Youth Led, Co-Ed Adventures for Ages 14-20
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You love exploring your passions, making new friends, and discovering the world. You’re always looking for an adventure. Rappelling a cliff. Perfecting your shot. Designing a robot. Kayaking into the sunset. Exploring your faith. Volunteering at an animal shelter. The choice is yours! Each activity provides an opportunity to shine and learn more about yourself and the world around you. Venturing is youth-led and youth-inspired. You’ll acquire life skills and gain experiences that will prove to be valuable regardless of where your future takes you, all while having a blast: leadership, event-planning, organization, communication, responsibility – the list goes on!
The mission of the Garden State Council Venturing Officers Association is to promote and support the Venturing program in the GSC, utilizing a standard organizational structure that enables local crews to grow membership, partake in activities and advance with leadership opportunities. To get in touch with one of our venturing officers or to learn more about Venturing in the GSC, please contact Joseph Blazejewski at joseph.blazejewski@scouting.org.
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Venturing's Acronym: ALPS!
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