Venturing Division

Chairperson: Robert Bowman
Executive: Kelly Moyer (330) 773-0415 (Ext. 230)
Email: kmoyer@bsamail.org

National Website: www.scouting.org/venturing

Venturing is a youth development program of the Boy Scouts of America for young men and women who are 14 though 20 years of age and have completed the eighth grade. Venturing's purpose is to provide positive experiences to help young people mature and to prepare them to become responsible and caring adults.

Venturing is based on a unique and dynamic relationship between youth, adult leaders, and organizations in their communities. Local community organizations establish a Venturing crew (group of youth and responsible adults) by matching their people and program resources to the interests of young people in the community. The result is a program of exciting and meaningful activities that helps youth pursue their special interests, grow, develop leadership skills, become good citizens and make decisions about their future careers. Venturing crews can specialize in a variety of career or hobby interests.

What a Venturing crew does is limited only by the imagination and involvement of the adult and youth members - sail the Caribbean, produce a play, climb a mountain, teach disabled people to swim, or attend the Olympics. All these adventures and many more are being done today by Venturing crews across the country. All that is needed are concerned adults who are willing to share a little bit of themselves with today's youth - tomorrow's leaders.

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