Hi, My name is Jackie. I was searching your YW web page
and saw that many people had asked for ideas for LProjects. So, I
am sending you ones that my friends and I have done in the past.
1. Table cloths--right now, i'm working on making new
table cloths for our YW's room. To add diversity, I am making them with
patchwork. They kinda look like mini quilts, and they add a very homey
appearance.
2. Along with the table cloths, I am working on our ward
Standards night. There are many different great ideas out there, and trust
me, you get all of your 20 hours!!! :-)
3. I just got done remodeling my room. To make it into
a project, I researched a lot about what kind of look I wanted as well
as reading material on interior decorating. It turned out to be a lot of
fun!
4. The YW in my ward make a trip once a month to a senior
citizen facility just down the street. I worked with the Activities Cord.
for this one. We had a "Senior Ball". The room was a decorated, we had
a live band, and youth to dance with the seniors. It was great fun. We
are now getting ready for our 2nd Annual Ball.
5. A bunch of YW and I (I got special permission from
my YW pres., but then my new one did not let me use it because I wasn't
16) in my ward worked together and organized that years Youth Conference.
We had it at the beach (I'm from California) Different speakers were
invited and we all camped overnight. This is an excellent choice because
of how fun it can be. But be prepared to work more like 100 hours than
20.
6. After I was a Laurel, My old Mia Maid advisor became
pregnant. I got permission and began helping her with her activities, preparation,
and house hold needs. It was a lot of fun, and we grew a lot closer together.
These are types of activities where multiple Laurels can
work together because they are so large.
I hope those help.
-Jackie
9/16/01
I made a "can rotation shelf"
for my mom for my Laurel Project. I bought the wood and nails, etc,
needed. I had my dad show me how to build a frame, then I made it
by myself. Afterwhich I built shelves according to the sizes of the
cans we had and then placed the boards on the frame at an angle so I could
put cans in at one end and take them out the other. My mom loves
it, it's great for storing cans and rotation for more info e-mail me here Tamara - Palo Cedro, CA
We have a son on a mission,
and is often inviting people to church that have young children that are
not used to being in sacrament meeting. As one of my daughters projects
she made felt dolls. She cut double thickness for each doll and sewed
around the edge. Then painted on faces. She made clothes from
felt also, just one thickness for those. Then she send them to her
brother to have in his bag of tricks to help with investigators children
during church.
As a part of a laurel project
one of our girls cleaned the ward nursery. She refurbished toys that
needed it and gathered new (used) ones from ward members and her friends.
One of our laurels did a
project and made a book for her grandparents (on one side) she send
audio tapes to them and asked each one to put as much on it as they could
about their life, before they met, during their marriage etc. Then
she transcribed the tapes and added pictures of them and their families.
She made a real cute cover for it and sent one to her grandparents and
one to each of their children. It turned out really neat.
One of our laurels(as part
of one project) made a video of each of our YW. It went something
like this: she started out with an introduction from her car; she was going
out to "look" for our YW. She then drove to the different areas of
town(showing the city and street signs, etc)she then did brief interviews
with each one(wherever and whenever she could "catch" them)with them introducing
themselves, their school, age, hobbies, jobs, etc. and what they had enjoyed
most about YW's this past year. She then had Wed. night activites,
their annual softball tournament, early morning seminary, and fireside
shots,etc.) The program was based on the value individual worth,
invitations were done in red and looked like a movie ticket stub with ADMIT
ONE on the front and all other info on the back, large stars were made
with all YW's names on individual stars(glittered in red) and underneath
the scripture"Let your light so shine....(Matt. 5:14-16) The stars
were then placed as part of the room decorations(after the program each
took hers home)After each YW was recognized for her year's progress, a
brief talk and introduction on the theme and scripture of the program and
then the "feature film" was shown. Popcorn and drinks were served
to all before the film started. Movie "tickets"(the invitations)
had been collected at the door(in a basket) and door prizes for free movie
rentals were given before the program ended. The video was a great
success and so was the program. Everyone loved it and we had a standing
room only crowd. Please e-mail me for more info. I know this
is long and may not be clear.Carol Skipper Dothan, AL cskipper@ala.net
I recently completed
a project that was a huge success. I worked with a friend to
put together a program for a fireside. I wrote a script about a young
man who was searching for his way in life, and we used several musical
numbers throughout the program. We had over forty youth involved
in the production, and spent a few months rehearsing. It came together
really well, and although it took a lot more work than we had anticipated,
the miracles that came about because of it made everything totally worth
it!
M. Gardner
- Mesa, Arizona
Another Laurel and myself
are doing a really neat project.She is teaching me to play the piano. Our
ultimite goal is for me to play a hymn I learn in Church
Leahona
Sariah Athey - Olympia,Washington An idea for a Laurel
Projet was that our YW group would make a friendship quilt. The girl
whose quilt this would be, provided squares for each of our Young Women
to decorate with paints.
One of our Young Women took
care of making new Personal Progress book covers for all our YW to replace
the old beat-up ones they had been carrying.
Another of our Young Women
chose to rewrite a Family History, bringing up to date.
R.
Brindle - Peru, Indiana
Another wonderful
idea has been for our Young Women to involve themselves with the Extraction
Program. We have been extracting Spanish records from Argentina. Reading
the originals right off the microfilm challenged our knowledge (we are
not fluent in Spanish). This was a very spiritual experience.
My daughter took over
the planning and organizing of a Super Saturday our ward was in charge
of. The theme chosen: a life-size Game of Life. It was a great
success with about 100 people in attendance.
R.
Brindle - Peru, Indiana
In our ward a few
of the young women got together and planned and conducted our New Beginnings
as a Laurel projet.
My daughter is making
her own hope chest for 1 of her Laurel projects. We suspect it will become
an heirloom. The neat thing is that it will involve her family and advisors
as her skills are not great! She will be doing a simple one. Value-Knowledge.
Lisa Beaudry
- Walla Walla, WA
With the recent scrapbook
craze and all of the available stickers, papers two Laurels have chosen
scrapbook projects for Laurel projects. The first project has been to make
a high school scrapbook full of pictures, awards, activities, thoughts,
and etc. -- Divine Nature
The second project has involved
the YW program as the young woman has chosen to take pictures of all of
the youth activities, temple trips, etc. for a scrapbook to be used for
our YW in excellence program at the end of the year. -- Good Works
Moscow,
ID
I'm making a bunch of baby
quilts to donate to needy families in our area. I've started about
four, and in the end will have about six. They each take a lot of
time, but are worth it in the end. My family is getting involved
also, they have helped me tie some of them, and my brother is crocheting
a quilt because he saw one of my baby quilts and liked how crocheting looked.
It's really exciting to get the whole family involved!
Nicole - San Diego, CA I'm not quite done with this one yet,
but it goes along with the Divine Nature value. I am making a scrapbook
all about my grandparents- where they grew up, how they met, etc.. I'm
sort of writing a mini-history with pictures (they had them replicated
for me at a Kodak place). So far it's been really neat to spend time with
them and look at all the old photos and learn more about them. I'm sure
it could be done about parents too, or any other relatives or ancestors.
Stephanie Davis
- Kirkland,Washington
Read the Book of Mormon in another language - preferably one you
have studied. Keep an English copy close at hand for translation, but you
will be surprised how quickly your skills improve! You don't have to read
the entire book at once, but set an amount of time to fulfill your goal.
I collected donations for homeless babies. I put posters up around
town with a phone number, drop-off point, and list of items needed. I received
so many donations, I couldn't fit them all in my room! Everything was washed,
organized, and donated to a local shelter.
If your school requires Senior Projects, choose one that will also
work as a Laurel Project. This way, you can increase your available resources
and use your project as a missionary tool.
