Welcome to my Scouting channel! I mainly upload videos in hopes to help other Scouts and Venturers better understand the requirements needed to advance in Rank. Even if you aren't in Scouts BSA, maybe you'll be intrigued enough to join a local Troop or Crew or even both! You may even see a few campout or Scout activity vlogs. See you out there and enjoy!
Here is a little bit about my Scouting journey so far... I am an Eagle Scout as of July 14, 2022! 🦅 In cheerful service to my OA Lodge, I am currently the Lodge Chief and was previously the Vice Chief of Program. I am in 4 different Crews and working towards achieving the Summit Award! I served as my Girls Troop Senior Patrol Leader. I've gone to National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) and have been Youth Staff for many Wood Badge courses including one in Philmont! I had the opportunity back in July of 2021 to go to the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia (it was awesome)!
Hi I have a question about founding a crew in my home town. what kind of process would I have to go through? I don't have a crew near me but I would really like to be involved in a crew. I'm 18 and didn't get to make it to Eagle rank because I joined at the age of 16. I love Scouts BSA and want to continue scouting. Anyway, let me know if you have any advice for me, thanks!
Hey- that's so exciting to hear! A Venturing Crew is a great way to stay involved in our program and continue to develop your leadership skills. Founding any Unit involves paperwork which can be provided to you by your District Executive (DE). If you do not know who that is, your Council's website should have them listed under their Staff Directory with contact info. Ask if your Council has a Venturing Officers Association (VOA). If so, these youth and adults will be a huge help to you in this process. If I remember correctly- you need a minimum of five youth, (14-20-year-olds) a Crew Advisor, Committee Chair, and Charter Organization Representative. Some Crews "partner" with a local Troop and share the same Unit number and some are stand alone and attract their membership from all surrounding Troops. None of the web links are working for me right now...but if you go to scouting.org and click on the Venturing program, you can find more information there. My last note to you- when starting to recruit and attract membership from Troops in your area, you might run into a few adults who think you are "stealing" their older Scouts. Which is simply just not true! The BSA has confirmed that Advanced Youth Programs (OA, Venturing, and Sea Scouts) actually retains older Scouts in the program for an average of 16 additional months. Plus, if an older Scout has plateaued in the Scouts BSA program, why hold them back from bigger adventures and more leadership roles? It all works together and creates a well-rounded individual at the end of the day. If you have any more questions, I would love to assist! Feel free to email me at png.patches@gmail.com. :D Best of luck!
We wore our OA sashes over the shoulder and merit badge sash on the belt against regulation for Eagle Scout Court of Honor lol. I didn't think you could put anything on the back of the merit badge sash.
I hope so too!! This program has so much to offer and the youth who see that will get everything and more out of it. Happy Scouting to you and your daughters! :D If any questions ever arise, please reach out and I would love to help.
maybe instead of being an absolute idiot and making a comment intended to insult or demean someone you should fix your fragile masculinity and go dig a hole and lay in it and mind your business
Great info… my daughter is the vice president of her crew that is newly formed and will be the president in the spring. How did you all handle rank advancements when you were newly formed
Awesome to hear! Rank Advancement in a Venturing Unit is difficult just because of how much you need to accomplish to see any "progression". An example is 24 hours of service in order to obtain Discovery. It's also hard to get members to decide on what requirements they want to work on, but that should never hold one or two Venturers back from completing the requirement if they want. Another example, I found that my Council offers classes every month for the First Aid & CPR Certification. Not everyone in my Crew wants to go or is available so, my friend and I are doing it on our own. Plus, I've been trying to get that requirement done for a year now...haha! Rank Advancement takes time, but don't let it discourage you. Ask surrounding Crews what they've done to advance. Good luck to your daughter!
I’ve been watching several of your videos and notice that they are flipped horizontally. You should look for a setting that says exactly that, flip horizontally. That should help.
The national outdoor award is worn centered on the right pocket, not above the right pocket that's where your NOAC/Jamboree patch goes. also the different segments for the national outdoor award are: Riding, Hiking, Camping, Aquatics, Adventure, Conservation, and devices are awarded by doing extra activities in each of the awards criteria. There's also the National Medal for Outdoor Achievement which can be earned by doing Special criteria relating to the national outdoor award patches. For metals if you do not have a knot, medals are pinned on the seam of the left pocket. If you do have a knot than they are pinned above the knot on the left side of the uniform.
How does the president do their award/rank interviews? Are they just done with the Vice President instead? Great video that was very informative. Thanks!
@@GwendolynsScoutingAdventure the requirement calls for the meeting to be with the Crew President and Advisor, that's where the confusion comes in. So theirs is just with the Advisor?
Well, to my knowledge that is only for the Venturing Award/Rank and I don't know how many Crew Presidents get into that position before they achieve that Award.
Great introductory video to venturing! I'm an advisor in North Carolina. Where are you guys located? Your resources are really great as well. I believe a few years back they did replace the secretary and treasurer positions with the VP positions. There is also a VP of communications who takes over most of the secretaries role but the VP of admin also does some of that. Take a look through the materials and see if I'm telling you right. But I'm pretty sure. And thank you for leading the adventure! Great luck with your crew.
back in the day...1960s-70s...we never put random patches on the back of our merit badge sash...looks tacky !! As for the OA Dangle. we only wore it on OA functions..too may were lost on regular camping trips and Troop meetings...
@@CreachterZ I never did put patches on the back.... They might look more orderly if they were more orderly.... Idk though.... Her sash her choice... Everyone here has a valid opinion... Keeping the uniform orderly keeps it from looking like a "sticker book". Seems to project baked cline to the scout law? Kinda "unclean looking" and a bit "irreverent"... Definitely "brave" in a way. Id feel like the ppl behind me were wondering.... Like I was attention seeking... When you run out of room on the front.... is traditionally what the back is for, for rank and file boy scouts... As an adult it makes more sense as "advertising" for the events.... Myself I very rarely wear my sash... (Or anyone else's) 🦅
Somehow, the video image was reversed in production. Note, the 'Boy Scouts of America" is spelled BACKWARDS. And the sash is worn on the right shoulder, not the left. Otherwise, good information.
The OA dangle is the insignia that identifies you as a member of the OA, not the lodge flap. The lodge flap signifies that you are an active, dues-paying member of your council lodge. If you went through your ordeal (making you an arrowman) but aren’t a paid-up registered member of a lodge, but want to show you are an arrowman, wear only the dangle. It is acceptable to wear just the dangle, just the flap, or both (preferred IMO), because you can be an arrowman but not a registered, paid-up member of a lodge, but not vis-versa. I wear both because I am active and like looking decorated. Even when I wear the sash I keep it on there is no reason why it can't be a mainstay on the uniform, just because it isn't always visible. I do recommend going through Brotherhood in the OA eventually.
I always thought the OA was a stuck up exclusive club. I don’t know how your troop did it, but it was just a popularity contest. 12 years a scout, Eagle Scout, trekked everywhere….no OA lodge invite. Why the hell is there an exclusive guild closed off to scout members for inscrutable reasons? Just one of the many problems I have with the scouts looking back on it 20 years later. Will not let my kid join this organization.
@@Edog1337 Everyone has different experiences based on their Troop and how their OA Lodge runs things. The Lodge or Chapters should be contacting the unit leaders to conduct an election within each troop in the Lodge every year. Did your Troop have people from the Lodge or Chapter come to hold an election? Sometimes Scout leaders decline an election because of something that happened in the past. It could have been 2 years ago or 50 years ago that a leader had a bad experience. When the election is run properly it is not just a popularity contest. I am sorry you had a bad experience in Scouting, it is such an amazing program that teaches values, morals, leadership, and so much more.
@@Edog1337 Its not a "Guild" It is a program to add onto BSA that shows cheerful service. They help out at summer camps they do really fun things. And yes, the induction weekend can not be talked of. That's because so members can experience it themselves and new pathways in scouting.
I would love to do one on Sea Scouts however, I am not in that program and honestly have no idea how they operate. But, I will try my best to see if I can get enough knowledge about the program, and feel comfortable making an info video on it! Thank you for the suggestion!
Great information. A youth could also wear the James E West award for a knot. Very rare for a young scout to have that kind of disposable money. ;-) Keep up the great work, and good luck and good skill with getting to Eagle Scout.
Hi, yes they have a "Guide to Awards and Insignia" book available for online purchase or at a Scout Shop (I recommend calling ahead). Or there are quick links to certain sections of the book on the BSA website.
