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10 HOUR PROJECT IDEAS:

10 Hour Value Project Ideas
 127 - Ten Hour Value Project Ideas by Emily Harmer
 Time Tracking Sheets for Value Projects by Ondrea Slade 

ACTIVITIES:

A "P" Party
At a Snail's Pace
 Faith Factor: Personal Progress by Paige Moore
I ran into an idea about doing file boxes the girls could decorate themselves and then giving them index cards in value colors for them to keep track of their value experiences and 10-hour projects. I really like the idea because the girls can use something they made their own (the file boxes) to keep track of Personal Progress. I am also going to encourage the girls to write about the value experience/value project on these color-coded cards. Then when we do Personal Progress interviews, I can have the girls bring their file boxes. It's kind of been like pulling teeth to get the girls to tell me about the value experiences they have done. I think this should be a great jump-start for the girls... (Idea by Sharon Stamps)
I-HOP (Important Hour of Progress)
It's Toot Sunday! (Fun idea....)
 Journey to the Tree of Life Activity by Adria Taylor
 Ketchup Night - Have tator tots and ketchup. Have the girls bring their PP book and journal and they can "catch up" in doing their PP as you pull them out and do some interviews. (Idea by Mischelle)
"Kick off" tailgate party - We each took a couple of values (or a couple we could switch off). We split the group into four and had them rotate. I took Knowledge and Good Works. We went to the kitchen and I taught how to make a couple of quick meals that could help pass off requirements on both (learning how to cook and cooking for your family for one week). We each gave the girls a card at the end with exactly what we learned and what else needed to be done. (I do not believe in passing off a requirement completely during an activity - I always require them to do something themselves to make it PERSONAL) I think it was a good way to show that Personal Progress didn't have to be some monumental huge thing that added more stress. It was really a lot of every day things. (Heather Rich / ga04022007)
Mutual Activities with a Personal Progress Value Purpose
 Personal Progress Basketball
 Personal Progress Clue Game by Susan Wilson
Personal Progress Fair 
 Personal Progress Midnight Madness by Amy Todd
 Personal Progress Party by Cami DeWitt
Personal Progress Pep Rally by Angie Peterson
Personal Progress Scripture Activity by Stephanie Brown
 Prepare now for your Prince Charming by Becky Thompson
Young Women Shrinky Dink Key Chain Tags

ARTICLES:

 Five reasons to love Personal Progress by Jan Pinborough

BOOKLETS:

 Young Women Values Booklet

CENTERPIECE IDEAS:

Value Centerpieces  

CLIPART:
 
 Value Girls - Black and White

CRAFT IDEAS:

 Young Women Notebooks by Brittany Stucki

GAMES:

A game of values
Bubble Gum Game
 Personal Progress Jeopardy by Katie Poland
Pingo Game by Shantelle Colborn

GENERAL CONFERENCE & PERSONAL PROGRESS:

  Don't "cheet" yourself....watch General Conference by Ondrea Slade

GIFT IDEAS FOR YOUNG WOMEN GRADUATING TO RELIEF SOCIETY:

Candy Gram Bye!
Take Note

GOALS:
 
Goals on Faith in Personal Progress Program
Goals on Divine Nature in Personal Progress Program
Goals on Individual Worth in Personal Progress Program
Goals on Knowledge in Personal Progress Program
Goals on Choice & Accountability in Personal Progress Program
Goals on Good Works in Personal Progress Program
Goals on Integrity in Personal Progress Program
Personal Progress Worksheets

HANDOUT:

Enjoy the sweet rewards of Personal Progress by Jennifer Day
 If Personal Progress has got you spooked (handout for Halloween) by Sara Cady
Last Sunday for Personal Progress thought and handout I gave out with a penny taped to it..."We were given two ends: One to think with, and one to sit on. It's up to you which you'll use more. Heads you win, Tails you lose!" the penny taped here...Use your head and choose to do Personal Progress and you will win. I handed out 2 sheets for good works and read a thought. (Idea by Laurie Farmer / ga10012007)
Peppermint Stick - I am giving my girls those jumbo peppermint sticks (also crook'less!) for Christmas and attaching a little card that says something like, "This peppermint stick is to remind you to "STICK TO IT" on your Personal Progress! The holiday season is the perfect time to feel the SWEETNESS of setting and achieving some great goals!" (Credit Unknown)
Personal Progress Binders  
Personal Progress Bookmarks
Personal Progress Goal Bookmark
Personal Progress Incentive Handout Ideas
 Personal Progress Kit - can be made for occasion other than birthday!
 Personal Progress Monthly Bookmark
 Personal Progress Postcard by Andrea Walker - Encourage your YW to work on PP throughout the summer
 Personal Progress Reminder Ideas
 Personal Progress Worksheets by Jennie Bradfield (ga09242007) - pdf document
Prayer is like brushing teeth by Ondrea Slade
 Summer Personal Progress Reminder
Survival Kits - to be given out during Personal Progress Interview
 TONS of handout ideas!!!!  Check it out.
You could make your own Shrinky Dinks (remember them???) - personalize them to personal progress or the values.  Make them into key chains.  Craft stores and Wal-mart sell the sheets if you'd rather not make your own.
Young Women Jewelry Bookmark

HELPS FOR PARENTS:
 
 10 Easy Ways to Help Your Daughter with Personal Progress
 Mom Muffin Meeting
 Online Personal Progress Helps by Shane Manning
Parent Personal Progress Reminder Cards
Personal Progress Parent Letter
 Ways Parents can encourage personal progress by Ondrea Slade

HOLIDAY HANDOUTS (pertaining to Personal Progress):

 Personal Progress Valentines by Sam Cousins
 Put your "heart" into Personal Progess by Tricia Andersen

HONOR BEE:

Honor Bee Packet
 Honor Bee Tracking Booklet
Personal Progress Honor Bee Certificate

INCENTIVES FOR GIRLS:
 
 Dawn's Personal Progress Incentives
Don't 'Fall' Behind by Holly Schwendiman 
Is your plate too full??
Laurel Motivation Program
Motivational Idea
One Sunday you could have a basket filled with Hershey kisses and sticks of chewing gum. Attach a note to the basket or tell the girls before you pass the basket around that if they are [working on their Personal Progress] they can give themselves a kiss. If however, they are not working on it they can chew themselves out. (Idea by Linda Oesterreicher / ga04022007)
Personal Progress Bouquet
Personal Progress Incentives
Personal Progress Motivators  
 Reward Jar by Nikki Ripplinger
Value Jar
We have called a personal progress coordinator. She keeps track of all that information. The first Wed. of each month is personal progress night and each young women and her Mom/Dad have signed up to take that Wednesday night and teach us something that passes off one of THEIR personal progress goals. The girls all bring their books (most don't remember), but that's okay because we have a tracking sheet in our binders too that shows what's been done.  The last 1/2 hour of mutual we divide the girls up and we pull each of the girls out one at a time and go over their books or the things that they've done. If they bring their book and we pass stuff off they take a trip to the blessings basket (just a hodge podge of $1.00 stuff) and they get one things for each goal they've completed. We didn't go back and honor previous things done..only since the basket was implemented. This seems to help the girls get motivated.  Each first Sunday of the month the p.p coordinator gives the girls a goal to work on based on the value of the month that we are working on. This month it's Integrity #2.  If they complete their Value Projects then they get a value bag. One girl just completed her Faith and so she got a white bag filled with all white things. I'm not sure what went in there since the coordinator did it. She presented it yesterday and asked the girl not to show any of the other girls.....they were really bummed, but it peaked their curiosity. (Angela Paladeni / ga10162006)
 Work hard on your Personal Progress (Whopper Handout) by Janne Gilbert

INTERVIEW HELPS:

"I find when I buckle down and do regular Personal Progress interviews with the girls, they make more progress than when I get bogged down and forget."  (Idea by Jennifer Griffeth)
 Interviewing the Young Women by Capri Barlow
 Personal Progress Interview Form by Billie Jean Pew

INVITATIONS:

 Personal Progress Pizza and Picnic Invitations by Rachel Allen 

LESSON HELPS:
 
Interactive Lessons: Encouraging Young Women to Work on Personal Progress

LIVING CHRIST CHALLENGE:

 Living Christ Cards by Allison Marcroft
 Living Christ Challenge by Wendy Christensen
 The Living Christ - Memorization Activity

OBJECT LESSONS:

Apple Object Lesson - My counselor had a girl come to the front and hold an apple.  She asked what good was this apple if all she did was hold it in her hand.  Obviously not much good.  You have to eat it to benefit from it.  She applied this to Personal Progress.  It does no good sitting on the shelf.  You have to internalize it - to take it into your life. (Idea by Amy)
Lucky Charms Object Lesson
 Personal Project Analogy by Emily Christian
Personal Progress is Sweet

ONLINE VIDEO CLIPS:

 Blessing of Personal Progress
 For Madison
 How to thread the Personal Progress bookmark
 The Miracle of Personal Progress

OTHER:

 10 Easy Ways to Help your Daughter with Personal Progress
 A summer of progress by Ondrea Slade - Letter to parents encouraging their girls to work on PP throughout the summer as well as give them ideas.
How do I motivate my girls to do Personal Progress?
I'm pocketing my values! 
 Jill's Value Posters
Keeping Up With Personal Progress
Our Personal Progress Plan by Holly Schwendiman 
 Personal Progress Kickoff by Alyssa Brown 
 Personal Progress Minute by Ciria Knighton
Personal Progress Power Point Presentation by Barbara Lee 
Personal Progress - Powerful Potential
 Personal Progress Resource by Kim Anderson
 Personal Progress Table by Sally Tielemans
Personal Progress Value Requirements by Lauri Thurber - a breakdown of the requirements by category so leaders or parents might know what can be accomplished in one sitting, or what may take several weeks to work on, etc.
 Personal Progress Website Outline by Leah Peterson
Personal Progress Worksheets by Jennie Bradfield (ga09242007) - pdf document
Recognition Letter
Scripture Journal Pages
 Temple Rag Quilt and Pattern by Amy Gregson
Value Cover Sheets
 Value Tabs (for binders)   
 Walk His Path by Rachel Rebarchik and Ken Jones
We will be playing personal progress tag every Sunday. We have a "You're It!" card that is passed around.  One is for the 2nd and 4th Sunday, the other is for the 1st and 3rd Sunday.  At the very beginning we had all the girls stand up and we tagged one "You're It".  So in two weeks that Young Woman will get up during opening exercises and give a personal progress moment.  We have the girls tell what value they worked on, what they did and how they felt.  When the girl is finished, she asks the girls who haven't been tagged on this round to stand up, and she tags the next girl. (Credit Unknown)
What do the value colors mean? (Credit Unknown - transferred from lds-yw files)
 What's new in Personal Progress? (2010)

PARTY IDEAS:

At a Snail's Pace
"P" Party
"P" Party (another one)
Personal Progress Basketball by Heidi Bartle
Personal Progress Pedicures 
 Prophet Party by Jeanni Gould - great idea for a 10 hour project

PERSONAL PROGRESS COVERS:

 Personal Progress Book Holder by Janetta Graham
 Personal Progress Book Straps by Susie Dawson
 Personal Progree Packet by M'Shelle Dixon
 Personal Progress Pouches by Kimberly Keetch

POEMS:

Values Like Stars  
Whatever it takes by Jolene Pugmire - A great poem to give to parents

PREPARED TALKS:

 Personal Progress and Pink Seashells by Denise Webster

PRODUCTS FOR PURCHASE:

 Fabric Value Banner by Corrine Beaumont
 Personal Progress Materials from the Church
 Value Flags by Michelle Shirley
 YW Theme and Value Cards by Michelle Shirley

PROGRAMS:

Be the Girl of Your Dreams
Operation Personal Progress Mission: Possible
 Personal Progress Night
The Family Mood - Skit about parents helping with Personal Progress

QUOTES:

 Quick Quotes

RECOGNITION IDEAS:

Personal Progress Candygram and Printables 

SKITS:
 
Value Flower Skit

STORIES OR ARTICLES:

Five Reasons to love Personal Progress (from November 2006 New Era)
Making Progress Personal (from August 2006 New Era)
My Personal Progress (from October 2006 New Era)
 Walk His Path by Rachel Rebarchik and Ken Jones

TRACKING SHEETS OR CHARTS:

 A fun jeweled poster by Melinda Beachell
 Computerized Version from YMYW.org
 Personal Progress Worksheets by RaLene Compton
 Personal Progress Daily Worksheet by Denise Thompson
 Personal Progress Posters by Jenny P. Anderson
 Personal Progress Timeframe Spreadsheet by JoLayna
 Personal Progress Tracker using Excel by Deanne Ririe
 Personal Progress Tracking Chart by Emily Mann
 Personal Progress Tracking Chart by Marilyn DeLange
 Personal Progress Tracking Chart (Editable) by Rachel Anderson
Personal Progress Tracking Sheet 1
Personal Progress Tracking Sheet 2
Personal Progress Tracking Sheet 3
Personal Progress Tracking Sheet 4
 Personal Progress Tracking Sheet by Becky Evans
 Personal Progress Tracking Sheet by Veronica Cortez
 Time Tracking Sheets for Value Projects by Ondrea Slade

TRIVIA:

 Young Women and Personal Progress Trivia by Shannon Foster

VALUE POSTERS & PRINTABLES (for binders, bulletin boards, displays, etc.)

 Amy's Value Prints
 Jill's Value Posters
 Nicole's Value Posters
 Value Cover Sheets by Melanie Day
 YW Value Flags and Banner by Dina Acreman

VIDEO CLIPS:

 Blessing of Personal Progress
 For Madison
 How to thread the Personal Progress bookmark

WEBSITES:
 
Personal Progress Helps
 Personal Progress Reminder Ideas
 TONS of handout ideas!!!!  Check it out.

WORKSHEETS:

 Personal Progress Worksheets by RaLene Compton