by Tracey B.

I am so excited to tell you about a new club that a few moms and I are putting together! It’s going to be great!!

Starting at age 8 both boys and girls can join the club.

GIRLS: Will meet weekly, have opportunities to earn awards, monthly recognition meetings to which the family will be invited, and an annual banquet. We will also have an annual 3 day “camp out” event where the girls can work on earning more rewards for their program.

BOYS: Will meet twice a month. Sorry there are no awards for this program or banquets or camp outs as budget doesn’t permit for this expense.

Age 12 is the next level of advancement!!

GIRLS: Will continue to meet weekly. We will have outdoor camping, sports, hiking and community service projects. Please plan on many activities away from our activity centre. We will have fundraisers to fund our many fun activities.

BOYS: Will now get to meet weekly!! Most activities will be at our activity centre as funds don’t allow for many excursions, but we know boys don’t really like to do that kind of stuff anyway, so they will be fine with that. We will however have one fundraiser which will be only for the purpose of funding our Boys camp.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT!! (Age 12 and up)

GIRLS: Green stars, red stars and blue stars will be earned at ages 12, 14 and 16. With each advancement we will recognize your daughter in front of the whole group and have an advancement ceremony. With each advancement will be added opportunities for leadership and responsibility. We recognize this as a valuable lesson for girls to learn these skills and to be a visible force in our organization and it’s functions.

BOYS: Boys will be recognized on their 12th, 14th and 16th birthdays with a piece of paper given to them in front of everyone at a weekly meeting. No opportunity to earn stars for boys or additional responsibilities.

GOLD STARS

GIRLS: Girls may earn gold stars by putting together a project for the community that involves a lot of coordination and community involvement. Our group will call all families out to fully support her in completing her project on her big “work day.” Once completed we will have a big ceremony and invite everyone to attend. We will bestow the gold star on her and laude her many accomplishments at this celebration for all her hard work.

BOYS: Can’t earn a gold star, but we have something similar for them. If they complete personal goals and put in 10 hours towards each of 8 projects a boy will receive a certificate and tie pin at a regular weekly meeting.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR SERVICE ABROAD!!

GIRLS: Once girls have completed high school they are eligible to apply for our service abroad program! We place a high importance on this program and pretty much expect EVERY GIRL to enter this valuable program to prepare them for life and service.

BOYS: Exciting news! We used to require boys to wait til they were 21 for this experience, but we have recently lowered the age to 19!! (Yes, we know it’s still later than the girls get to go, but isn’t it great they don’t wait til 21 any more?)

Boys are not expected to attend this valuable program, but can if they want to, if they aren’t married yet.

Dress code:

GIRLS: Wear nice clean clothes

BOYS: Please no tank tops or shorts. We want to make sure the girls are focused on their important assignments and not ogling over the boys. It is the boys responsibility to not distract the girls from their important work and progress in the program.

Hope you want to be part of our club where we realize boys and girls have different roles in life and make sure to always value both girls and boys equally!