The Way the Boy Scouts

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• The Way the Boy Scouts
• Learn to Dive

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Instructors

• Jeffery Bennett
• Employed with the Bay County Sheriffs Dept.
• Diving since 1988
• Professional Diving since 2006
• Lead diver on the Bay County Search
  and Rescue Team
• Olan Wilkins
• Employed fulltime with Divers Den
• Diving since 2001
• Professional Diving since 2007
• Youth Pastor at Emmaus United Methodist

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Who is Divers Den?

• Divers Den is the longest running dive shop in
  Panama City, training divers since 1976.
• Divers Den is a Five Star PADI Dive Center
• Highest level of Dive Center Membership. Awarded
  to dive centers that offer a full range of
  educational programs, equipment selection and
  actively promote aquatic environmental awareness.
  
• PADI is the worlds leading scuba diving training
  organization.
• PADI is an official Boy Scouts of America
  business partner and co-creator of the SCUBA BSA
  award and merit badge booklet

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Why Scuba Diving?

• For years SCUBA was one of the MOST requested
  activities for a new merit badge
• Scuba is a life changing
• experience!
• Encourages quest for adventure
• Embraces challenges
• Encourages teamwork and friendship
• Tremendous recruitment and retention tool

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Scuba Diving Merit Badge

• BSA Requirements
• First aid for scuba injuries or illnesses
• CPR
• Swimming merit badge
• Scuba Divers Code
• Identify Ecosystem
• Discuss scuba industry career
• opportunities
• Earn Open Water Diver certification
• Scouts with scuba certification
• can still earn merit badge
• Age Scouting age (11 years )

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Open Water Certification Requirements

• Knowledge Development
• Confined Water Dives
• Open Water Dives

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Learn to Scuba Dive Options Available

• eLearning
• Development portion is completed
• online at the pace of the student diver.
• Home Study Program
• This option is also completed in the comfort of
  the student divers home and at their pace using a
  multi-media DVD version or hard copies of the
  training material.
• Classroom program
• This is a more traditional approach of conducting
  the development training in the dive centers
  classroom using hard copies of the training
  materials.

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Additional BSA Programs Available

• Scuba Diving Merit Badge / Scuba Elective for
  Venturing Crews
• Scuba BSA / Discover Scuba
• BSA Snorkeling
• First Aid, CPR AED training with Emergency
  First Response

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Additional BSA Programs Cont.

• Support / sponsorship of Troops and Venture Crews
• Environmental and Conservation Programs
  National Geographic, Project AWARE Foundation,
  Beach cleanups and Community action
• Fundraising
• opportunities

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Still Not Sure?

• Try a discover scuba experience in our pool at no
  charge
• June 17th, 530 pm 830 pm

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• We hope Scuba Diving becomes the next piece of
  your Scouting adventure!