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Hi Jenny,
I have another doubt.
I saw a new beginnings presentation this saturday… They gave the young women medal to two girls, one of then is 14, and the other is 15. They had completed all the goals and projects in their personal progress.
My question is. With this new personal progress program. Don´t they have to wait until they are 18?
Another question… I´m living here in this city for about 1 year. I found out that for the value “individual worth” They are using the “pink” color. Just because at the end of the personal progress book , where the gold sticker is put, the color is pink Or light red.
Could you help me with that?
Thank you,
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The Personal Progress program was recently reorganized to make it possible for Young Women to get their medallions at their own pace. With the old program, girls completed certain goals for each of the 2 years they were in Beehives, Mia Maids, and Laurels.
It is my understanding that the Church leadership found that inactive girls who became reactivated during their older yw years, convert girls who joined the church as older teenagers, and young women who were lazy in their youth and then got excited about getting a medallion as Laurels were simply not able to achieve their goals. Now, girls can work at their own pace, allowing them to get their medallions at any time during their young women years.
So yes, it’s okay for the medallion to go to girls as young as 14. We have had some girls work hard and do the same in our unit. There was a recent article in a newspaper linked to from the Church’s website about a girl who got her medallion at 15:
The goal in letting girls work at their own pace is to let as many girls as possible achieve the medallion and for young women to gain the blessings that come from setting goals and achieving them.
As for the YW colors — pink isn’t one of the YW colors. You’re right that red is the color for Individual Worth. The reason that the stripes on the pages at the back of the book are printed so light is so that your pencil or pen writing will show up. If the colors were dark, it would be difficult to read your writing.
Here is an article from the Ensign that talks about the values and their colors:
Young Women of Value, Ensign, April 1989
Hope this helps!
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