiser) as a
Laurel project, but worked through the RS. We had about 70
pre-ordered
cookbooks (1/2 of them paid up front). We ordered 100 and I fretted
that
we would not be able to sell them. Within 3 months of receiving the
order,
we were out.