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Venturing Advancement

Venturing Advancement. Awards and Recognitions. B.A.R.S. Status. Recognition. Achievement. Belonging. Gold. Silver. Ranger. Quartermaster. Venturing Advancement. Bronze. Bronze Awards. Sports Youth Ministries Arts and Hobbies Outdoor (half of Ranger Award)

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Venturing Advancement

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  1. Venturing Advancement

  2. Awards and Recognitions

  3. B.A.R.S. Status Recognition Achievement Belonging

  4. Gold Silver Ranger Quartermaster Venturing Advancement Bronze

  5. Bronze Awards • Sports • Youth Ministries • Arts and Hobbies • Outdoor (half of Ranger Award) • Sea Scouting (Ordinary rank)

  6. Gold Award • 12 months tenure • Leadership role • Participate in a district (or higher) event • Personal growth • Lead crew activities • Recite Venturing Oath • Three letters of recommendation • Written presentation and crew review

  7. Silver Award • One Bronze Award • Gold Award • Emergency Preparedness (First Aid, CPR, Safe Swim Defense) • Demonstrate leadership • Including Venturing Leadership Skills Course • Participate in Ethics in Action • Crew review

  8. Ranger Award Eight core requirement • First Aid • Emergency Preparedness • Leave No Trace • Navigation • Wilderness Survival • Communications • Cooking • Conservation

  9. Plus four of eighteen electives Backpacking Cave Exploring COPE Cycling/Mountain Biking Ecology First Aid Fishing Equestrian Hunting Lifesaver Mountaineering Outdoor Living History Physical Fitness Plants and Wildlife Scuba Shooting Sports Watercraft Winter Sports Ranger Award

  10. Consultants • Key role in the success of a Venturing Crew • Special skills, equipment, facilities, contacts • Similar role to the merit badge counselor • Registered as adult volunteers or merit badge counselor in council/district • Remember: one on one involvement between adults and youth prohibited

  11. Conducting Boards of Review • Male Venturers - Star, Life, Eagle Palm • Troop or crew, if dual registered • 3 to 6 member of troop or crew committee • 1 member serves as chairman • Crew Advisor, associate advisor, relatives, or guardians - may not serve on the board

  12. Purpose of the Review • To make sure the work has been learned and completed • To check to see what kind of experience the young man is having in the crew • To encourage the Venturer to advance to the next rank • Review is not an examination - 15 minutes • Eagle board follows the procedures of the local council

  13. Conducting Crew Reviews • Required for Gold and Silver awards • Candidate prepares evidence of work completed and submit to crew Advisor • Crew president with crew Advisor - appoint review committee of 4 - 6 Venturers and adults • Did the candidate grow? • Standard advancement report completed for council office

  14. Venturing Advisor Award of Merit • Training • Quality program • Youth leadership development • Youth retention • Success with Venturing • Nominated by crew president and the committee chair • Certificate, square knot, pin

  15. Resources • Venturing Leader Manual • Venturing Leadership Skills Course • 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey • Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher • Real Boys by William Pollack • www.aacap.org/pulications/factsfan/index.htm • Videos: White Fang, Rudy, October Sky, Remember the Titans

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