<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Hi Kara, </div><div> Welcome to the list.</div><div> a few things i notice that are generally good things to do are to continue to have dialog with your youth and to be aware of what the group generally has to say on outings.</div><div> having dialog with different members of a youth group can give you some night into their personalities, what their concerns are about fitting in, things that are going on at home, or things they like to do. </div><div> in downtime settings you’ll hear about things that your youth might want to talk about amunst their peers but not in larger group settings. topics that might be good to bring up on the whole or good to know in general. you can also tell who’s getting left out bullied or has trouble fitting in.</div><div> </div><div> safety is a big concern in these when you are responsible for charges. many times when on hikes or trips it is good to have youth pair-off or to simply every once and a while call out the name of a student or youth you haven’t heard from during the trip. maybe engage them in conversation about the hike or trip. as them about themselves or something like that. </div><div> Generally the idea of changing activities up is something that is normal when you have been at a project for a while. as to figuring out what one can do, I think it’s good to think about what you want to do and then see about how to adapt it. </div><div> <br><div><div>On Feb 12, 2014, at 9:31 AM, Kara Campbell <<a href="mailto:kara64@comcast.net">kara64@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">My name is Kara, and I just found about about this group a couple of months ago. I am excited to become involved. I am a youth leader in my church. One of my responsibilities is to help plan and then to go to girls’ camp with about 35 girls. I have done this in the past, but, I am looking for ideas as to how I can make this a better experience. In the past, the actual camp has been very stressful for me, mostly because I don’t feel like I am as effective as I could be. I spend most of my time just figuring out who is who and trying to find places where I can help. I miss cues that could alert me to trouble or a girl who needs a little extra help. Has anyone been in this type of situation? Any ideas?<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Thanks<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Kara<o:p></o:p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Community-service mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Community-service@nfbnet.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">Community-service@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/community-service_nfbnet.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/community-service_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Community-service:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/community-service_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/community-service_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>