Help or ideas

This is a hard one — I wonder, are the girls planning activities or are you leaders doing it?

I just posted a message with kind of the same thing. I only have 2 girls that come out and it’s really hard to get them here as they also have no parental support. We have about 6 girls that are inactive and with each of them I have taken a night and took them out for ice cream to get to know them and their needs. I continue to invite them to activities and be their friend. I have also had one of them babysit for me. I think just being there for them is a lot. I definately can relate to the discouragement but hang in there. You are probably doing so much already. It’s really up to the parents and we are the parents helpers. If the parents don’t help there’s only so much we can do.

Sorry to do this here but for some reason I can’t PM. But by chance is the Caralee in this thread the same Caralee who used to live in Woodstock ON? If so small world!

I doubt you would remember me. But your name isn’t terribly popular so I thought I would take the chance. We were in the same branch. I didn’t join until my teen years though.

As for the topic, I have the same problem. There is just no parental support here in Hamilton. We are a decent sized ward and have about 10 active girls but sometimes I feel like pulling teeth trying to get their parents to do anything for them. There is so much that they YW program has to offer and these girls are missing out.

We are working on really getting the girls involved with our inactives and getting them to be accountable to us for it. We also heavily involve our girls in our planning. They are ful of great ideas.

I guess the thing is to make if fun yet fall into the value program. We just did a kareoke night. They developed their singing abilities (sort of) and had a lot of fun. Food is also a good thing to have girls come out. My girls love food!

I am not sure if I can be of much help to any of you. We are in the same boat I guess. Just keep praying for your girls. Pray for them by name. Ask Heavenly Father to help you know what to do. It will get better. :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?:

I have been in the Young Women’s Program for as long as a Bishop holds his calling and maybe even longer (according to different Wards) :)…I feel that it is very important to reach out to the parents of the young women, plan interesting and exciting activities that will want them to participate and include the parents in the participation, if necessary. If YOU make it important; THEY will feel its important. If you minimize it; the message is: It must not be important enough to matter. With the new program, it is more on the parents and the leaders are the support group. It sounds like it is acting in reverse from what I am reading. Leaders need to plan and include parent participation so that they always know what is going on and CONTINUED reviews for Personal Progress are absolute with the parents being involved with the review the last half of the personal progress review. Both parents and young woman will feel that you CARE and that this is a VERY IMPORTANT program to follow. I have a strong testimony of this program and it WORKS if it is done they way it should be done.