Marci Coombs

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Personal Progress Motivator.

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I’ve been thinking that with it being the New Year and all…
our Young Women need some serious motivation to get going on their Personal Progress!
In our ward, we have one class activity per month assigned to doing something to help start and/or pass off a Personal Progress requirement.  I have put my advisors in charge of keeping track of the girls’ Personal Progress as well as meeting with them and checking in on their monthly progress.
I wanted something to do on Sunday’s though…as a little reward for the girls who have taken the time to work on something having to do with Personal Progress for that week.
This week during our opening exercises, we will start picking from our Lollipop Tree.
The Lollipop Tree = a SWEET reward for working on Personal Progress.
Each week we will ask for any of the girls who have accomplished ANY PP requirement, to come up to the front of the group and pick out a lollipop for themselves and quickly tell us what they passed off. 
It doesn’t have to be an entire value…just {at least} one requirement or experience!

My hope is to have depleted ALL of the lollipops from the tree by the end of the year.
The Lollipop Tree is super easy to make.  All you need is:
3 big bags of dum-dums
A styrofoam ball
Cute white vase {mine was found at Wal-mart for $5!}
You just fill in every spot possible on the ball with suckers so that no green is left showing.

Fingers crossed that this at least STARTS my girls to get motivated.
{Smile!}

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  7. Just make the tree tonight! I was surprised at how many dum dums could fit 🙂 However I love your tag…hopefully you still have it and might be willing to share it one more time? Thank you so much! My email is rsivadon@att.net

  11. LOVE, love your site. I come to it often for ideas. Our theme for YWIE is "The sweet rewards of personal progress". This tag would be so cute on the bags we plan to give the girls. May I add my request to all the others to get it electronically? Thanks so much! jugget@hotmail.com

  14. Can you tell I was called as personal progress advisor/specialist today? I am dying over your darling blog and super amazing ideas! Thank you for blogging them! Would you mind sending me the tag as well? Thank you! toushay73@gmaildotcom

  15. Can i bother you for this graphic, too? The perfect solution for (one of the many) things rolling around in my mind.

    ashleehbell at gmail dot com

    Thank you!

  16. I just found your website… darling! I noticed you shared your cute graphic with some other ladies. Would you mind sending it to me as well 🙂 It's only June, better late than never to get started on Personal Progress for our girls 😉 Thanks!! joannallarson@gmail.com

  24. I would love a copy of that graphic too! Our personal progress needs a makeover and this is the cutest! Our girls would love this. My email is eryn1722 at aol dot com.

  25. I want to the do the same thing for my girls! Did you find that graphic somewhere or make it yourself? And chance you'd share it with me? ratliff dot fam at gmail dot com

  27. You are absolutely AmAzinG!!! What are you planning for New Beginnings. I am trying to get mine planned right now and would love any ideas you are working on or brainstorming ideas you have. Thanks for all your ideas and for sharing them!

  28. I(counselor in YW) was just talking to my sister(Advisor in her YW)about doing a little treat to reward the girls each Sunday for progress on their PP and a BoM challenge we are doing this year – Awesome and cutie idea! Thanks for sharing!