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Venturers

Venturing — a youth development program of the Boy Scouts of America for young men and women age 14 to 21 years old (or 13 and completion of the eighth grade) — provides positive experiences to help young people mature and become responsible and caring adults.

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Backpacking advice from explorer Andrew Skurka

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Here’s what the world’s best-known long‑distance hiker, Andrew Skurka, can teach you about leading your Scouts on a day hike—or a 100-miler.

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Help Scouts know the gravity of telling ‘white lies’

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Ethics Loyalty

Each Boy Scout rank requires a Scout to demonstrate that he lives the values of the Scout Oath and Law in his everyday life, not just at troop events.

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A backstage pass to the World Scout Jamboree

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After reading Senior Editor Bryan Wendell’s first-person account of the 2011 World Scout Jamboree in Sweden, check out more great World Jamboree content below. First, watch this exclusive video: Then catch up on Bryan’s blog posts Did you miss Bryan’s …

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How your Venturers can earn the Ranger Award

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Nothing attracts young people to Venturing as much as the outdoors and high adventure, and nothing demonstrates a Venturer’s outdoor expertise as much as the Ranger Award.

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Westward Snow: A Venturing crew’s ski and snowboard adventure

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Spring break turns into the ultimate winter adventure for a group of Twin Cities Venturers.

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Advancement FAQ’s: Making the Distinctions

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How the Venturing awards program works.

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Tracking Trinkets and Treasure

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Geocaching, an Internet-based hide-and-seek adventure, is as challenging as most video games. But you play it in the great outdoors.

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A Wisconsin Winter Weekend

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Boy Scouts and Venturers learn the basics of cold-weather camping during a weekend of hiking, cross-country skiing, and sleeping inside snow caves.

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The Missinaibi: A Wilderness River Journey

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Boy Scouts and Venturers overcome low water, long portages, and fierce headwinds to follow the French voyageurs’ historic trade route into northernmost Ontario, Canada.

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A Rugged Adventure

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Underwater and overland, older Scouts and Venturers discover challenging new programs at Catalina Island’s Camp Emerald Bay.

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About Venturing

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Venturing Training

  • BSA Online Training
    Login to MyScouting to take BSA online training courses, including Youth Protection, Fast Start, Position Specific and more. Requires a username and password.
  • Youth Protection Resources for Venturing
  • Q&A on Youth Protection
  • Beginning Cold-Weather Camping
  • How to Plan and Conduct a Safe Scout Outing Training
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Venturing Advancement & Awards

  • Venturing Bronze Award Requirements
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  • Quest Award Requirements
  • Religious Emblems
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  • Shooting Sports Outstanding Achievement Award Requirements

Sea Scouts

  • Information about Sea Scouts

Venturing Uniforms & Insignia

  • Venturing Uniform and Insignia Guide

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  • Health and Safety Forms
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  • Tour Plan
  • Activity Consent Form and Approval by Parents
  • Incident Information Report
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  • Annual Health and Medical Record
  • Campfire Program Planner
  • Unit Money-Earning Permit Application
  • Venturing Leader Progress Record

Cub Scouts

Use these tricks—including songs and games—to help Cub Scouts understand and memorize the Scout Law.

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Boy Scouts

To earn Boy Scouting’s top three ranks, Scouts must be “active”—but what’s that really mean?

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Venturers

This swampy river provides plenty of hidden nooks and crannies for you and your Scouts to examine on foot or in a canoe.

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Outdoors

Looking for a new stove to add to your camping repertoire? Check out this list.

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Life Skills

. Use these tricks—including songs and games—to help Scouts understand and memorize the Scout law.

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Exciting videos take you behind the scenes of stories, including an ice-climbing slideshow video.

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