Venturing Scouts
Venturing is a year-round program for young men and women who are 14 (and have completed the eighth grade) through 20 years of age. The Venturing goals include developing skill in ethical decision making, instilling stable personal values, and encouraging the ability and desire to help other people. An important element of the Venturing program is that it encourages young people to meet and fulfill personal developmental needs while meeting the needs of others.
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Bronze Awards: Five Bronze Awards are available to Venturers. Each Bronze Award relates to one of the five Venturing program special interest clusters: sports, arts and hobbies, youth ministries, outdoors, and Sea Scouting. Achievement of at least one Bronze Award is a requirement for the Gold Award.
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Gold Award: The Gold Award is designed to recognize significant accomplishment in a Venturer's life as he or she has proven outstanding performance in a broad spectrum of activities.
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Silver Award: The Silver Award is to provide a pathway for personal development; encourage Venturers to learn, grow, and serve; adn recognize the high level of achievement of Ventures who acquire Venturing skills.
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Ranger Award: The Ranger Award encourages Venturers to achieve high levels of outdoor skills proficiency and to provide a pathway for outdoor/high adventure skills training. Once earned, the Ranger Award identifies a Venturer as an elite outdoorsman who is skilled at a variety of outdoor sports and interests, is trained in outdoor safety, and is ready to assist others in activities.
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