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What do Y-Guides and Princess do?
Participants in the Y-Guides and
Princesses program are organized into tribes that are designed
to have parents and their children
spend one-on-one time with each other. Tribal activities include
meetings, events and outings and campouts that build skills,
character, and create life-long memories together.
Program Objectives
The Y-Guides and Princesses program is about strengthening
the relationship between parents and their children.
The Y-Guides and Princesses program will:
Foster companionship and understanding and set a foundation
for positive, lifelong relationships between parent and child.
Build a sense of self-esteem and personal worth.
Expand awareness of spirit, mind, and body.
Provide the framework to meet a mutual need of spending enjoyable,
constructive, and quality time together.
Enhance the quality of family time.
Emphasize the vital role that parents play in the growth and
development of their children.
Offer an important and unique opportunity to develop and enjoy
volunteer leadership skills
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Y-Papooses |
| Purpose |
The purpose of the Y-Papoose Program is to
get an early start on fostering understanding and companionship
between parent and child. |
| Slogan |
"Friends Forever" |
| Aims |
To keep my thoughts happy.
To be friends forever with my father or mother.
To love my family.
To listen while others speak.
To be kind to my neighbors.
To keep the world around us clean and beautiful. |
| Pledge |
We, parent and child, promise to be friendly, helpful,
and loving to each other, our family, and our community
as
we seek a world pleasing to the eye of the Great Spirit. |
Y-Guides |
| Purpose |
The purpose of the Y-Guide Program is to
foster understanding and companionship between father and
son. |
| Slogan |
"Pals Forever"
The slogan, "Pals Forever," does not mean
that father and son relate to each other as equals, such
as two boys who are pals. Rather, it means that father and
son have a close, enduring relationship in which there is
communication, understanding, and companionship. The Y-Guide
Program encourages such a relationship by providing a means
for father and son to share enjoyable experiences, to observe
and learn about one another, and to develop mutual respect. |
| Aims |
To be clean in body and pure in heart.
To be pals forever with my father and son.
To love the sacred circle of my family.
To listen while others speak.
To love my neighbor as myself.
To seek and preserve the beauty of the Great Spirit's work
in forest, field, and stream.
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| Pledge |
We, father and son, through friendly service to each
other, to our family, to this tribe, to our community,
seek a world pleasing to the eye of the Great Spirit. |
Y-Princesses |
| Purpose |
The purpose of the Y-Princess Program is
to foster understanding and companionship between father
and daughter. |
| Slogan |
"Friends Always |
| Aims |
To be clean in body and pure in heart.
To be pals forever with my father and daughter.
To love the sacred circle of my family.
To listen while others speak.
To love my neighbor as myself.
To seek and preserve the beauty of the Great Spirit's work
in forest, field, and stream. |
| Pledge |
We, father and daughter, through friendly service to
each other, to our family, to this tribe, to our community,
seek a world pleasing to the eye of the Great Spirit. |
Y-Maidens |
| Purpose |
The purpose of the Y-Maiden Program is to
foster understanding and companionship between mother and
daughter. |
| Slogan |
"Friends Always" |
| Aims |
To be clean in body and pure in heart.
To be pals forever with my mother and daughter.
To love the sacred circle of my family.
To listen while others speak.
To love my neighbor as myself.
To seek and preserve the beauty of the Great Spirit's work
in forest, field, and stream. |
| Pledge |
We, mother and daughter, through friendly service to
each other, to our family, to this tribe, to our community,
seek a world pleasing to the eye of the Great Spirit. |
Y-Trail
Blazers, Y-Trail Mates, Y-Trail Mix, Y-Trail Maidens |
| Purpose |
The purpose of the Y-Trail Program is to
foster a healthy relationship between parent and child
built on trust, companionship, understanding, and communication. |
| Slogan |
"Parent and Child, blazing new trails together" |
| Aims |
To strengthen the bonds of companionship with my (father/mother/son/daughter)
To increase in fitness, physical skills, and body development.
To grow in wisdom, intellectual curiosity, and independence.
To develop reverence for the Creator, spiritual understanding,
and faith for daily living.
To gain in appreciation, love, and support of my family. |
| Pledge |
As a Y-Trail (Blazer/Mate/Maiden),
my pledge is to strengthen the bonds of companionship
with my (father/mother/son/daughter)
as we explore our environment, our community, and our lives
together, seeking to grow in spiritual, mental, and physical
fitness, and in service to others. |
Y-Dream
Catchers |
| Purpose |
The purpose of the Dream Catcher Program
is to foster understanding and companionship between parent
and child. |
| Slogan |
"Friends Forever" |
| Aims |
To keep my thoughts happy
To be friends forever with my father or mother.
To love my family.
To listen while other speaks.
To be kind to my neighbors.
To keep the world around us clean and beautiful. |
| Pledge |
We, parent and child, promise to be friendly, helpful,
and loving to each other, our family, and our community
as we seek a world pleasing to the eye of the Great Spirit. |
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