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| Venturing is a program for young men
and young women ages 14 through 20. The purpose of Venturing is to provide
experiences to help young people mature and become responsible and caring
adults. Young people in Venturing learn leadership skills and participate in
challenging outdoor activities that help develop self-confidence.
In the Chief Seattle Council, Venturers may look forward to Venturing Camping opportunities and other District Activities. Venturing focuses resources that help a community organization provide wholesome, flexible, well-rounded, challenging activities, tailor-made for teenage youth ________________________________________________. Venturing Crew Officers' Orientation This multimedia program, covers specific leadership skills in program planning, money-earning, and running effective committees. This presentation should be a first step in training effective crew leadership." The topics covered include: • Crew Officers Roles and Responsibilities • Resources Crew Officers Needs and Use • Working With Advisors and Older Adults • How to Plan Your Crew's Annual Program • Planning Resources
Click here for more information and an application. ________________________________________________ The Kodiak course combines the elements of leadership and service to others as the two key tenants of Venturing. Servant leadership is a philosophy that teaches the leader to work with and through a team to accomplish the mission. Kodiak's methods are the following: Challenging outdoor treks
to use nature as a classroom (no indoor sessions). Five leadership skills,
called "commissions," are taught. They can be offered over a week, or over
two weekends. It uses a hands-on teaching approach with very short
presentations. Click here for training details and here for
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You are invited to Join Us
Roving Outdoor Conservation School (R.O.C.S.) The Roving Outdoor Conservation School is an exciting program for Scouts and Venturers who have an interest in conservation and natural resource management. Each crew will participate in activities in some of the following areas: forestry, fire ecology, fisheries management, wildlife management, geology, watershed management, and range management. For more information click here. ______________________________
About Sea Scouts
The Chief Seattle Council delivers the Scouting
program to 144 Sea Scouts (December 31, 2008).
10 ships are used as the Scouting program platform registered in the Scouting districts of the council. 3 ships use the council sea base, east of Gas Works Park on Lake Union.
To supplement the service provided by each Scout district, the council has organized the Skippers and Mates Committee. The committee provides monthly training for it’s adult leadership, in addition to providing 3 council events; The Fall Rendezvous, The Mert Wells Regatta, and A Bridge and Ball. Special thanks to Admiral Horton Smith who currently serves as Commodore for Skippers and Mates. For more information contact your District Executive or Doug Mitschke at (206) 725-5200 or click here for general (National site) Sea Scout information. ______________________________ |
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Chief Seattle Council Sea Scouts Council Venturing Committee Meeting *February 17, 2009 Ivar's on Pier 56 Duwamish Room 6:30 PM *Date change due to adverse weather conditions
Raid Crew Needed..
Sea Scout Ship 407 is looking for youths and adults interested in joining our 2009 Raid Crew. The Shipyard School Raid is an eight day, 120 mile open boat race staring on Gabriola Island in British Columbia and heading north up the Straight of Georgia into Desolation Sound and includes varying types of traditional crafts piloted by a range of different crews from across Canada and the US. The 2009 Race Dates: July 11 - July 18/19th.
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VLA AWARDS  Youth Awarded:Tony Ive - Ship 2096 - The Dauntless Marina Montes - Ship 2451 - The Argo Mitchell Heesacker - Crew 1042 Jeffrey Zantek - Crew 1042 Josh Peterson - Crew 707 Cade Benton - Crew 707 Devon Gifford - Crew 1504 Sarah Homeyer - Crew 1504 John Palmer - Crew 42 Adults Awarded: Eric Benton - Crew 707 Paul Noel - Crew 1504 Ryan Anderson - Crew 1860 Jerry Johnson - Crew 898 Mahria DePaolo - Ship 637 - The Wanderlust John Rose - Ship 2451 - The Argo Jeffrey Craig - Ship 637 - The Wanderlust Awards will be presented at the Annual Meeting on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. |
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VLSC Feb 20-21, 2009 Sponsored by Mount Olympus District Chief Seattle Council, BSAAll Crews in the Chief Seattle Council are invited to attend the Venturing Leadership Skills Course (VLSC) sponsored by the Crews of the Mount Olympus District. Location: Camp Parsons
Cost: $12 per person (sleeping in unheated facilities provided, (heated cabins is extra $7 per person)
Start Time: Begin Friday night at 7:00 pm. Start Saturday morning at 7:30 am End Saturday afternoon at 3:00 pm
Meals: A cracker barrel for Friday Night will be provided. Eat dinner before arriving Friday evening. Saturday breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Each of the crews in the Mt. Olympus district have been assigned modules to teach from the VLSC manual.
It is best that you have your own hard copy of the Venturing Leadership Skills Course manual. The manual may be purchased from the Scout Shop (www.scoutstuff.org Item:34340C) or you may print your own from: http://www.mtbakerbsa.org/training/Kodiak/VLSC.pdf
EACH Crew-- Bring a vision statement for your Crew—this is not just activities for the year, but a statement about what you want your Crew to look like, work like and how you ( Crew Officers and members) plan to achieve the items in your vision statement. See the Vision Module in the VLSC Manual for further information. Please complete this assignment BEFORE the VLSC. This vision statement will be needed for the module on Vision.
Please contact Lynn Butler for questions or to register crews to attend the VLSC. ________________________________________________
ATTENTION YOUTH: You Need to Take Charge of Your Program!
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Venturing Ethics Forum March 21, 2009 9AM to 2PM Poulsbo LDS Church 2138 NE Mesford Street Poulsbo WA Email: rrtaylor@telebyte.net ______________________________Powder HornThe Powder Horn course is designed to introduce and expose Venturing and Boy Scouting adult unit leaders to the activities and resources necessary to operate a successful outdoor/high adventure unit-level program. It is based on the eight core and eighteen electives found in the Venturing Ranger program. It is intended to help adult leaders get out of the box in finding and using resources and in the way they lead their unit-level high adventure programs. No high adventure skills are taught in this course. It is designed to have some disciplines introduced with a hands-on segment. Example: For scuba if a pool is available, it is suggested to do a Discover Scuba (PADI) session where participants get into a shallow pool and wear scuba gear. It is not scuba certification. Participants will not learn how to rock climb or shoot a skeet course, but will learn where to go to find those who can teach these skills to Boy Scouts and Venturers. Click here for more information. PurposeThe course is designed to help unit-level adult leaders to:
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WASHJAM 2009 (August 20-23)
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