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Tobacco companies should not produce advertising targeting young girls. Please sign this petition and show your support.
We went to YW IN Excellence last week. It was a new experience for me. I don’t remember attending that when I was a young girl, nor when I served in YW years ago, so I didn’t know what to expect. I had high hopes though that I’d see projects and hear experiences of girls accomplishing great things. We did hear from a lot of girls – but the message that came through loud and clear was how these girls really looked forward to their roles as wives and mothers and how Personal Progress was preparing them for that. Why does the focus so often get funnelled into marriage and motherhood? To me there seems to be so much more to the program! Where does faith, divine nature, individual worth, knowledge, choice and accountability, good works and integrity mean marriage and motherhood? I am far from being a feminist who hates men and marriage and motherhood – but this really bugs me about the young women’s program. You sure don’t hear the young men dreamily discussing these kinds of things! They focus on being righteous men, worth priesthood holders, and leaders. Why is it the girls don’t seem to get this? Of course, there are some who do – but the louder message seems to be for them to have this one focus. One girl even said that she heard that boys have been told to only date girls who have their YW medallion on a chain around their neck, and soon she will be turning 16, so she wanted to up her chances of getting dates.
*sigh*
A friend of mine summed it up quite well. She said: “And it’s not really in our control. What the goal of being a wife is, really is a goal to date, rate, hope and wait. It’s a “goal” for someone else’s feelings. Until you “accomplish” that goal you can’t even more on to the second goal –which, in turn, is dependent on biology. ”
How do we get these girls to have a bigger vision?
Check out this cool idea on making paper piggy banks. These would be a great idea for helping a child with his tithing. They are easy to take apart, so they could collect tithing for the month and then take it to Church to pay it.
Following is a book created by Donna Folk. The book lists step-by-step the information someone would need after you passed away. The actual book should be spaced to provide enough room to answer each question.
LEGAL INFORMATION
Items to put in with this book
Certificate of birth or certified copies of each family member
Marrige certificate or certified copy for each family member
Durable power of attorney for each parent,which allows legal decisions to be made even when a spouse is incapacitated
A legal will,, drawn up by an attorney
Statement of each person regarding donation of organs
Living will, if desired, specifying no use of artificial life support systems beyond reasonable hope of recovery
Medical power of atterney for each spouse, which allows medical decisions to be made by one spouse when the other spouse it too ill to do so.
SAFETY BOX
Box Holder
Bank Address
Box/key no
Location of key
Those havining access
Contents
INCOME TAX RECORDS
Located
For years 19 to19
Accountant Phone no and address
PROPERTY TAXES
Address
Legal sescription
Yearly amount Due
Address
Legal description
Yearly amount
Attorney
Name of Attorney
Address Phone
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
Name of Funeral home Phone
Address
Name of Cemetery
Location
Location of burial lots if any have been already prepaid, or prearranged.
Draft of obituaries and funeral program wanted ( put in folder in this book)
What type of tomestone wanted, anything written on it
Name of Church you wish services to be held in
Address
Contact person Phone
Clothing to be worn
Who to dress me
Songs I wished to be sung
1-6 By
Pall Bearers
1-6 Phone
Extra Pall Bearers
7-8 Phone
MONTHLY PAYMENTS
List all bills on this page
Hydro
Name of account is in
Account no Phone
Monthly payment How paid
(Continue for all montly bills)
Visa
Name of account
Name of account is in
Account no
Monthly payment How paid
Credit limit Balance as of
Continue to list all bills
MEDICAL INFORMATION
List of all the doctors and phone no
SUMMARY OF FAMILY MEMBER’S KNOWN ALLERGIES, CONDITIONS AND LONG TERM MEDICATION
Name Condition
Medication Dosage
Drug Store Address and Phone
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Husband and Wife
Full legal name
Name commonly used by
Date of Birth
Full Name of Place of Birth
Birth certificate registration no
Social Insurance no
Medical Insurance no
Passport no
(Continue this till end of page with spouse and children.)
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Source of Income
Lists of Assets and Value
List of liabilities and Amount
Net worth as of what date
BANK ACCOUNTS
Account in name of
Bank Phone
Address
Type of account Account no
(copy this for as many accounts as necessary)
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Bank Accounts
Bank Phone
Address
Type of Account
Account no
REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS
Address
Legal description
Mortgage Holder
Account No Amount owed
Monthly payments Life insured by
Policy no
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Co-signed loans
Loan in name of
Phone
Address
Co-signer
Phone
Address
Type of loan
Amount
Monthly payment
Bank
Address and phone
(repeat for the amount of loans outstanding)
Insurance policies
Insured
company Phone
Address
Insured amount Beneficiary
Policy no
(repeat for as many insurance policies)
FIRE INSURANCE-RESIDENTIAL AND REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS
Agent Phone
Address
Policy no Amount
VECHICLE INSURANCE
Register owner
Make and Model no
Agent phone
Address
Policy no
(repeat as many times as necessary)
RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS, RRSP, MUTAL FUNDS, ETC
type of account
Company/bank phone
Account in name of
Starting date
Maturity date
Interest rate
Beneficiary
Contact person
You need a quart canning jar with lid and ring, a small piece of cloth, some raffia and the following material. The idea is to cut the question in strips and place them in the jar. Put the material under the ring on top of the jar, and tie raffia around the neck of the jar with the card recipe for: my Life History. Give as a gift.
We printed these strips on beige paper. The tag that goes on the outside of the jar was printed on tag board in beige and tied with beige raffia. The card was trimmed with pinking scissors and cut in an rectangle shape with one end rounded.
The person takes out one strip a day and uses that to write a journal entry.
The card that goes on the outside of the jar says:
Recipe for My Life History
Combine a generous slice of your life history, a dash of nostalga, several cups of facts and feelings and 104 deliciously interesting questions. Draw one slip of paper. Take a few minutes to enjoy the memories. Paste or write the question at the top of a blank page. Fill in your answer. Don’t worry about your handwriting or spelling – just tell your story. This product was prepared to preserve your life as a message. Enjoy the scrumptious, home-made memories that celebrate somethng very important – YOU!
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