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| Venturing Committee - Council Venturing Committee |
Posted May. 12, 2008 |
| The Connecticut Yankee Council Venturing Committee will meet next on Tuesday, February 26, 7:30 p.m., at the council resource center, 60 Wellington Road, Milford. The Venturing Committee meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month, September - June. All committee members and district representatives are asked to attend. All others interested in Venturing and Sea Scouting are welcome. For more information contact Venturing Chairman Bill Ference at 203-255-6074 or click below to email. |
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Questions - Contact Bill Ference |
| Venturing Committee - Powder Horn Training |
Posted Jun. 30, 2008 |
 Powder Horn training will be offered on August 22-24 and September 26-28, 2008. The August weekend will be held at Deer Lake Scout Reservation and the September weekend will be held at Camp Sequassen. Powder Horn is a training opportunity designed as an action-packed, hand-on outdoor course to expose Venturing and Sea Scouting leaders to activities and resources necessary to operate a successful Ranger Award program. Powder Horn is also open to Boy Scout leaders who are looking to enhance their high adventure programs.
Powder Horn will help leaders to safely conduct fun and challenging outdoor activities, provide an introduction to the resources necessary to lead young people in a high adventure program, familiarize leaders with the Ranger Award program so that he/she can help Venturers/Sea Scouts in meeting the requirements for the award, and expose leaders to the outdoor/high adventure activities core to the Ranger Award. Participants will have the opportunity to take part in the following activities: backpacking, communication, conservation project development, cooking, emergency preparedness, expedition planning, first aid, plants & ecology, wilderness survival, land navigation, leave no trace camping, mountaineering, outdoor living history, shooting sports, and more.
Follow the link below for more information or contact Course Director John Neary at (203) 381-0878. |
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