17 PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS IDEA FOR
Achievement Day
(by Cara Lee)
1. Plan and save money for post-high school education.

2. Visit your local library and look up information on careers.

3. Invite a special guest speaker to share their career such as: beautician, nurse, teacher, accountant, secretary, etc.

4. Plan out your goals for your future education.

5. Have a career day and have class members share information on what they want to be.

6. Make a Personal Kit to be carried in your backpack or purse. Fill a Ziploc bag with the following: Band-Aids, 2 or 3 quarters, emergency phone numbers, needle and thread, tissues, shoelaces, nail clippers, small pair of scissors, etc.

7. Have someone speak to girls about time management skills - their level!

8. Talk about money/monthly budgeting

9. Help draw up a savings plan for 6-8 yrs

10. Help with canning/freezing/drying any kind of fruit or vegetable

11. Do career research & visits to interests

12. Learn about food storage & help rotate

13. Visit a bank and learn about savings plans

14. Keep track of your money for 1 month

15. Work as a babysitter, housecleaner, yard mower, or other job & learn a skill

16. Make jam, pickles, sauerkraut, etc.

17. Learn more about wheat - grinding, cooking, storing, baking, etc.