Our July YSA activity was a career fair. We had three speakers from three different professions talk about what was required to be qualified for their job. 
Then we had a career assessment paper that each YSA filled out. It was meant to be an opportunity to really ask themselves if they are self-reliant in the following areas: temporal, financial, spiritual and social. The spacing on this assessment gets all goofed up when viewed on the blog. So each statement has the numbers 0,1,2,3 on the top above, Not at all, Occasionally, Most of the time and Almost Always. At the end of the process, we asked them to add up their points and if they had a score of 14 in each category, they could consider themselves pretty self-reliant. If you copy and paste it in your computer, the spacing will print out correctly.
SELF-RELIANCE ASSESSMENT
Temporal
I discipline myself to get enough
sleep 0 1 2 3
and arise on time each morning Not at all Occasionally Most of the time Almost Always
I use my time wisely to accomplish 0 1 2 3
my goals Not at all Occasionally Most of the time Almost Always
I am dependable and on time 0 1 2 3
Not at all Occasionally Most of the time Almost Always
I do what I say and keep my word 0 1 2 3
Not at all Occasionally Most of the time Almost Always
I keep my living space clean and 0 1 2 3
orderly Not at all Occasionally Most of the time Almost
I have good personal hygiene 0 1 2 3
Not at all Occasionally Most of the time Almost Always
I eat a healthy diet and maintain 0 1 2 3
personal fitness Not at all Occasionally Most of the time Almost Always
Financial
I pay for all of my expenses 0 1 2 3
Not at all Occasionally Most of the time Almost Always
I am actively planning and preparing 0 1 2 3
to support a family Not at all Occasionally Most
of the time Almost Always
I can pay for transportation to do 0 1 2 3
what I want and need to do Not at all Occasionally Most of the time Almost Always
I am developing skills to qualify me 0 1 2 3
for work or advancement Not at all Occasionally Most of the time Almost Always
I pay a full tithe and generous 0 1 2 3
fast offering each month Not at all Occasionally Most of the time Almost Always
I live within my means and save 0 1 2 3
money each month for future needs Not
at all Occasionally Most of the time Almost Always
Spiritual
I fast at least once per month 0 1 2 3
Not
at all
Occasionally Most of the time Almost Always
I read my scriptures daily 0 1 2 3
Not at all Occasionally Most
of the time Almost Always
I have personal prayer morning 0 1 2 3
and night Not at all Occasionally Most
of the time Almost Always
I attend church every Sunday 0 1 2 3
Not at all Occasionally Most
of the time Almost Always
I have a church calling and fulfill
it 0 1 2 3
faithfully Not at all Occasionally Most
of the time Almost Always
I keep my covenants with the Lord
(e.g., 0 1 2 3
chastity, word of wisdom, honesty) Not at all Occasionally Most
of the time Almost Always
Social
I take initiative to meet new friends
0 1 2 3
and extend myself to others
Not at all Occasionally Most
of the time Almost Always
I am actively looking to meet and
date 0 1 2 3
my eternal companion Not at all Occasionally Most
of the time Almost Always
I do my share of work in my living 0 1 2 3
environment Not at all Occasionally Most
of the time Almost Always
I take responsibility for my own 0 1 2 3
mistakes or problems Not at all Occasionally Most
of the time Almost Always
I proactively develop my talents and 0 1 2 3
share them with others Not at all Occasionally Most
of the time Almost Always
I am sensitive to the needs of loved 0 1 2 3
ones and strive to meet them Not at all Occasionally Most
of the time Almost Always
I earnestly develop myself to be the 0 1 2 3
person a righteous spouse will want Not at all Occasionally Most
of the time Almost Always
Identity Scavenger hunt You must write the person’s name next to the
description and be first to complete them all to win.
1. Someone who plays the piano __________________________
2. Someone who has been to New
York______________________
3. Someone who has run over a
dog________________________
4. Someone who knows how to
swim_______________________
5. Someone who can sew their
own clothes__________________
6. Someone who has sung a solo___________________________
7. Someone who has served a
mission______________________
8. Someone who has been stung
by a bee___________________
9. Someone who has been bitten
by a spider_________________
10.
Someone who plays the steel pan drum_______________
11.
Someone who plays on a cricket team________________
12.
Someone who has been skiing, snow or water__________
13.
Someone who has broken a bone ____________________
14.
Someone who has been healed by a priesthood blessing_
15.
Someone who has received their patriarchal blessing____
16.
Someone who has served a mission__________________
17.
Someone who has baptized someone ________________
18.
Someone who has given a blessing of healing___________
19.
Someone who has been to a play on Broadway_________
20.
Someone who has shaken the hand of an G.A.__________
21.
Someone who has climbed a cocoanut tree____________
22.
Someone who is a dance teacher_____________________
23.
Someone who is an engineer________________________
24.
Someone who has never been to carnival______________
25.
Someone who owns a bird__________________________
We did not play this activity because we were short on time, but will use it another time as an ice-breaker.
Observation Activity
· Divide the group in half facing each
other in a long parallel line. Each side is a team. The person across from you is
now your partner.
· The participants get 30 seconds to
observe their partner and notice every detail about them. Then both partners turn around for another 30
seconds and change something about their appearance; change watch, jewelry,
hair, etc.
· Once time is up, they turn around
and try to guess what changed about their partner; the person who notices first
and points it out, wins.
· The scoring for the team is kept for
each entire side. The team with the highest
number of winners wins that round. One side
of the line moves two to the left, 2 people on the end move to the other end of
the line, and play begins over with a new partner. After five rounds, whatever teams wins three
times first, wins.
We played cops and cooks. It was a hit! The YSA's loved it and after being inside for the career fair, enjoyed the outside activities.
At the ready, waiting for the flip!
Cops and Cooks
· Divide into two equal groups facing each other in a long
parallel line.
· Extend arms until
fingertips touch. That’s where you
stand.
· Place two ropes twenty five feet behind each line of
participants.
· A facilitator flips a coin, heads is Cops, and tails is Cooks.
· When the flip is called (either Cops or Cooks), the team
called pursues the opposite team as they turn and run behind their rope line
(safety) before being tagged.
· One Cop or one Cook can touch multiple players on the
opposite team.
· Once tagged, participants become part of the team of their
captors; becoming either Cops or Cooks.
· Continue until all players are Cops or Cooks.
Here's an additional ice-breaker activity:
Team awareness activity
Split the group into equal
teams of three or four people.
· Issue each person a pen/pencil and
four note-sized pieces of paper, or four sticky-notes - 3-5 inches wide.
· Write your own name on one of the
notes (in plain block handwriting which cannot be identified to you or
identified as matching, capital block letters, write each one in slightly
different writing)
· Write clearly three words -
one on each note - which strongly describes or represents you. (hidden
from another’s view)
1.
-can be personality characteristics, such as determined,
diplomatic, reserved, confident, friendly, etc., and/or more symbolic words
such as music, football, mountain, adventure, family, etc., which represent a very significant personal characteristic.
2. -try to use words which genuinely and
honestly represent you.
· Write your name and the three
selected descriptive words on an additional, separate, hidden note you keep on
your person.
· Place all name and describer notes
face down in the center of your group space and mix them up.
· Ask the teams to stand and move to
another team's space so that they are working with another team's names and
describers.
· The task for each team is to
re-arrange the describers in sets of three beneath the appropriate name note, correctly
allocating the describers to the 'owners'.
· The winning team is the one which achieves the
most correctly allocated describers.
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