This fall we have 10 girls participating in YASA. Nine were able to attend this month. We held class elections. Julianne is president, Tatiana is vice-president, and Madalyn is secretary.
The hospitality committee, the service project committee, and the activities committee planned the next two months. I has a little nervous because my co-adviser had a sick child so I was alone. I was afraid we would have to much time but these girls did a fantastic job planning their activities. I am looking forward to serving at the cemetery and carving pumpkins, crafts, leaf rubbings, and a book discussion on the childhood of Abigail Adams.
In November, the girls will hold a discussion about Mary Jemison an Indian Captive. We will do leather work and autumn center pieces for our activity and finish making blankets for the humanitarian center as our service project.
Bethany is providing the snacks in October and Julianne will provide in November.
After our plans were made, I took the girls to the west side of town and they spent 75 minutes leaving fliers for the Primary Children's Hospital Fund, Pennies by the Inch. the girls moved so quickly and having nine girls running they did a great job. I bought each an ice cream and we spent about 10 minutes at the park and then made it back home so that I and my family could go camping.
The three hours with the girls was so fun, I felt that all my sleep deprivation was washed away being around the enthusiasm of these lovely young woman.
I am bothered about one thing. It's the club name, Young American Stateswoman Association. Maybe I'm not seeing things correctly with the club concept. We don't do anything related to statesmanship, unless it's the fact that we talk about woman from history and do a service project. But this doesn't seem quite right. I'd like to do a field trip related to good government in the beginning of the next year.
I need other ideas to see the bigger picture for this association and what I want to have happen for these good girls.
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