IMPORTANT UPDATE TO THE OVERNIGHTER!!!

We are FIRED UP about the overnighter tomorrow night! It is going to be amazing! There was a small change to our plans:

• You no longer need to bring a tin foil dinner. Dinner will be provided! 

That was easy right??? DO NOT FORGET YOUR PERMISSION SLIPS!!! Here is a link to one you can print out:  http://www.lds.org/pa/images/ym/parentalpermission_medicalrelease.pdf

We can't wait to see you there!!

Oh and we added some additional driving instructions on the previous post for those of you coming from Orem, Provo or Spanish Fork! 

4th 5th and 6th Year Overnight Camp Out!!!

The Overnight Camp Out is coming up and is going to be so much fun!! We need a final headcount and money paid by our meeting this Sunday so that we can plan for food and all the other final preparation. Here are the details:

June 14th (Friday)

• 5:00 PM meet at the Alpine Bowery (**see the directions below). Set up tents and beds. Get tin foil dinners cooking.
• 6:00 Eat Dinner
• 7:00 Dating Panel - This is going to be AWESOME and your girls will not want to miss it! 
• 8:30 Another great surprise activity
• 9:30 Camp fire 

June 15th (Saturday)

• 7:30 Wake up
• 8:00 Breakfast
• 8:30 Take down camp, make sack lunches, clean up
• 9:15 Leave for the hike
• 12:00 Get back from the hike and head home!

Here is what your Girls and Leaders need to Bring:

• PERMISSION SLIP!!! You can print it from this link: http://www.lds.org/pa/images/ym/parentalpermission_medicalrelease.pdf
• Tents! (enough to sleep you girls and leaders)
• Bedding
• Jacket
• Camp Chair
• Proper clothing and shoes for the hike ( NO shorts or capris)
• Water Bottle
• Dinner will be provided! :)
• A treat to share around the camp fire

What the Leaders need to Know:

• We need a firm head count by this Sunday (May 26th at the meeting!)
• The cost is $5 per girl (no cost for leaders)
• We would love to have at least 1 leader per ward attend. Also leaders, please plan on also going on the hike with the girls! 
• We need to have questions written up this week and brought to the meeting on Sunday. One question per girl about dating or morality that she would like addressed at the Dating Panel.
• We would love to have YOU there! This is a great time to bond with the older girls and get them excited to help out a camp! 

Can't wait to see you there!!! Any questions please contact McKay Tautu  (801)472-5289

**Directions to the Alpine Bowery (Beginning at the round about on Main Street in Alpine):

• Go North on Main Street. Pass the Bank of AF and the park.
• Turn RIGHT on 200 North 
• Turn LEFT on 200 East
• Follow this road for a couple of miles. It will take a sharp turn to the right, just veer with it.
• The road will come to a fork where you must go right or left. Turn RIGHT.
• Road will fork again. Veer RIGHT on to Box Elder Drive.
• Veer left with the road and you will see the Bowery Pavilion straight ahead. 

***Here are directions from the freeway for the wards coming from Orem or Provo: 

• If you are coming from the provo/orem/spanish fork area to the overnighter, take the new pleasant grove exit #276. Go North and turn left at the light. Follow this road past the hospital, past the Timpanogas Temple, past Lone Peak High School, and keep going until it brings you to the Alpine round about. You will head North on Main Street through the round about (1st right) follow the directions and watch for signs. If you have any trouple call Makay 801-472-5289.

Meeting and Money Due!!

Hey Sisters we are getting so close to camp! We will be having a meeting at the stake center on Sunday, May 26th at 6:00 PM. This meeting will be for all YCLs, ward camp directors and assistants and a member of the YW Presidency. At the meeting we will need a final headcount for how many girls from your ward are going to the 4th, 5th and 6th year overnight camp out on June 14th, as well as a count of how many are going to girls camp.

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This is also the deadline to pay for the following items: 

- 4th, 5th and 6th year girls overnighter $5 per girl

- bus fare for camp $24 per girl

- hoodies $15 per girl

The funds need to be paid to the stake. If you have any question, please don't hesitate to ask! We love you all and are so excited for camp. We are starting to burn baby, burn baby... the stake leaders are on FIRE!!!!

Recipes!!

Here are the recipes from the Camp Leader retreat. Enjoy!!

Camp Fire Mac and cheese

• 1 (4 3/8-inch) disposable aluminum pie pan or small loaf pans
• 1/2 cup cooked elbow macaroni 
• 1/4 cup shredded Cheddar
• 1 tablespoon Parmesan
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1/2 tablespoon butter
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 12- by 16-inch piece of foil

How to make it:

1. Combine all the ingredients in pans. Then seal it in foil (a double layer if you're cooking over an open flame) as shown, folding over the extra foil at the top to make a sturdy handle to poke a stick or tongs through.
2. Hold the packet over a campfire or set it directly on a grill to melt the cheese, about 7 minutes. Let the pack cool briefly, then open it carefully. Stir the mac and cheese before eating it.

* Variation for Alfredo Sauce

Use 2 tbsp of Cream Cheese and a ¼ parmesan cheese instead of Cheddar

Cafe Rio Creamy Dressing

Combine the following ingredients in the blender and blend until creamy:

• 1 package Hidden Valley Ranch dressing mix
• 1 Cup Mayo
• 1 C chopped Cilantro
• 2 cloves garlic
• 3 tomatillos
• 1/3 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

Cafe Rio Sweet Pork

Ingredients

• 2-3 lbs. boneless pork (carnitas, shoulder etc)
• 1 12 ox. can Coke
• 1/4 c brown sugar
• 1 12 oz. can enchilada sauce
• 2 cloves minced garlic
• 1 small can diced greenchileis
• 3/4 C brown sugar

Instructions

• Marinade pork for at least 2 hours or overnight in can of coke and 1/4 C brown sugar.
• Pour pork and liquid into crock pot and cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.
• Remove meat and shred. Discard liquid
• Put meat back in crock pot and add enchilada sauce, garlic, green chilies and brown sugar.
• Cook for 30-60 more minutes. If there is excess liquid drain some off 

Don't forget you can cook the pork ahead of time and freeze it, then just reheat at camp. Just like Sister Pili demonstrated for us at the leader retreat! 

Daily Themes

These are the daily themes that the stake will be incorporating into our devotionals and daily activities. You are welcome to also use them if you would like to!

Tuesday- "She's just a girl and she's on fire." Each YW is a Daughter of God and needs to know WHO they are.

Wednesday - "They can see the flame that's in her eyes." Each YW can BE a Shining example in dress, speech, music and action

Thursday - "She's got both feet on the ground and she's burning it down." Each YW can BE firm and establish a foundation in daily scriptures and prayer. Stand in Holy Places!

Friday - "Hottest of the hottest Girls." These are the YW who are modest, virtuous and preparing for temple marriage.

Saturday - "You can try but you'll never forget her name." Encourage the YW to go forth and share their flame, testimony and light.

Catch Fire Retreat!!!

"Catch Fire" Leadership Overnight Retreat 

Attention all Ward Camp Directors and Young Women Leaders: 

If you haven't already caught fire about Girls Camp then join us at our Leadership Overnight Retreat so we can ignite your fire. This is your chance to meet other YW leaders in the stake and to share best practices and ideas for managing your ward at Girls Camp. We'll take you through the do's and don'ts of camp and provide a helpful leader's perspective for those of you who are first-time Girls Camp leaders. 

The beautiful home where our retreat will be held.

The event will begin at 6:00 pm on Friday, March 22, 2013 and end at 12:00 pm on Saturday March 23, 2013.  

462 Aspen Drive

Kamas, UT 84036

DRIVING DIRECTIONS (From the mouth of Provo canyon):

 1-Head up Provo Canyon on US-189 N.  (go 21.51 miles)
 2-Turn left onto S Main St/US-40/US-189. Continue to follow US-40.
     - US-40 is just past S Daniels Rd
     - Hub Cafe is on the corner
     - If you are on E 1200 S and reach S 260 E you've gone about 0.1 miles too far (go 4.72 miles)
 3-Turn right onto UT-32.
     - UT-32 is 0.1 miles past US-40
     - If you reach US-40 E you've gone about 0.1 miles too far (go 10.38 miles)
 4-Turn left to stay on UT-32.
     - UT-32 is 0.5 miles past W Lower River Rd
     - If you are on UT-35 and reach E 2175 S you've gone about 0.4 miles too far (go 0.4 miles)
 5-Take the 2nd left onto Wild Willow Dr.
     - Wild Willow Dr is just past Tils Way
     - If you reach Frontier Ln you've gone about 0.2 miles too far (go 0.35 miles)
  6-Take the 1st right onto Aspen Rd.file://localhost/Users/hemakatoa/Desktop/photo.JPG     - If you reach Willow Ct you've gone a little too far (go 0.2 miles)
   7- 462 ASPEN RD.
     - Your destination is just past Frontier Ln
     - If you are on Spruce Way and reach Birch Way you've gone about 0.5 miles too far (go 0 miles)

All you need to bring is your copy of the ward camp packet, a sleeping bag, a camp chair, and meal assignment (see list below).

Retreat Itinerary :

Friday, 3/22

4:30 pm – meet at Sister Beckstead’s home to Carpool. Since her house is situated near the mouth of the canyon, wards could arrange to meet there and leave unused vehicles parked in her neighborhood. 

894 N 1530 E

Orem, Utah 84097

*From 800 North turn north at 1420 East, then right at 920 North and East at 1530 right. 

6:00 pm – Check-in 

6:30 pm – Group Activity and Camp Overview

7:30 pm – Prep for dinner

8:00 pm – Dinner 

8:45 pm – EFC 1 Fireside and Fire Games

10:30 pm – Free Time

Saturday, 3/23

6:30 am – Wake-up call 

6:45 am – EFC 2 (Devotional)

7:30 am – Breakfast

8:30 am – Workshops

12:00pm – Check out

The following leaders have already registered to attend:

District 1 (Lehi 41st) Lareen Mellor (Dessert) Jen Matua (Dessert)	District 2 (Lehi 42nd) Jennifer Tupuola (Dinner M/E, Napkins) Joyce Ah You (Salad) Charlyne Achermann (Salad)
District 3 (EM 12th) Kim Feller (Casserole)	District 4 (EM 13th) Stephanie Finau (Dinner M/E) Stephany Cable (Q&E) Lindsey Hayes
District 5 (Sunset 12th) Ruby Pututau (Dinner S/A) Josie Havea (Breakfast P/B/Y)	District 6 (Spanish Fork 21st) Lavi Matafele (Breakfast E/B/S) Janet Lauaki (Breakfast E/B/S) Fale Veasisi? (Breakfast E/B/S)
District 7 (Orem 8) Luisa Pope Lauren Uluave (Juice/Milk) Janet Taufa (Juice)	District 8 (Orem 9) Julie Kaio (Juice/Milk) Tini Mapu (Breakfast P/B/Y) Sara Atuaia
District 9 (Provo 10th) Nimo Leauanae (Juice/Milk) Momi Tu'ua (Bagels) Caryn Lesuma (Paper Cups) Charmay Lee (Utensils) Cheka Ngatuvai (Breakfast P/B/Y, Paper Plates) Tiare Stone Jess Leauanae Jade Laumatia (Dessert)	District 10 (American Fork 2nd) Angie Katoa (Dinner S/A) Patty Reay (Dinner S/A)

Meal Assignments:

Dinner will begin at 7:30 pm. 

• Dinner S/A = Salad/appetizer
• Dinner M/E = Main Dish/Entrée
• Q&E = Quick ‘n Easy dish that can be easily duplicated at camp

Breakfast will begin at 7:30 am.

• Breakfast P/B/Y = Pastry/Bagels/Yogurt or Fruit
• Breakfast E/B/S = Eggs/Bacon/Sausage

Leadership Overnight Retreat

You will not want to miss out on our Leadership Retreat!! Check back for more details to be posted later this week! 

Certification Clinic

Our stake will hold a camp certification clinic on Saturday April 27th from 10-12 at the Stake Center. 

We will only be passing off all the first aid requirements. All other certification will need to be done an the ward level. 

We would love to certify each of your YW on their first aid requirements that day, so be sure to put it on your calendars. 

We recommend that each ward pass off as many of the other certification requirements as possible before going up to camp. 

If you need help or have questions on any of the other certification requirements, please feel free to contact Tilila Paongo, our stake  certification specialist. 

Camp Kickoff!

Our camp kickoff was held on March 7th at the Stake Center and was AMAZING!! THere were great cheers, beautiful banners, a spiritual program and prizes given out to several wards. 

Lori Fano, Makay Tautu, Joann AhYou, Luisa Kuaea and Julie Kaio 

We were excited to introduce the theme to the YW and help them feel of the power that comes from a strong testimony.  We shared examples of women who has that fire from the scriptures and encouraged the girls to keep their fires burning strong!

The decorations were so colorful and beautiful!

Each DISTRICT (Ward) brought a banner that represented the value that they were assigned. There were many creative and beautiful banners! 

Each YW and leader had the chance to writer their testimony on a small colored flag which will be hung at girls camp. If girls in your ward were not able to attend we would still love for them to participate in this. 

We ended the evening with comments from President Paongo. He is FIRED UP and encouraged every young woman to make the commitment to be girls camp. After the program we had these yummy cupcakes. 

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING:

*Penny Vaea who wrote and oversaw the program

*Manu Harris for her work with the Girl on Fire Music

*Heather Ried for the costumes

*Lori Fano, Makay Tautu, Joann AhYou, Luisa Kuaea and Julie Kaio for their parts in the program

*Brother Vaea and his helpers for the music and sound effects

*Everyone who helped decorate and clean up

*All the YCLs and Leaders who participated. We couldn't have done it with out you!  

The Stake Camp Committee

Stake Contact List by Becky Hawkins Katoa

TEMPLE NIGHT!!

Attention Sisters!!

 Please do not forget that the last Tuesday of each month will be a special night where we would love to have as many YW and Camp Leaders attend our stake temple night together as possible.  We know that we can achieve great miracles in the lives of our YW through girls camp. As we prayerfully attend the temple and plan for camp together, our Father in Heaven will guide us in preparing a camp experience that will most help each of his daughters to grow in testimony. 

"I promise you that, with increased attendance in the temples of our God, you shall receive increased personal revelation to bless your life."

—Ezra Taft Benson

Please join us on the following dates:

*February 26th

*March 26th

*April 30th 

*May 28th

STAKE YCL SLEEPOVER!!

Please don't forget to remind your ward's stake YCLSs about the sleepover and planning meeting on Friday February 23 at Sister Priscilla Beckstead's house. It is going to be great time to plan, get ready for camp, bond as stake YCLS and CATCH THE FIRE ABOUT GIRLS CAMP!!!  

Ward Camp Packets

Below is a copy of the Leader Packets that were put together by Marieta Reid. This copy is missing the certification pages which is shown separately below. You can click on the titles below to go to links where the packet or certification records can be saved and or printed.

Provo Utah Wasatch Stake Camp Leader Packet by Becky Hawkins Katoa

And below are the Certification Records: 

Girls Camp Certification by Becky Hawkins Katoa

Camp Mia Shalom

No Electronic Devices Allowed at Camp:

* There are NO electronic devices allowed at camp.  Please make sure that your leaders, girls and parents are aware of this policy and that no electronic devices are brought to camp.

* In the event of an emergency, there is a land line available at the care takers cabin.  Should a camp participant need to make a phone call home, they may use the phone if they are accompanied by a Stake Y.W. President, or Camp Director.  All incoming phone calls to camp need to go through your Stake President.

*  This includes any electronic devices used for scripture study and cell phones that are used as a camera.  Please bring a paper version of the scriptures and another camera that isn't a cell phone.

 Dress Code:              

* Full length pants are required at camp.  No Capris or shorts are allowed (even for sleep wear). 

* No Flip Flops, Croc's, or open-toed/heal shoes are allowed at camp. 

* No tank tops, cap sleeves, belly shirts or excessively tight clothing allowed at camp.  Please make sure that when the girls raise their hands high above their head that they still have their mid-driff covered and that they are modest.

  

Driving Directions to Camp MIA Shalom

Camp MIA Shalom

1.Take I-15 south from Provo or Orem.

2. Pass both Springville exits.

3. Take the Price exit #258 (to Highway 6) through

Spanish Fork.

4. Continue on that road and head east up Spanish Fork canyon.

5. You’ll go up the long high grade and then through the big cut in the mountain for about

14.7 miles from the Spanish Fork turn off.

6. Take the 1st Right onto US-89 - Mt. Pleasant, Ephraim and Manti (@ Thistle Junction).

7. Continue on this road for 28.6 miles till you get to Fairview.

8. Once in Fairview, take a left turn at the Walkers/Chevron gas station. This is the first

service station in Fairview on the left and the last service station before you reach camp.

9. Drive 8.4 miles on State Route #31, up Fairview Canyon (this is the road you turned on

to from the service station).

10.Take a left turn on State Route #264 at the turn-off sign for Scofield/Electric Lake.

(There’s a big parking lot on the left where you turn.) Stay on the paved road.

11.Continue on this road after the turn-off for 8.5 miles. You will pass Electric Lake and

follow a winding road.

12.Pass Swen’s Canyon on the left.

13.After Swen’s Canyon, as you come around a bend, you will see a sign on the left that

says MIA Shalom.

14.Turn left at the sign.

15.Go up the dirt road until you see the signs pointing to where each stake is assigned for

the week.

16.Follow the arrows to your stakes assigned camp location.

(Total travel time to Camp MIA Shalom from the Provo/Orem area, is approximately

1 hour and 30-45 minutes with no delays or road construction.)

Click Here to link to the Camp Shalom Website 

What to take

Packing List

What I need to pack?

• Camp Manual
• Pen
• Scriptures
• Journal
• Small Tote Bag
• Sleeping Bag
• Bath Towel
• Soap
• Toothbrush & Toothpaste
• Shampoo
• Brush, hair ties, etc.
• Sunscreen
• Feminine products
• Watch
• 3 Days of clothes (no sleeveless shirts, no shorts)
• Shoes and socks (no flip-flops  or Crocs except for showers)
• Hoodie or Jacket
• Poncho
• Insect Repellant
• Flashlight or Lantern
• Folding Chair
• Water Bottle
• Camera
• Bedding (Sleeping Bag & Pillow)

What I shouldn't pack!

• Cell Phone (Absolutely NO cell phones are allowed at camp!!)
• iPods
• MP3 Players
• Portable Electronic devices of any kind
• Stereos
• Hand held Gaming devices

Certification

Much of the required certification can be completed before going to camp. Our stake will hold a Pre Camp Certification Clinic to help with this. It will be held on Saturday April 27th. The stake will be passing off all the first aid requirements. HERE is a link for more information.

* Certification is completed by age and not the number of years the girls have attended camp.

* It doesn't matter if they have completed the years of certification below their age group.  They don't need to complete previous years of certification in order to move on.

   

Click on the picture of the Camp Manual below for an online link to the manual:

Links to certification requirements by year: 

• 1st Year Certification Requirements 
• 2nd Year Certification Requirements
• 3rd Year Certification Requirements
• 4th Year Certification Requirements

4th Year Camp Out

This year our stake will hold an additional camp out for the 4th year girls. Since we haven't done this in the past, this year we are inviting the 4th, 5th and 6th year girls to this camp. The tentative date is June 14-15 and the location is to be announced.