Core Venturing Awards
The first step in any journey is the courage to begin. The Venturing awards program is designed to help Venturers grow in the areas of adventure, leadership, personal development, and service (the ALPS model). Awards serve as benchmarks that give Venturers a structure for developing their own personal vision into manageable goals that lead to recognition by their peers, mentors, and the larger community.
See more about Core Venturing Awards: http://www.venturing.org/core.html
See more about Core Venturing Awards: http://www.venturing.org/core.html
Venturing Award
Award Focus: Joining The first step in any journey is the courage to begin. Right from the beginning of your Venturing experience, you will learn about Venturing, what the crew does, what to expect from your experiences with the crew, and making a commitment to the principles of Venturing. The first level of recognition marks your commitment to join and move forward into the adventure of Venturing. Requirements for this award: http://www.venturing.org/venturing-award.html |
Discovery Award
Award Focus: Participation The adventure of participating with the crew unfolds, and each Venturer begins to discover his or her interests and talents. As the Discovery Award recipients develop new skills and competencies, their eyes are opened, and the world expands for them. Requirements for this award: http://www.venturing.org/discovery-award.html |
Pathfinder Award
Award Focus: Leadership At this level, you will demonstrate your leadership skills by organizing and guiding the crew on adventures. You will continue to deliver service to others, including your crew— to ensure that it remains a strong a viable team. The goals you set and achieve will continue to help you grow as an individual. You will experience both formal and hands-on training to facilitate growth in this area. Requirements for this award: http://www.venturing.org/pathfinder-award.html |
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Specialty Awards
Ranger Award
The Ranger Award exemplifies a challenging high-level outdoor/high-adventure skills advancement program. Once earned, it will identify a Ranger as a person who is highly skilled at a variety of outdoor sports and interests, trained in outdoor safety, and ready to lead or assist others in activities. Rangers can be a great program asset to Cub Scout packs, Boy Scout troops, and others.
Requirements for this award: http://www.venturing.org/ranger-award.html
Quest Award
While working on the Quest Award, Venturers will be required to learn more about what makes up a nutritional diet as well as design their own personal exercise plans based upon lifestyle, fitness levels, and desires for a healthy and long life. Hopefully this program will introduce Venturers to a sport or sports that they will enjoy the rest of their life.
Requirements for this reward: http://www.venturing.org/quest-award.html
TRUST Award
Trust is an essential aspect of our relationship with others - both personally and corporately. Learning to trust is the challenge. Today young people live in an increasingly pluralistic society made up of multiple nationalities, cultures, and religions. One way to work toward a safe future is to learn to get along and work together. Understand is a good start toward trust. While working on the TRUST Award, Venturers will learn more about themselves, their communities, their religion and culture, as well as those of others.
Requirements for this award: http://www.venturing.org/trust-award.html
Nova and Supernova awards
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) is part of an initiative the Boy Scouts of America has taken on to encourage the natural curiosity of youth members and their sense of wonder about these fields through existing programs. From archery to welding, Scouts can't help but enjoy the wide range of STEM-related activities. To support this initiative, the BSA developed the Nova Awards program so that youth members have fun and receive recognition for their efforts.
The Boy Scouts of America developed the Nova Awards program to excite and expand a sense of wonder in our Scouts. By working with an adult counselor or mentor, the various modules allow them to explore the basic principles of STEM and discover how fun and fascinating STEM can be. The Supernova awards are offered for those who enjoy a super challenge.
Requirements for these awards: http://www.venturing.org/nova-award.html
Shooting Sports Outstanding Achievement Award
Requirements for this award: http://www.venturing.org/assets/shooting-sports.pdf
World Conservation Award
The World Conservation Award provides an opportunity for individual Venturers to “think globally” and “act locally” to preserve and improve our environment. This program is designed to make youth members aware that all nations are closely related through natural resources and that we are interdependent with our world environment.
Requirements for this award: https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/wca.pdf
Leadership Awards
Venturing Leadership Award (VLA)
In order to recognize Venturers and Venturing Advisors who have made exceptional contributions to Venturing and who exemplify the Scout Oath and Law, councils, areas, regions, and the BSA National Council may present individuals with the Venturing Leadership Award. Requirements for this award: http://www.venturing.org/vla.html |
Unit Leader Award of Merit
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