Level Leaders

Level Leaders

• Use YCL’s to help teach, guide and direct the girls during camp!  As an adult leader, you are there to help the YCL’s become leaders.  Guide them, direct them and don’t do anything yourself that the YCL’s can do for the girls.  We don’t need perfection; we need the Young Women to learn how to be the leader that Heavenly Father knows they can be!
• Assign each YCL a duty – Head YCL, Modesty, Music, Cleanliness, Flag & Devotional, Certification
• Each duty can be assigned to more than 1 YCL except for the Head YCL.  You are basically their counselor.
• Plan with your YCL’s before camp through meetings, phone calls text or e-mail.  Please include us on all your group emails and texts. Utilize the Stake & assistant Camp Director.  Questions and ideas that the YCL’s have can be directed to us.  
• Stay within budget!  You have $140 as your budget. 
• Make sure all YW complete their level camp certification activities!    
• Bring or assign out all supplies needed for your level’s camp certification classes, activities and decorations.  No Nails, staples or anything that would damage or create a whole.  Tape is best!
• Have several level unity activities for the YW at camp…prepare icebreakers and other activities to help the YW feel comfortable and united in their group.
• Help YW come up with a group cheer or song that the girls can sing whenever appropriate and will help your level be unified.
• Start “Me and Thee Time” with a mini scriptural lesson (10-15 min) before separating for personal scripture study.  YCL’s may do this as well.  (mini-lessons could be about how to scripture chain topics, how to study scriptures, a lesson on a certain relevant story applied to the young women’s lives, etc.)
• Keep track of YW at camp/roll call.  This should be done periodically throughout the day and each evening.  We don’t want to lose any of our YW.  Report any missing YW immediately to camp director!
• Make sure your YW know what they need to have at camp for their level certification to tie it in spiritually and any other activity specifically for them (communicate through the ward camp director or YW president) You will have a list of the YW after registration forms are turned on May 28, 2017.  Give us about 2 weeks to enter all the registration information.
• Assist YCL’s in preparing sharing time…a good guide is in the Camp Manual under “Sharing Time”.  pg. 82 in camp manual. Please have the sharing time go with the question of the day.
• Level Colors:  First Year – , Second Year –  , Third Year – , Fourth Year – . Inform girls in the level so they can plan accordingly as well.
• Remind the girls to say their personal prayers, to study their scriptures, to write in their journals and to work on personal progress.
• Help all YW feel Heavenly Father’s love. Help all YW continue to be positive and upbeat despite the heat, exhaustion and things that might not go as planned! 
• Watch this wonderful training!! This will help you know how to Let Laurels Lead.
• Turn in camp receipts by the end of camp to get reimbursed.
• Be organized.!  Help the YCLs know the importance of knowing the schedule for the next day at camp and showing up on time (preferably at least 5 mins early)
• Communication is key!
• Lots and Lots of Love and Patience!!
• Have Fun!! 

Camp certifications -level or personal time

*use ycls to help plan and teach requirements*

First Level:

• Each day while in camp, find a quiet spot & read from the scriptures for at least 15 minutes. Include in your reading the account of the Creation found in Moses 2:1-31 or Genesis 1:1-31. After the Lord created the earth, he surveyed his work and saw that it was very good. Share your thoughts about God’s creations with a leader or friend. (This should be done during Me & Thee time)
• Learn the basic principles of sanitation for your camp setting. Learn how to correctly dispose of refuse while hiking. Learn how to dispose of garbage at camp and leave the campsite cleaner than you found it. Follow these principles during your stay at camp.
• Find an opportunity to serve another camper or leader. Help with something you are not assigned to do. This could include helping with camp chores such as cleaning the camp area or preparing a meal & cleaning up.
• Spend at least 30 minutes in nature observing Heavenly Father’s creations that you can see, hear, smell or touch. Thank Heavenly Father for the beauty around you. Share your thoughts about nature with a leader or friend. (This could be done during Me & Thee time)
• Sort used glass, plastic, aluminum containers and see that they are turned in for recycling after camp.
• Learn to identify six kinds of plants and three kinds of animals, birds or fish that are found in your area. Observe interesting details about each one.
• Learn how to tie a square knot, two half hitches and a bowline knot. Know when to use these knots.
  
  

These will be done in a workshop at camp, you won't be teaching these:

• Explain the purpose of first aid, & learn the first four steps to take when treating accident victims,
• Demonstrate how to perform the Heimlich maneuver to help a person who is choking.
• Demonstrate how to give first aid for excessive bleeding and poisoning.
• Learn how to fold a cravat bandage. Demonstrate the uses of the bandage.
• Learn what should go into a basic first-aid kit and the use of each item.

Second Level:

• Each day while at camp, find a quiet spot and read from the scriptures for at least 15 minutes. Include in your reading Joseph Smith- History 1:1-20, the account of Joseph Smith’s prayer in the Sacred Grove. Record or share your thoughts about Joseph Smith and his vision. (This should be done during Me & Thee time)
• Learn about the various kinds of cloud formations. If possible, identify three different formations during your stay at camp.
• Demonstrate two methods of purifying drinking water.
• Learn how to signal for help in the outdoors. Identify local authorities who could provide help, such as park rangers, local emergency personnel, ski patrols, and search and rescue teams. Learn how to contact these authorities.
• Demonstrate how to find directions by observing the sun and stars.
• Help to plan and participate in a flag-raising ceremony or devotional
• Find an opportunity to serve another camper or leader. Help with something you are not assigned to do. This could include helping with camp chores such as cleaning the camp area or preparing a meal & cleaning up afterward.
• Spend at least 30 minutes in nature observing Heavenly Father’s creations that you can see, hear, smell or touch. Thank Heavenly Father for the beauty around you. Record what you have seen and your feelings about it. Share your thoughts with others. (This could be done during Me & Thee)
• Identify 3-5 poisonous plants and 3-5 edible plants in your area.
• Demonstrate how to properly sharpen, use and care for a knife.
  
  

These will be done in a workshop at camp, you won't be teaching these:

• Demonstrate how to treat someone who has fainted or is in shock.
• Demonstrate how to give first aid for heat exhaustion and heat stroke or for hypothermia and frostbite, depending on local circumstances.
• Demonstrate how to give rescue breathing.

Third Level:

• Each day while in camp, find a quiet spot and read from the scriptures for at least fifteen minutes. Include Mosiah 18:1-17 in your reading. Review the covenants the people in the Book of Mormon made at the time of their baptism and the feelings they had. Record your feelings about your baptism.(This should be done during Me & Thee time)
• Spend time observing an event in nature. It could be a sunrise or a sunset, the movement of clouds, or a rainbow. With artwork, poetry, song, dance or the written word, express your thoughts. You may want to share your thoughts with others. (This could be done during Me & Thee)
• Learn how to use a compass to find directions. Participate in an orienteering activity.
• Learn what you would do if the water in your camp were unsafe to drink. Describe how you would make it safe. If there is a stream, lake, or ocean near your campsite, survey the area and report any sources of pollution. Where possible, correct these problems.
• Complete an assignment made by your stake or ward camp director.
• Find out who in the camp has a need; then help to fill that need.
• Teach a song or a game to a group.
• Learn how to construct three types of emergency shelters, including those made with a tarp or other waterproof material.
• Volunteer to help a younger camper or one with disabilities complete a requirement for certification.
  

These will be done in a workshop at camp, you won't be teaching these:

• Show how to give emergency first aid for insect bites of stings, burns, blisters, and snakebites if snakes are common in your area.
• Demonstrate how to give cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Fourth Level:

• Each day while in camp, find a quiet spot and read from the scriptures for at least 15 minutes. Include in your reading Matthew 26: 36-46, an account of the events in the Garden of Gethsemane. Record your feelings about what Christ did for you. (This should be done during Me & Thee time)
• Spend some time observing the night sky. Identify two or more constellations. Then read D&C 88: 42-44; Moses 1: 37-39; and D&C 67: 2. Share with a leader of a group your thoughts about what you observed and what you read in these scriptures.
• Learn what to do for your safety during severe weather conditions in your area such as lightning, tornadoes, typhoons, avalanches or floods.
• Discuss a need in the camp with the camp director and with the help of the YCLs develop a plan to fill that need.
• With another camper or by yourself learn something new about nature and teach it to your group.
• Develop a project to help campers with disabilities. For example, develop a nature trail or an experience with nature for someone who is blind or in a wheelchair or has other special needs.
• Demonstrate how to make a bedroll or an emergency ground bed from materials that are not living.
  
  

These will be done in a workshop at camp, you won't be teaching these:

• Describe the signs of a broken bone. Demonstrate first-aid procedures for handling broken bones.
• Learn and demonstrate four methods for transporting someone who is injured.