Personal Progress Pep Rally

Wednesday night I was in charge of a Personal Progress Pep Rally to get the girls "pumped up" for Personal Progress. It turned out to be a great success and I think the girls know that Sister Elmer will do just about anything to get them excited for Personal Progress. So this is what went on. I had all the leaders dress up in some sort of sports attire since this was a pep rally. All the leaders were my cheerleaders and we turned on some jock jams and had them come running out being all crazy and funny. Last but not least they announced "Coach Elmer" and I came running in doing the "running man." My husband just rolled his eyes when he heard that part. So I did a little schpiel about being their coach for Personal Progress. It's my job to motivate, give them "plays," cheer them on, etc. Here is a picture to represent my wonderful coaching skills. I have no idea who she is, but she looked like she had good coaching abilities.


They are their own individual teams and their parents are their teammates. So we kind of went on that kind of theme for awhile. Then I taught them about how Personal Progress helped me with the "game of life." I took a few of my projects that I did as a young woman and then told them how it helped me later in life. I gave some "plays" on how to accomplish personal progress. Afterwards I had them each talk about a project/experience that they accomplished and how it helped them in their life. I threw out little foam balls as a handout so they could "catch the vision" of Personal Progress. Well, the girls really liked the pep rally and all the leaders helped ham it up so it was really fun. I actually really like working on Personal Progress with the girls since the program is way different than when I went through Young Women's. Plus all the goals help me be better. You just can't lose! And the leaders don't have to do all the goals to get their recognition so it's a little bit easier to accomplish.