Giving Back at TOFW (Scholarship & Service Project)

{Please check REG BY CITY to see how things are going in your area}

WEEKLY UPDATE

Follow Up:  Only 12 comments last week :(  Maybe this is the FIRST year of TOFW for some of you so you weren't sure what to do?  If you don't have a TOFW memory or a comment at all, you can just sign your name and let us know you were on the blog!  We sure like you ladies!

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WEEKLY FOCUS

Giving Back, TOFW- Style

#1 GOOD MEAL PROJECT~ Our 2012 Service Project is called THE GOOD MEAL PROJECT.  We will be creating bagged meals at the event that will be donated to the Food Bank in each city that is part of the 2012 Tour.  The process will be much like our Possibility Packs and Hope Kits from prior years.

 ~Attendees will be asked to bring the following items as donations when they come to the event (letter corresponding to the first letter in their last name):

A - F Chili (TWO - 15 oz. cans)

G – K Biscuit Mix ( TWO 8 oz. "just add water" mixes)

L - R Green beans (TWO - 14.5 oz. cans)

S - Z Teddy Grahams (ONE 10 oz. box)

~Team members will collect and sort donations Friday evening and Saturday morning.

~During lunch on Saturday we will have 2 assembly shifts where attendees can assemble meals into bags that will be donated to the food bank.

I've attached a PDF information sheet about the project to your email today so you can share it with everyone you know coming! 

#2 SCHOLARSHIP~Please take some time to think of a few ways you can find women and girls to participate in the scholarship program (click here if you need a reminder about how the program works). Our Scholarship program is ONLY RUN THROUGH THE TEAM and so you are the only ones out there to tell the women about it. For a reminder of what the scholarship program is click here. Please take note at the right the scholarship coordinator's contact information and scholarship submission deadline. 

   

IDEAS FOR SHARING the Scholarship:

     

1. Send an email to all your friends and family and ask them if they know of anyone that wants to go, but cannot afford it. You might say something like this: “Have you talked to someone who would love to go to TOFW, but can’t afford the full-price? As a team member, I have the opportunity to offer a few women scholarship registrations. Please send anyone you know that is in this situation to me and I will help to get them registered. We don’t want ANYONE to miss this!”

     

2. Ward leaders: Although we do not advertise this event to the members of your ward through church channels, you might want to contact your ward Relief Society President and let her know that you are a team member and have access to the “scholarship program.” Tell her that if she becomes aware of a woman who is in this situation, to have them contact you and you will take care of them. The woman needs to come to you personally, rather than having the leader submit their name to you, just so we can make sure she is fully aware of how the program works and is committed to it. We also want to make sure that she never confuses this with being something the Church donated for her. PLEASE UNDERSTAND that we do not want any church leader to be in a position where they feel like they are informing a woman about TOFW. And please do not contact leaders outside your natural friendship circles.   

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SHARE CHALLENGE

Of course, the share challenge this week is all about service! 

Share the Service Project video and Donation list with women you know are coming to TOFW and those you think would like to be a part of this exciting project!   

  {Share this link: http://youtu.be/WEIKqzMESqg}

****Also, find one scholarship recipient this week! ***

COMMENT CORNER:  Using ONLY ONE word, describe your favorite way to serve (get creative!)