Requirements:
- The candidate must have at least 12 months' tenure as an active,
registered Venturer before final qualification.
- Earn at least one Bronze Award.
- The candidate must have been an active member of the Venturing crew,
and served in a leadership role within the past 12 months as follows:
For leadership roles within the crew
, a candidate might
be
- A crew officer
- A team leaders' council member or committee member
- An activities chairman for one of the crew's two-day activities
or superactivity
For leadership roles outside the crew, a candidate
might be:
- An elected youth officer of a church or school organization.
- A den chief
- The candidate must have participated in a district, council, area,
region, or national Venturing event.
- The candidate must, in consultation with the crew Advisor or a member
of the crew committee, set and accomplish one personal growth goal related
to each of the following areas: citizenship, leadership, service to
others, community/family, outdoor experience, and total fitness (six
personal growth goals).
For personal growth, a candidate might:
- Complete a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) course or an
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) course.
- Plan and carry out a personal exercise program over a four-month
period, i.e., jogging, running, swimming, weight reduction, or physical
conditioning.
- Practice for, and attain, the Presidential Physical Fitness
Award.
- Complete a reading program of the scriptures, classic literature,
historical series, etc.
- Serve for six months as a reading counselor for a child with
reading problems.
- Visit a nursing home, on a regular basis, over a four-month
period, to help write letters or to read to patients or provide
personalized services.
- The candidate must plan, prepare for, and lead to completion two
or more crew activity projects that relate to at least two of the following
areas: citizenship, leadership, service to others, community/family,
outdoor experience, and total fitness. Suggested crew activity projects
are listed separately below. (At least two crew activity projects)
For crew/ship activities*
, the action should involve
at least five Venturers,
and it should require a minimum of four to six months from inception
to completion; the project should be approved and the goals of the
project
set by the crew Advisor and/or a member of the crew committee and the
Venturer candidate. Both parties should certify the completion of the
project(s). Activities should be arranged to fit into normal crew
programming.
Qualifying crew/ship activities include, but are not limited to the
following:
- Plan and, with the help of at least four other Venturers, carry
out a conservation project that is approved by an agency of the
federal, state, or local government, such as the National Park Service,
the Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Land Management, state
division of parks and recreation, city or county parks department,
etc.
- Plan and chair a committee that stages a major social activity
involving crew members and their parents, or crew members and their
entire families.
- Plan and carry out a series of crew activities over a four-
to six-month period, related to an interest of crew members. Professional
or volunteer consultants could be asked to present information regarding
their specialty, profession, or occupation.
- Help organize a new Venturing crew, or revitalize an inactive
crew; coordinate activity with BSA local council staff members.
- Organize a recruitment drive to add members to your own crew
or to other crews in the district/council. The drive should last
at least one month, and the recruitment plan should include specific
activities oriented toward recruiting new members, goals, methods
of publicity, etc.
- The candidate must be able to recite the Venturing Oath.
- The candidate must submit three letters of recommendation to the
crew Advisor that confirm he or she* lives in accordance with the principles
of the Venturing Oath. The letters should come from adults outside the
crew, such as school or religious leaders, employers, or community leaders.
- After completing all other requirements, the candidate should prepare
evidence of completion of the work and submit it to the crew Advisor.
The crew president, in conjunction with the crew Advisor, should then
appoint a review committee of four to six people including Venturers
and adults. The committee should review the candidate's written presentation and interview the candidate to determine whether that person grew as
a result of the pursuit of the Gold Award.
- Finally, the candidate must have qualified for the Gold Award before
his or her 21st birthday.
*Note: Sea Scouts (who are part of a Ship) are not part of the LDS Church's Venturing program. The Venturing program is a coed program through BSA, but only administered to the Young Men in the LDS Church.
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