New Venturing Awards

and Recognition

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Order of Awards

o Venturing Awardo Discovery Awardo Pathfinder Awardo Summit Award

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The breakdown of each award

•Adventure•Leadership•Personal Growth•Service

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The first step: making a commitmentThe Venturing Award

Award focus: Joining•Requirements:o Participate in a crew activity.o Interview with the crew president and Advisor.o Complete Personal Safety Awareness training.o State intention to join during an induction

ceremony.

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The next step: exploring your boundariesThe Discovery Award

Award focus: Participation•Requirements include:o Two Tier II or Tier III adventureso Introduction to Leadership Skills Course and Goal

Setting/Time Management Trainingo Crew Officer Orientationo One Personal Growth reflectiono 24 Service Hours

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Moving on: expanding opportunitiesThe Pathfinder Award

Award focus: Leadership• Requirements include:

o 2 more adventures! Lead one of them.o Project Management Trainingo Serve in an officer position for at least 6 months or staff a

national leadership course; set and achieve performance goals

o 2 more personal growth reflectionso Ethical controversy and conflict resolutiono 36 additional service hourso Plan one crew service project.

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The final step: achieving your visionThe Summit Award

Award focus: Mentoring•Requirements include:o Mentoring Trainingo 3 additional adventures

o mentor a youth in planning one and provide feedbacko 6 more months of leadership positionso Lead ILSCo Create a personal code of conducto Lead a service project

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What the Summit Award means

•A Venturer who earns the Summit Award has earned the equivalent of the Eagle Scout Rank or Quartermaster Award.

•They have learned and grown, but also given back to the program and are held accountable to continue to embody the program.

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Tying it all together

•The awards are all attainable if a crew is functioning.•It encourages participation in activities.•Each award has a different focus, but includes aspects of Adventure, Service, Personal Growth, and Leadership.

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Existing Awards

•Some of the existing awards are staying. These include:o Ranger Awardo Quest Awardo Trust Awardo Sea Scout rank system

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Existing Awards

•Some of the existing awards are staying. These include:o Ranger Awardo Quest Awardo Trust Awardo Sea Scout rank system

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Outdoor skills:The Ranger Award

o First Aido Communicationso Cookingo Emergency Preparedness

• Complete 4 of 18 electiveso Backpacking, Cave Exploring, Cycling/Mountain

Biking, Ecology, Equestrian, First Aid, Fishing, Hunting, Life Saving, Mountaineering, Outdoor Living History, Physical Fitness, Plants & Wildlife, COPE, Scuba, Shooting Sports, Watercraft, Winter Sports

o Land Navigationo Leave No Traceo Wilderness Survivalo Conservation

Complete all 8 of the Core Requirement Sections

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Sports and adventures:The Quest Award

• Explore the world of fitness, training, and sports management.

• Complete an American Red Cross Sport Safety Training Course

• Fitness for Life Program• Fitness assessments• Sports disciplines• 1 of 5 Electives:o History and heritage of sports, sports nutrition, drug-free

sports, communications, history and heritage of the Disabled Sports movement

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Religion and beliefs:The TRUST Award

•Trending beliefs•Respecting the beliefs of others•Understanding other cultures•Serving the community•Transforming society

•Each of the 5 sections have individual requirements.

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