Young Women: Planning a Babysitting Service Nightby Miriam Caldwell | More from this Blogger 27 Oct 2006 08:40 PM One excellent service project that can be set up for the Young Women is a babysitting service on ward temple night. This could be a continuous project so that the girls could get their hours for a service value project. This project works better if you live near a temple (within and hour), but you could adapt it according to your ward's needs and schedule. The first thing you need to do is create a sign up list for the parents, in which you have them list the number of children and their ages, and the session they will be attending. Then you need to decide how many girls you will need to have to baby-sit. If you have a large group, you may want to divide the children up into younger and older groups so that you can plan different activities for them. After you have determined this you will need to decide where to baby-sit the children. If your ward is assigned a smaller temple, you may want to ask the local stake if you can use their building. This is ideal because if there is an emergency, you can contact the parents quickly, and they can arrive quickly to take care of their children. For the children to have fun, you should provide some structure to the night. You may want to provide a craft for the children to complete. This can be as simple as a coloring page. You can provide a singing and story time, and lead the children in some orderly games. Free playtime is fun as well. Parents of young children will be especially appreciative of this service. This gives them a chance to attend the temple, without the hassle and worry of finding a sitter. Ward temple night tends to be a difficult time to find sitters because a lot of people need them. This helps to extend the service to all that can participate. If your temple is too far away you may consider offering this service once a month so young couple can have a date night. Related Articles: Young Women: Personal Progress Jumpstart Young Women's Value Projects Young Women: Value Projects Made Easy Learn more about Miriam Caldwell  Miriam is a SAHM mom of three children. She has a daughter who is seven, and two sons, four and two. She loves being a parent and spending time with her children. Relevantlds tags User Comments Nola Redd (7081) 22 Nov 2006 06:00 PMA fantastic idea! I wish our ward YW leaders would think about this. Another thing I have wished for, as a genealogy buff with small children - babysitting so I can go to the Family History Center. It seems like such a small thing, but it can be so hard to do!  Miriam Caldwell (8030) 22 Nov 2006 07:26 PMMy ward offered this service for a short time. I wish they would do it again. It really can help! Community Tags lds, service, Value Projects, Young Women Discuss this article
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