Venturing Awards

1. Venturing Awards

2. Venturing Recognitions • Bronze • Gold • Silver Ranger – outdoor skills Quest – sports skills Sea Scout Quartermaster Trust – Religious and Community Life

3. Recognition Map Silver Quarter- Award master Award Quest Award Ranger Award Trust Award Gold Award Outdoor Religious Arts and Sports Sea Bronze & C Life Hobbies Bronze Scout Bronze Bronze Bronze Previous Boy Scout or Varsity Scout JOIN Venturing

4. Eagle Scout • Eligibility remains the same • First Class Scout • Earned as a Boy Scout or Varsity Scout • Requirements remain the same • Leadership position in the crew

5. Boards of Review • Scout rank must have board of review • May be troop, team, or crew / ship • 3-6 committee members • No advisors, assistants, relatives • Purposes • Work has been learned and completed • What kind of experience youth having? • Encourage advancement to next rank • Not an examination, 15 minutes max • Eagle board follows council procedures

6. Bronze Awards All Venturers can earn any or all of these awards • Sports • Religious and Community Life • Arts and Hobbies • Outdoor • Sea Scout

7. Gold Award • Any one Bronze Award • 12 months tenure • Leadership role • Participate in a district (or higher) event • Personal growth in six experience areas • Lead two crew activity projects • Recite Venturing Oath • Three letters of recommendation • Crew review

8. Crew Review • Required for Gold and Silver Awards • Not for Bronze or Ranger orQuest orTrust • Required for all Sea Scout ranks • Completion paperwork to Advisor / Skipper • Crew president (with Advisor) appoints review committee of 4-6 Venturers and adults • Review determines if person grew as a result of the experience • Advancement report to council office

9. 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

10. Quartermaster Award • For Sea Scouts • See the Sea Scout Manual, Ch. 3

11. Ranger Award • Eight core requirements • Four of 18 elective requirements • Demonstrate high degree of • outdoor proficiency • Resource for Venturers and Scouts • Venturers can work up to the • requirements

12. Ranger Award Eight core requirements … First Aid Emergency Preparedness Leave No Trace Navigation Wilderness Survival Communications Cooking Conservation

13. …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

14. Core requirements 1. Sports Bronze Award 2. Sport Safety Training 3. Fitness for Life 4. Fitness assessment 5. Sport disciplines One elective 1. History / heritage sports 2. Sports nutrition 3. Drug-free sport 4. Communications 5. History / heritage of disabled sports movement Quest Award

15. TRUST Award • Tending Your Beliefs (first requirement) • Religious Bronze • Religious Emblem • Respecting Beliefs of Others • Understanding Other Cultures • Serving Your Community • Significant service project • Transforming Our Society

16. Religious Life ProgramJan Religious Award Study (1) Ethics in Action(9)Feb Cooking* RendezvousMar Cultural Diversity (2) Ethics in ActionApr First Aid* (8) May Service Project (3) Ethics in ActionJun Religious Play (6) Leadership Skills Jul Backpacking Swimming & SSDAug Wilderness Survival* Ethics in ActionSep Religious Retreat (5) Oct Religious Leader Meeting (11) Ethics in ActionRELIGIOUS LIFE BRONZENov Emergency Preparedness* Leadership Skills Dec Winter Sports Ethics in ActionOUTDOOR BRONZEGOLD AWARD

17. Outdoor/Ranger ProgramJan First Aid* Ethics in ActionFeb Cooking* RendezvousMar Land Navigation* Apr Backpacking Ethics in ActionMay Leave No Trace* Leaderships SkillsJun Wilderness Survival* Jul Mountaineering Swimming & SSDOUTDOOR BRONZEAug Emergency Preparedness* Sep Communications* Ethics in ActionOct Project COPE Nov Conservation* Leadership SkillsDec Winter Sports Ethics in ActionRANGER AWARDGOLD AWARD

18. Recognition Map Silver Quarter- Award master Award Quest Award Ranger Award Trust Award Gold Award Outdoor Religious Arts and Sports Sea Bronze & C Life Hobbies Bronze Scout Bronze Bronze Bronze Previous Boy Scout or Varsity Scout JOIN Venturing

19. Venturing Awards • Historically based - 95 years • experience • Relevant today • Program supplement • Flexible

20. Venturing Awards VENTURING LEADERSHIP AWARD Presented by Councils, Regions andNational Council to Venturers and adults who have made exceptional contributions to Venturing ADVISOR AWARD of MERIT Recognizes Advisor / Skipper for outstanding ability to work with youth. Nominated by crew president and committee chairman

21. Adult Training Awards • Scouter’s Key (Advisor) • Fast Start and Basic training • Three years tenure, seminars, VLSC • Quality Unit, parents night • Roundtable attendance • Training Award (Venturing) • Basic training • Two years tenure • Seven of 11 projects • Sea Scout leaders meet Skipper’s needs

22. Young American Award • See the National Venturing site for requirements. Nomination award. • Administered in SHAC by the Exploring Division.

23. Honor Medal Heroism Medal Medal of Merit Hornaday Award Conservation Good Turn 50-Miler Other Awards

24. High Adventure Bases • Philmont • Sea Base • Northern Tier

25. Boardsailing BSA Lifeguard Kayaking Mile Swim Scuba Snorkeling Long Cruise Water Sports Badges

26. Quality Unit Historic Trails Paul Bunyan Interpreter Strip Jamboree Venturing Shooting Sports Other