New Venturing
Awards and
Recognition
Prepared by Lizzie Schneider
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Order of Awards
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Venturing Award
Discovery Award
Pathfinder Award
Summit Award
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Breakdown of each award
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Adventure
Leadership
Personal Growth
Service
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The first step: making a commitment
The Venturing Award
• Award focus: Joining
• Requirements:
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Participate in a crew activity
Interview with the crew president and Advisor
Complete Personal Safety Awareness training
State intention to join during an induction ceremony
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The next step: exploring boundaries
The Discovery Award
• Award focus: Participation
• Requirements include:
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Two Tier II or Tier III adventures
Introduction to Leadership Skills Course (ILSC)
Goal Setting and Time Management Training
Crew Officer Orientation
One Personal Growth reflection
24 Service Hours
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Moving on: expanding opportunities
The Pathfinder Award
• Award focus: Leadership
• Requirements include:
– 2 more adventures! Lead one of them
– Project Management Training
– Serve in an officer position for at least 6 months or staff a
national leadership course; set and achieve performance goals
– 2 more personal growth reflections
– Ethical controversy and conflict resolution
– 36 additional service hours
– Plan one crew service project
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The final step: achieving your vision
The Summit Award
• Award focus: Mentoring
• Requirements include:
– Mentoring Training
– 3 additional adventures
• Mentor a youth in planning one, and provide feedback
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6 more months of leadership positions
Lead ILSC
Create a personal code of conduct
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, Leadership, Personal Growth,
and Service.
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Existing Awards
• Some of the existing awards are staying. These
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Ranger Award
Quest Award
Trust Award
Sea Scout rank system
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Outdoor Skills:
The Ranger Award
• Complete all 8 of the Core Requirement sections
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First Aid
Communications
Cooking
Emergency Preparedness
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Land Navigation
Leave No Trace
Wilderness Survival
Conservation
• Complete 4 of 18 electives
– 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
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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:
– 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
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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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More information
• www.scouting.org/programupdates
• Venturing Awards and Requirements handbook and
Advisor’s handbook
• FAQ sheet released monthly
• Direct questions to vp-administration@crventuring.org
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Questions?
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Discussion
• What awards can you, as a Venturer, work on now?
• What requirements have you already completed?
• Are you ready to get started?!
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