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Local, Council & Other Unofficial Recognition
As we discover and develop the Venturing program, we find that members from all over the country are creating various recognitions in order to honor others, in order to encourage them, and to recognize that there are different ways to enhance the Venturing program.
Below are a few examples of awards and recognitions developed by others. I encourage others to use these ideas if your unit or Teen Leaders’ Council believes it will enhance their program without taking away from the current objectives of the Venturing program.
If you have other awards or recognitions that you believe others would benefit from, please share by contacting me so that they can be shared with others.
Some of the Venturing recognitions that I have discovered are:
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Corps of Discovery |
The Venturing Corps of Discovery is a grassroots movement to form a servant leadership society within Venturing. Members are Venturers and adults who have shown a willingness to promote Venturing at Council and District events, within their communities or within their religious organizations. You can join the Yahoo CorpsOfDiscovery discussion group if you would like to learn more.
The original recognition was a tooth on a wire hanging from a pocket button. More recently, a request was made to have pocket flaps made. These are now available at The Hiker's Scout Store. |
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Trailhead Award
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The Miami Valley Council established the Trailhead Award to recognize new Venturers for joining, setting goals, and starting on the path to a Bronze Award.
 They have selected a flag ribbon bar for this award similar to the other bronze awards.
Although there are draw backs to the ribbon bars, they do allow one to easily to create awards at a nominal cost. One web site that has a variety of ribbon bars (including: flag, Kelly green & gold, and Kelly green, white & gold) can be found at ParadeStore.com.
A file with other Venturing Youth Award Discriptions is available here. The Miami Valley Council appears to be proactive in Venturing and their web site can be worth visiting. |
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Activity Awards |
The Longs Peak Council Venturing Committee has developed an activity award with event strips for Venturers participating in council Venturing activities and events. This idea is one that other council Venturing groups may want to do. |
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Venturing
Trained |
For that newly trained leader, instead of wearing the Boys Scout Trained strip, there are a number of individuals that would like to have a Venturing Trained strip. I have developed a nice Trained patch using the colors of the VLSC strip. You can purchase this patch from The Hiker's Scout Store. |
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If you are not always into wearing your Powder Horn medal, I have developed a nice Powder Horn patch using the design of the original Ranger award. You can purchase this patch from The Hiker's Scout Store.
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