The adorable, always humorous MBA Jane is my way of honoring our Sisterhood Merit Badge program, now with 6,861 dues-paying members who have earned an amazing number of merit badges so far—9,721 total! Take it away, MBA Jane!!! ~MaryJane
Wondering who I am? I’m Merit Badge Awardee Jane (MBA Jane for short). In my former life …
For this week’s Young Cultivator Each Other/Thank You! Intermediate Level Merit Badge, I decided to let Piper and Andy put down their pencils (the Gratitude Journal keeping was getting easier and better, but I was afraid another Merit Badge with writing involved might give them the Crazy Eyes). You see, to earn Level Two, they could either send Thank You cards to people in their community, OR they could do something nice for said people in their community.
This experience was a great idea. Nursing homes and or assisted living homes can be frightening to children because they sometimes smell bad or residents are in poor health and look scary to them in their wheelchairs. Having an opportunity to see past those things and realize there are wonderful nice people there who are happy to see them is a gift of grace for both sides. They are forever better by having this experience!
Some great ideas there! You rock, MBA Jane!