Venturing
Quick Guide to Venturing:
Begin the Adventure: Venturing
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Goals of Venturing
Young adults involved in Venturing will
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Learn to make ethical choices over their lifetimes by instilling the values in the Venturing Oath and Code.
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Experience a program that is fun and full of challenges and adventure.
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Become a skilled training and program resource for Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts and other groups.
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Acquire skills in the areas of high adventure, sports, arts and hobbies, religious life, or Sea Scouting.
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Experience positive leadership from adult and youth leaders and be given opportunities to take on leadership roles.
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Have a chance to learn and grow in supportive, caring, and fun environment.
Methods of Venturing
The methods of Venturing have been carefully chosen to meet the needs of young adults.
Leadership. All Venturers are given opportunities to learn and apply proven leadership skills. A Venturing crew is led by elected crew officers. The Venturing Leadership Skills Course is designed for all Venturers and helps teach in an active way to effectively lead.
Group Activities. Venturing activities are interdependent group experiences in which success is dependent on the cooperation of all. Learning by doing in a group setting provides opportunities for developing new skills.
Adult Association. The youth officers lead the crew. The officers and activity chairs work closely with adult Advisors and other adult leaders in a spirit of partnership. The adults serve in a "shadow" leader capacity.
Recognition. Recognition comes through the Venturing advancement program and through the acknowledgement of a youth's competence and ability by peers and adults.
The Ideals. Venturers are expected to know and live by the Venturing Oath and Coe. They promise to be faithful in religious duties, treasure the American heritage, to help others, and to seek truth and fairness.
High Adventure. Venturing's emphasis on high adventure helps provide team-building opportunities, new meaningful experiences, practical leadership application, and lifelong memories to young adults.
Teaching Others. All of the Venturing awards require Venturers to teach what they have learned to others. When they teach others often, Venturers are better able to retain the skill or knowledge they taught, they gain confidence in their ability to speak and relate to others, and they acquire skills that can benefit them for the rest of their lives as a hobby or occupation.
