Title: Venturing, Scouting's Next Step
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2Venturing
Scoutings Next Step
3BSA has steadily expanded the reach of its
value-based programs
- 1910 Boy Scouting
- 1912 Sea Scouting
- 1935 Cub Scouting
- 1950 Exploring for young men 14-20 who wanted
senior Scouting - 1971 Coed Exploring- Young women ages 14-20
joined now more career oriented posts - 1991 Learning For Life - BSA Subsidiary
- 1998 Venturing - Coed ages 14-20 - Outdoor
oriented senior scouting
4National Venturing GrowthDecember 2001 vs 2000
-
Units Youth - Northeast Region 23.1 12.2
- Southern Region 24.4 12.3
- Central Region 19.7
9.4 - Western Region 10.9 6.2
- National 18.2
9.1 - National since 1998 86.0 52.7
5What is Venturing?
- Its not a box or a package we present.
- It is focused resources designed to help a
community organization provide wholesome,
flexible, well-rounded, challenging activities,
tailor-made for teenage youth.
6Venturing isThinking outside the box
- Joe Q. Publics view
- Uniforms
- Boys only
- Compass and campfires
- Old Fashioned
- Paradigm shift
- No Required uniform
- Coed (fastest growing program)
- Global Positioning System and Leave No Trace
- Cutting Edge in Youth Protection
7Why is Venturing Growing?
- Aggressive promotion Nation-wide
- Lots of unplowed ground (potential)
- Targeted Resources for New Unit Growth
- Tailor-made for teenagers
- Coed program
- No required uniform
- Extreme sports and outdoor activities
8Heres Venturing
- The young adult program of the BSA for men and
women 14 (who have completed the 8th grade)
through 20 years of age. - Youth member is a Venturer
- Venturing units are Crews
- Venturing adults are advisors
- Youth leader is the president
- 7 membership fee - same chartering process
9Character, Citizenship, FitnessThe aims of the
BSAs 3 Programs
- Boy Scout Methods
- Patrol Method
- Adult Association
- Leadership
- Scouting Ideals
- Outdoors
- Advancement
- Personal Growth
- Uniform
- Venturing Methods
- Group Activities
- Adult Association
- Leadership
- Scouting Ideals
- High Adventure
- Recognition
- Teaching Others
- Uniform optional
10 Venturing/Exploring
- Venturing Exploring
- Application Rosters
- Members Participants
- Leadership Standards Leadership
Standards - determined by BSA determined by
Participating Organization - Oath and Code N one
- Advancement Awards and
Recognition - Hobby, religious, sports Career
- Outdoor based Education
11Venturing/Venture Whats the Difference?
- Venturing Crew
- Stand Alone Unit
- Coed, all male, or all female
- Ages 14-20
- 5 Bronze Awards, Gold, Silver, Ranger,
Quartermaster Boy Scout advancement above 1st
class for male Venturers - President, two VP positions,Secretary, Treasurer,
Activity chairs
- Venture Patrol
- Optional patrol of a troop
- Male only
- Ages 13-17
- Boy Scout advancement only
- Venture Patrol Leader, Assistant Patrol Leader
- Good transition to Venturing
12Does Venturing Have a Required Uniform?
- The recommended uniform is the spruce green
Venturing shirt with green epaulette tabs and
gray backpacking-style shorts or gray casual
pants. - However, the uniform, if any, is the choice of
the crew.
13Venturing Oath
- As a Venturer, I promise to do my duty to God and
help strengthen America, to help others, and to
seek truth, fairness, and adventure in our
world.
14Venturing Support Items (no cost)
- New Crew Sales Kit
- Recruitment Posters
- Sales Brochures
- Fast Start (available on BSA website)
- Venturing Highlights
- Awards and Recognition brochure
- Religious Resource Kit
- Marketing Guide
15The following new literature is available at your
Scout Shop
- Venturing Leader Manual
- Ranger Guidebook
- Venturer Handbook
- Venturing Leadership Skills Course
- Venturing Roundtable Guide
- Heres Venturing - Operations Guide
- Recognition Certificates and Awards
- Venturing Advancement Chart
- Venturing Leader Specific Training
- Sea Scout Manual
16 Venturing Videos
- 1. Selling Venturing to the Head of an
Organization - 2. Briefing the Organizing Committee
- 3. New Crew Fast Start
- 4. Venturing For Scoutmasters
- 5. Venturing Professional Orientation
- Venturing For Religious Youth Groups
- Sea Scouts Chart a Course for Life
17Youth Protection Videos
- Youth Protection - Personal Safety Awareness (for
Youth) - Youth Protection Training for Adult Venturing
Leaders
18Venturing Training
- Faststart
- New Leader Essentials
- Venturing Adult Leader Basic Training
- Powder Horn (High adventure resourse management
training now in councils.)
19Venturing Recognition
- National Venturing Leadership Award for youth and
adults- 3 levels - Venturing Advisor Award of Merit
20 Venturing Advancement
Silver Award
Quartermaster
Eagle
Ranger Gold Award
Award
Life
Outdoor Youth Sports Arts
and Sea Bronze Ministries
Bronze Hobbies Scout
Bronze Bronze
Bronze
Star
Previous lst Boy Scout
or Class Varsity Scout
JOIN Venturing
21 The Ranger Program
- Rangers are elite outdoorsmen
- Ranger are required to teach what
theyve learned to others-KEY!!!! - Rangers work with their advisor and
consultants
22Ranger Core Requirements
- 1. Standard First Aid plus When Help
is Delayed - 2. Communications
- 3. Cooking
- 4. Emergency Preparedness
- 5. Land Navigation
- 6. Leave No Trace
- 7. Wilderness Survival
- 8. Conservation
23Ranger Electives(Must earn 4 of 18)
- Lifesaver
- Mountaineering
- Outdoor Living History
- Physical Fitness
- Plants Wildlife
- Scuba
- Shooting Sports
- Watercraft
- Winter Sports
- Backpacking
- Cave Exploring
- Project COPE
- Mountain Biking
- First Aid
- Fishing
- Ecology
- Equestrian
- Hunting
24Do Venturers Use the Ranger Guidebook
- I just returned from Philmont with a co-ed
Venturing crew. Before leaving, I presented each
member of the crew with a Ranger Guidebook. We
reviewed the requirements briefly. Quite
frankly, I expected to see them stuff the book in
their carry-on bags, never to be seen again. I
couldnt have been more wrong. - All the way across the country (Chicago to Raton
by train) there was a constant barrage of
questions being fired at me. Once we reached
Philmont it intensified. I had the same reaction
from the Philmont Ranger Staff. The Ranger
Guidebooks are worn and dog eared. - In my 40 years of Scouting, I cant remember
ever seeing Scouts pick up and devour a program
the way they seem to go after the Ranger award.
- Richard Hewitt, Crew Advisor, Portage,
Michigan
25Venturings GrowthWhere Is It Coming From?
- Church youth groups that adopt the structure of
Venturing to help strengthen their youth program. - Successful troops that adopt Venturing to meet
the wants and needs of older boys-longer
retention. - High School and college outdoor clubs that adopt
Venturing to complement their program. - Independent groups that are organized from high
school hobby interest surveys
26Chickasaw CouncilMemphis, Tennessee
- June 30 - 306 growth in youth, 127 growth in
units - Council sent two volunteers to Venturing
Philmont courses to come back and sell
Scoutmasters - Sales call to ROTC commander in Memphis
- Organized 60 Venturing Crews with High School
ROTC groups - They needed places to do Land Navigation,
climbing and ropework - Council provided camping properties
- Council created a ROTC Super Weekend at the
nearby Naval Base - Contact Jeff Isaac 901-327-4193
27Baltimore Area CouncilBaltimore, Maryland
- June 30 83 growth in youth, 69 growth in
units - 1999 -Staff Retreat Focused on Venturing
- Appointed Council Staff Advisor
- 2000- Successful Impact Event with Scoutmasters
and Troop Committee Chairs - 2001- Successful Impact Event with Catholic
Diocese - Contact Marc Richardson 410-338-1700
28Winnebago CouncilWaterloo, Iowa
- June 30 572 growth in youth, 79 growth in
units - Scout Executive appointed a 3-member Staff
Venturing task force - Task force and volunteers attended Area Venturing
conference - Council made a commitment to Venturing
- Approached Churches and Hobby groups
- Organized 12 events to help sell units
- Promoted COPE course at camp
- Contact Todd McGregor 319-234-2867
29Perceived Barriers to forming Venturing Crews
- Survey results from 335 professionals (top four
responses) - 70 Low Awareness
- 56.6 Lack of Training/Knowledge
- 54.5 Lack of Adult Leadership
- 49.1 Potential Chartering organizations lack of
understanding of the program
30 VENTURING!!
- A Resource to Religious Organizations serving
High School age Youth
31 The BSA Smorgasbord
to better serve high school-age youth
- Use of retreat facilities for team building and
program - Literature to help with program planning
- Awards and recognitions for youth and adults
- Professional assistance with program planning,
volunteer recruitment and finding resources - Five-hour extensive training for all adult
leaders - Two-day Leadership Skills Course for all youth
- Award-winning Youth Protection Video for youth
- Youth Protection training for adults
- Low-cost liability and accident insurance
32Venturing Crew Growth in Religious Organizations
- 1998 1999 2000
2001 growth since 98 - Community Churches 18 43
94 124 589 - Methodist Episcopal 8 13
17 26 225 - Evangelical Churches 7 6
14 20 186 - Church of Christ 29 49
67 70
141 - Nazarene Churches 11 10
14 25 127 - Disciples of Christ 54 80
103 118 118 - Lutheran Churches 181 267
342 393 117 - Jewish Synagogues 10 14
18 21 110 - Presbyterian Churches 213 293 363
396 86 - Catholic Churches 420 550
675 781 86 - Baptist Churches 232 301
360 416 79 - Methodist Churches 614 810
959 1089 77 - United Church of Christ 63 71
98 111 76 -
33Venturing Crews Chartered to Religious
Organizations (non LDS)
34Venturing Provides Structure and Substance To a
Church Youth Group
- Venturing is flexible and can work with any
existing youth program structure. - Venturing can help keep youth closer to the
religious organizations beliefs. - Venturing provides a package that can retain
existing youth and recruit new ones. - The religious awards will help create an arena in
which young adults can work closely with
religious leaders.
35Collinsville, IllinoisTim Stark- Associate
PastorSunlight Church
- Non-Denominational Church
- Organized Venturing crew with Masters Commission
Program made up of 18-25 year olds - These are college kids that participate in a one
year program that teaches character, integrity
and service - At the end of the program they spend six weeks on
the road visiting other Churches. They make a
visible impact of service. - 2000 annual plan includes a retreat at the local
Scout facility for the COPE course and next
summer to the Northern Tier High Adventure Base - Their goal is to organize a crew with the high
school youth group in the church
36Des Arc, ArkansasMelvin York- PastorFirst
Baptist Church
- The High School youth group was organized in 1998
as a Venturing crew - The group has 15 boys and 15 girls
- The youth have adopted a golf green shirt as a
unform - They meet every Sunday night
- Most of the youth have earned the Youth
Ministries Bronze Award and the God and Life
Award - Two recent Silver Award recipients
- The Pastor conducted the Venturing Leadership
Skills Course with the youth - The crew focuses on serving the community.
Recently they helped organize a Tiger Cub Group - They have recently gone canoeing and horseback
riding
37Rick Newton Crew AdvisorTidewater, Florida
- Crew 520 was started in May 1999 when St. Simons
on the Sound Episcopal Church was looking for
something to help them sustain a youth group. - We began with five youth. Last Tuesday we sent
our re-charter package in with 30 kids names on
it, all with paid up dues and excited about
Venturing. Two more kids showed up at our last
meeting with friends, liked what they saw, and
took joining paperwork home to their parents. I
have youth from 5 different High Schools. We are
busting at the seams. - Seven of our kids just started their high
school-age Pope Pius XII Religious Award. - These kids like showing up in safe places in
their green polo shirts, sitting as a crowd, and
getting recognized. - Our youth group has gone windsurfing, scuba
diving, mountain biking and horseback riding - We have great youth officers, all Seniors in High
School that are now training the sophomores and
juniors to take their places.
38Erik Moeller St. Vincent de Paul
ParishArlington, Texas
- May of 2000 created a Venturing crew at the
Parish - It works as a subset of the existing high
school-age youth group - We asked all the youth interested in outdoor
activities if they wanted to be a part of an
outdoor club - Our group is 50 male/female
- Their favorite activity is the high and low ropes
challenge courses
39Cascade Pacific CouncilPortland, Oregon
- June 30 - 35 growth in youth, 18 growth in
units - Invited Pastors from inner-city community
Churches to Scout Camp for Impact Event - 12 units organized from event
- Council created field trips and quarterly events
at council camps, they use COPE course - Pastors organized Venturing for Faith
- Contact Ralph Voelker 503-226-3423
40Venturing in Bible-based Churches Great
Potential
- In a recent survey, 81 of Bible-based ministers
said they have never seen a presentation on how
Scouting can be used as a part of their youth
ministry. - Less than four percent of Bible-based community
Churches currently have Scouting units.
41Frequently Asked Questions ???
- How much ownership will my religious organization
have if we start a Venturing crew with my high
school age youth group? - What are the advantages of combining my religious
organizations youth group with Venturing? - How much does it cost to create a Venturing crew
with my religious youth group? - Is a uniform required?
- Where will we find leadership?
- Will Venturing compete with my youth group?
- How do we get started?
42 Boy Scout Troops
Venturing Crews
43Why Should a Troop Consider a Venturing Crew?
- The Venturing program complements the Boy Scout
troop. It adds exciting new advancement and
leadership opportunities for your older boys. - It allows flexibility, so boys can participate in
both programs. - Venturing can help solve many of the
Scoutmasters challenges. - It meets the wants and needs of 14 to 21 year old
young men. - It provides a scouting program for daughters of
scouting families.
44 Scoutmaster Challenges
- Keeping 14 to 18 year old Boy Scouts engaged in
the troop. - Challenging older Boy Scouts, while at the same
time, trying to attract and retain younger Boy
Scouts. - Competing with older Boy Scouts interests cars,
girls, high school. - Providing leadership/role model opportunities to
all older Boy Scouts. - Giving younger Boy Scouts something to anticipate
beyond the troop - Consistently offering exciting program.
45National BSA Statistics
- Average Boy Scout is 14 years and 1 month old
- Average Eagle Scout is 16 years and 2 months old
- Average Boy Scout attendance at summer camp is
2.8 years
46Ages of VenturersYear 2001
47Male Venturers May ContinueTo Work Toward Eagle
- Must be at least a First Class earned as a Boy
Scout or Varsity Scout. - Requirements remain the same.
- Board of review can be conducted by the troop or
crew. - If registered in both the troop and crew, can
receive multiple credit for many Bronze, Gold,
Silver and Ranger requirements. - May use crew leadership positions and
participation.
48What Does Venturing Offer Older Boy Scouts In
Your Troop?
- New advancement opportunities for boys interested
in progressing beyond Eagle. - New, exciting awards and recognition for boys out
of the advancement loop.
- Activities with boys and girls their own age.
- New leadership skills training for all members.
- Venturers give leadership to the troop through
the Ranger program, etc.
49Venturings Teaching PhilosophyFour Levels of
Learning
- Level I - You read it.
- Level II - Someone teaches it to you.
- Level III - You experience it.
- Level IV - You teach it to someone else.
- We retain 85 of what we learn when we teach it
to someone else.
Venturing advancement requires Level IV.
50How Does a Troop and a Crew Work Together?
- Scouts ages 14 to 18 and adult leaders can be
members of both units primary registration in
the troop and multiple in the crew. - The crew meets separately from the troop twice
each month and has occasional activities with the
troop and many on their own. - Venturers in the troop, (especially troop
leaders) are expected to participate in both
units. - Venturers teach and provide program.
51 Continued...
- Recruit an Assistant Scoutmaster or committee
member to serve as Crew Advisor. - Utilize existing merit badge counselors as
consultants for the Ranger Award. - Utilize troop advancement chair to help conduct
crew reviews for the Gold and Silver Awards. - Venturers can wear distinctive uniforming and
maintain the same unit . - Younger Boy Scouts think of the crew as extension
of the troop.
52My first discussions with young men of venture
patrol-age in our troop yielded enthusiasm from a
few. We advertised in our church and through
word of mouth and got several young women
attending our first open house, and then joining
the crew. The coed dynamics and the viewpoint
of young women who have not been in Boy Scouting,
makes it very clear to me that the Venturing crew
is not just Scouting for older Boy Scouts. Were
a new crew and still having growing pains with
youth leadership and youth planning, but the crew
is launched. The best is yet to come. Dave
Trump, Advisor, Crew 893, Centreville, VA
From a Troop...
5314 to 18 Year Old Boys Want
- Challenging physical activities with boys their
own age. - Recognition of their older status.
- Activities with girls.
- Control of their environment.
- Independence.
- To explore and experience their world.
- A sense of belonging and acceptance from their
peer group, inclusion in a gang.
5414 to 18 Year Old Boys Need
- Consistent adults that Walk their talk.
- Character and ethical education outside the
classroom. - Positive adult role models, male and female.
- Opportunities to become proficient at something.
- Leadership opportunities.
55Kemblesville, PennsylvaniaGary
Schroeder-Scoutmaster, Troop 62Advisor Crew 62
- SM of troop with 75 boys
- Normally boys get Eagle and disappear
- Took 4 years to get a youth-run troop, with new
Crew it happened on the first camp-out - Older boys wanted more challenge, they asked SM
to help them start a crew. Crew began June 2001
with 26 members, 13 girls, all Juniors in High
School. - How Crew has strengthened Troop 62
- 1.Keeps older boys semi-active vs inactive
- 2.Boys are energized to do Eagle Projects
- 3.Boys get seal of approval from girls
- 4.Gives 14-15 year olds something to anticipate
56Michael Brown - Crew 1838
- Adults need to understand what we are here for.
We are here for the boys, not the other way
around. The Troops exist FOR the boys, not the
other way around. If the troop does not have a
program that interests the older boys, why deny
them the chance to go to a program that will
interest them? - As a Scoutmaster I understood the reasons for
having both the programs and that the troop could
not do the same job for older boys as either
Venturing or Sea Scouting. - e-mail received on 9-27-00
57Ankeny, IowaJeff VerHelst - Advisor of Crew 869
- Crew started with five Venturers in 1998 and now
has 30. - Most members are college students.
- Crew 869 was asked to operate and staff the
district camporee. - They created a blue activity shirt with a small
Venturing logo in front and a large design on the
back. They wear the recommended spruce-green
shirt for formal occasions. - They attended the Boundary Waters High Adventure
Base in summer 2000.
58Greensboro, NCWes Reid- Assistant
Scoutmaster-Troop 214Member of Church that
Charters Crew
- We noticed that older boys were losing interest.
- Most of our campouts catered to the new scouts,
ages 11-12. - Older Boy Scouts were looking for more exciting
adventure. - In our church chartered troop, boys 14 and above
who are 1st class scouts are eligible to join the
crew. - They continue to work toward Eagle and pursue
high adventure. - We look at Scouting as part of our church
ministry. Having girls in our crew allows us to
provide a total ministry
59Alexandria, VirginiaCooper Wright- Advisor
- Our crew continues to grow. We recently awarded
our fourth Eagle this year, and have already
presented two Bronze awards and one Gold award.
I expect that we will award two more Bronzes,
three more Golds, one Silver and one Ranger in
January. During November, the crew participated
in Scouting for Food and sorted 9,000 lbs. of
food. - This weekend, we will hold our Venturing
Leadership Skills Course at a nearby youth
hostel. We have augmented the course material
with items from 7 Habits of Highly Effective
Teens. I cant wait to go back to Philmont with
a co-ed crew. Right now it looks like the crew
leader will be a young woman who is well on her
way to earning the Venturing Silver and Girl
Scout Gold awards. -
60Lincoln, NebraskaMarge Klein, Associate Advisor,
Crew 316
- Crew 316 started in October 1998. We have 15
boys and 6 girls. - We have a list of 13 year old boys and girls
wanting to join our crew when they get old
enough. - Our crew rule for Boy Scouts wishing to join is
they must maintain registration and leadership
in our troop. Twelve of our boys earned Eagle
in January 2000. - Since we started our crew, we explored caves with
the University of Missouri caving club, went
rappelling with the University of Nebraska
climbing club, did whitewater rafting, snow
skiing, and scuba diving. - Our boys sit down with the girls when they join
and teach them basic scouting from the Boy
Scout Handbook. - We have made presentations for the Ranger program
to packs, troops, Girl Scout Troops, and at
roundtables.
61Hartford, ConnecticutMichael Sobol, Advisor of
Crew 57
- I am the Scoutmaster of Troop 57. My 18 year
old son approached me about organizing a
Venturing crew. Apparently he had been down to
the council service center and picked up some
information about Venturing. He handed me a new
unit application and seven completed youth
applications. - I agreed to be the Advisor of a new Crew 57. My
son wants to earn everything Venturing has
created. He had already earned everything Boy
Scouting had to offer. - His girlfriend also joined the crew. My crew
consists of 7 boys and one girl currently. - My Venturers have been teaching the Ranger skills
to the troop. It has benefited both the troop
and the crew.
62Girls just want to have fun
- Female Venturers successfully participate in all
high adventure activities (60 mile bike rides,
backpacking, Mile Swim in the Pacific Ocean, and
winter snowboarding. - Venturers, male and female, assist the troops
Leadership Corps in preparing and teaching the
younger boys. - The crew provides older scouts (who otherwise
become disinterested in scouting at the age of
driving and dating) with a program that retains
their interest by allowing them to pursue higher
adventure with female peers and friends.
Co-education fosters mature, responsible and
respectful relationships. - C.T. Zacharczuk, Advisor- Crew 3712, Van Nuys, CA
63What Are Venturers Saying?
- Sean Luther - 17 year old in Crew 28 and Troop
28, Pittsburgh, PA. serves as Senior Patrol
Leader in Troop 28 and Crew President in Crew 28.
Sean believes that the leadership skills learned
in Venturing have helped him be a better Senior
Patrol Leader. Venturing has also provided new
experiences that he would not have experienced if
he was only in the troop. - Adrian Johnson - 16 year old in Crew 414,
Philadelphia, PA Before joining
Venturing she was thinking about joining the Air
Force after high school. She has served as a
leader in Venturing for the past 12 months. She
believes that the leadership skills learned in
Venturing and the increased confidence gained has
helped her set new goals. She has now applied to
the Air Force Academy.
64North Olmsted, OhioErica Sheehan, Venturer,
Secretary, Crew 630
- My crew has been in existence for about a year
and I can honestly tell you it has been one of
the best experiences of my life. - I am the sister of a Star Scout and have been
surrounded by Scoutings morals and values for
years. - On our first campout in March it went down to 10
degrees. We learned from experience how to pack
for winter camping. - In June we went on our first ten mile canoe trip,
we had a blast. - In all our outdoor activities I have learned how
important it is to work together and that if
there is one person not working to their ability
the rest of the crew cant function to its
potential. - The COPE experience was THE bonding experience of
my life and I was on a natural high for days. - Were all now motivated to work as hard as
possible in everything we do, in Venturing, at
home or in school.
65Fullerton, CaliforniaAmanda Delaney and
Christina Canino, Crew 214
- Crew 214 was organized in June of 1998, it has 15
boys and 15 girls, chartered to a Presbyterian
Church in Fullerton, California. - Activities include backpacking, rock climbing,
snowboarding, skiing, and COPE. - Our members adopted the spruce green shirt as our
formal uniform. We designated a navy blue
t-shirt with our own logo as an activity uniform. - Were all like brothers and sisters, we trust
each other. - We set our own rules no boy/girl buddy system,
go in threes in mixed company. - Venturing is more than we expected.
- The guys have seen me on campouts without my
makeup on and they still like me.
66Frequently Asked Questions
- Can a Venturer earn Eagle?
- Does a Venturer who is working on Eagle have to
be multiply registered? - Why is silver higher than gold?
- What is Venturings official uniform?
- Where can I get a shirt like that?
- Where do I find advancement requirements?
- What is the difference between Venture and
Venturing? - How do we get Venturing started in my area?
- Can a Venturer get past credit and multiple
credit? - How do I get a copy of this presentation?
67Contact Us
- Charles Holmes cholmes_at_netbsa.org
- Bill Evans bevans_at_netbsa.org
- Brad Harris bharris_at_netbsa.org
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