Venturing Advancement Awards and Recognitions B A R

Venturing Advancement

Awards and Recognitions

B. A. R. S. Status Recognition Achievement Belonging

Venturing Advancement Bronze Gold Silver Ranger Quartermaster

Bronze Awards • Sports • Youth Ministries • Arts and Hobbies • Outdoor (half of Ranger Award) • Sea Scouting (Ordinary rank)

Gold Award • • 12 months tenure Leadership role Participate in a district (or higher) event Personal growth Lead crew activities Recite Venturing Oath Three letters of recommendation Written presentation and crew review

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

Ranger Award Eight core requirement • First Aid • Emergency Preparedness • • Leave No Trace Navigation • Wilderness Survival • Communications • Cooking • Conservation

Ranger Award Plus four of eighteen Mountaineering electives Outdoor Living Backpacking Cave History Exploring Physical Fitness COPE Cycling/Mountain Plants and Biking Wildlife Ecology First Aid Scuba Fishing Equestrian Shooting Sports Hunting Lifesaver Watercraft Winter Sports

Consultants • Key role in the success of a Venturing Crew • Special skills, equipment, facilities, contacts • Similar role to the merit badge counselor • Registered as adult volunteers or merit badge counselor in council/district • Remember: one on one involvement between adults and youth prohibited

Conducting Boards of Review • • • Male Venturers - Star, Life, Eagle Palm Troop or crew, if dual registered 3 to 6 member of troop or crew committee • 1 member serves as chairman • Crew Advisor, associate advisor, relatives, or guardians - may not serve on the board

Purpose of the Review • To make sure the work has been learned and completed • To check to see what kind of experience the young man is having in the crew • To encourage the Venturer to advance to the next rank • Review is not an examination - 15 minutes • Eagle board follows the procedures of the local council

Conducting Crew Reviews • Required for Gold and Silver awards • Candidate prepares evidence of work completed and submit to crew Advisor • Crew president with crew Advisor appoint review committee of 4 - 6 Venturers and adults • Did the candidate grow? • Standard advancement report completed for council office

Venturing Advisor Award of Merit • • • Training Quality program Youth leadership development Youth retention Success with Venturing Nominated by crew president and the committee chair • Certificate, square knot, pin

Resources • • Venturing Leader Manual Venturing Leadership Skills Course 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher Real Boys by William Pollack www. aacap. org/pulications/factsfan/index. htm Videos: White Fang, Rudy, October Sky, Remember the Titans