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How Much Does Your Bottled Water Really Cost You?

Plastic BottledPeople are not only concerned with the high cost of bottled water to our wallets and the environment, but also the low quality. Here is what New York Times columnist Bill Marsh had to say in a recent article:  “Those eight daily glasses of water you're supposed to drink for good health? They will cost you $0.00135 -- about 49 cents a year...

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The Silhouette of my Dreams
(8 votes, average 3.88 out of 5)
Written by Stefni Ritcher   

SilhouetteWe met in the Cultural Hall where we had 3 overhead projectors set up and each sister upon her arrival was assisted in having her silhouette traced onto black paper. They then cut out their own...

 

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Purse-onal Journey of a R.S. Sister
(28 votes, average 3.32 out of 5)
Written by Jacque Reedholm   

Purse-onal Journey of a R.S. SisterAll along the way (in an ideal world) Relief Society is there to bless our life and help us learn to function and grow and become.  It helped our Grandmothers.  They in turn helped our Mothers.

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The Price is Right Food Storage Enrichment
(20 votes, average 3.65 out of 5)
Written by Amy Twitty   

Barker's Beauty #1 displays 4 items needed in food storage (Rice, Beans, Salt, Powdered Milk).  Betty gives the contestant 4 tags with numbers on them.

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Mystery Dinner Script
Written by Ann Nelson   

Murder MysteryWe appreciate your help in making this activity fun and successful for the sisters at your table. Help them to "get into" the activity by playing the part as much as they feel comfortable doing. We don’t want anyone to feel uncomfortable, so they can just read their clue if that is what they are comfortable with.

 

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Mystery Theater Dinner and Script
Written by Ann Nelson   

Murder Mystery

Murder is a terrible thing, but if Mormon chose to include it in his abridgement, then I knew that, tastefully done, it could be a successful way of promoting the Book of Mormon in all of it's stories, and bringing our ward family closer together.

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Murder Mystery Nights
Written by Various Contributors   

Murder Mystery NightsSisters around the world have been doing the murder mystery from this website.  Here are ideas of how they did it.

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Self Reliance Relief Society Activity
Written by Susie Clayton in Minnesota   

Self RelianceWe had a VERY casual HFPE this time.  We usually start in the RS room, but we didn’t even do that – we set up 2 long tables in the multi-purpose (nursery) room and did everything from there.  We sat around the tables, passing handouts, etc.

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Relief Society Birthday Ideas TOO
Written by Various Contributors   

Relief Society Birthday Ideas TOOWe use our enrichment night as that it was so close to the actual date of R.S. B-day date. We already had scheduled a gentleman to come in from a local nursery to talk about gardening and test soil samples that we each brought in from our yards.

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Relief Society Birthday Ideas
Written by Various Contributors   

Relief Society BirthdayWe set up the gym in a big half circle. On the outer edge, we put white halogen lamps and fake trees with lights. We had the lamps so that they we on dim, just to give it enough light to eat with but make it feel like a fancy restaurant.

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Relaxing Spa Retreat
Written by Valerie Steadman   

Relaxing Spa RetreatI've been the Enrichment leader for 7 months now, and I still look back to one particular activity in awe. We had the most relaxing, enjoyable time doing a Spiritual Spa Retreat.

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Service Auction Night
Written by Kirsten McCoy   

Service AuctionWe asked each sister to bring a display of their service or a certificate that night (a free haircut, pair of scissors, etc.)  We also had certificates available that night for them to fill out if they didn't make one.

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Most Successful Enrichment Night
Written by Various Contributors   

Most Successful Enrichment NightWe in our RS are currently trying to bridge the gap between YW and RS, our June activity helped do that.  For this years YW's camp the theme was A Wilderness of Colors, each branch in our district was assigned a YW's value color (which worked great as we have 7 branches)

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More Movie Nights
Written by Various Contributors   

Night at the MoviesAfter years of the Movie night being on The Homemaking Cottage it has been done successfully in many wards.  These are ideas shared by these sisters.    Don't forget that the original night was created by Cathy Colton.

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MTC Mother and Son Night
Written by Various Contributors   

MTC Mother and son nightAll boys ages 8 years and above were invited to come with their mothers, grandmothers, etc.  When they arrived they and their companion (moms) were given a name tag and a country where they were going to serve.

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M and M Night
Written by Chrys Solomon   

M and M NightI had mm's in a bowl- they guessed the number, at the end of the night a miniature rose bush was given to the sister who guessed the closest. 

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R.S. Enrichment Mini Drives
Written by Kate Coombs, R.S. Enrichment Leader   

R.S. Enrichment Mini DrivesOur ward did a successful service project in November/December 2007 where we collected towels and soap for our local temporary aid center. In addition to food and other services, the center provides shower facilities for the homeless.

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Preserving Memories
Written by Chrys Solomon, Pineville Ward   

Preserving MemoriesPrecious Moments Theme: Hand outs were given.  Each person was to choose a class.  The classes were for 40 minutes.  Refreshments served were peach, blueberry, and cherry cobbler. 

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The Power of 30!
(6 votes, average 3.50 out of 5)
Written by Erika Soelberg, Boise, Idaho   

Power of 30January Enrichment--our theme is "THE POWER OF "30"!  We are going to have four mini presentations on the power of spending 30 minutes in certain areas of our lives.

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Popcorn Early Bird Special
Written by Sue Frelick, Nova Scotia, Canada   

Popcorn Early Bird SpecialThe early bird went well last night! I had 7 sisters show up for it and they really enjoyed themselves. I told them that it was meant to be a fun time; a special treat for them for coming early.

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Princess in a Bag Ice Cream Social
Written by Brenda Sacher   

Princess in a bagWhen the sisters came in their picture was taken and a name tag in the shape of a crown was given to each. We are a new ward and we are working hard to get to know one another.

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PJ's Party Theme
(2 votes, average 2.50 out of 5)
Written by Candace Hafen in Utah   

Pj's Themed PartyWe had a "PJ's Party" theme.  P for prayer, J for journals, & S for scriptures.  On all of our publicity we invited everyone to come to the PJ party & if they wanted, wear their PJ's.  As everyone came, we passed around little snack sized bags of snack mixes, trail mix etc.

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PJ's Night
(3 votes, average 3.00 out of 5)
Written by Kathryn Hickman, Moorpark, CA   

PJ's Night

PJ's Night! January 2005 This idea was passed on to me (I am a new Enrichment Leader) by one of the sisters in our ward (who got it from someone else, etc.), it is a terrific idea!

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Night of Treasures
(4 votes, average 3.50 out of 5)
Written by April   

Night of TreasuresI had everyone sign up to bring either a dinner for 2 or a dessert for 2. The sisters were asked to bring something they collect or treasure (ie: pictures, nativity scenes, memory boxes, etc).

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