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As a Venturer, I believe that America's strength lies in our trust in God and in the courage, strength, and traditions of our people. I will, therefore, be faithful in my religious duties and will maintain a personal sense of honor in my own life. I will treasure my American heritage and will do all I can to preserve and enrich it. I will recognize the dignity and worth of all humanity and will use fair play and goodwill in my daily life.; I will acquire the Venturing attitude that seeks truth in all things and adventure on the frontiers of our changing world.
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 Venturing is a part of the Boy Scouts of America. It is open to young men and women who are 14 (and have completed the eighth grade) through 20 years of age. It gives these young men and women the opportunity to become involved in the Adventures of Scouting, but also prepares them for the future by putting in their hands the leadership of the program.
Unlike Boy Scouts, this is not about Merit Badges and Rank Advancements. Yes, there are awards that can be earned, the Venturing has the ultimate goals of Ranger, Trust, Quest, and the Silver Award available to those who wish to pursue it. But Venturing is more about getting out and facing challenges, being active in area of which the Crew members share a common interest. Its about getting out and having fun.
In 2012, we are planning on going Ice Skating, taking part in 2012 adVenture Race, attending the Centennial of Sea Scouts in Springfield IL, the St Louis Fall Fun Rally, as well as Venturing Camp, and maybe more Geocaching. Click HERE to see how you can get involved!
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 If you didn't make it to the Area 5 VOA Fun Event at Worlds of Fun ... YOU MISSED A GREAT TIME! Over 150 Venturing Scouts from around the midwest arrived at Worlds of Fun on Friday night or Saturday morning to take part in a program that started off with an introduction to Roller Coast Science. A Leader meeting at 10am to introduce them to what the Area VOA does for Venturing, lunch at 12:30pm, and then a closing ceremony at four. After that, the Scouts were released into the park for the remainder of the day to take on all the rides that they could handle.
Crew 2675 walked away with the "First to Register" trophey that was given away at the four o'clock closing ceremony. Thankfully, no one in the Crew won either of the "I Got Sick On A Ride" trophies.
 Congratulation go out to Danielle Stilwell for being a 2012 receipient of the Heart of America Council Venturing Leadership Award. Danielle was one of five youth in the Heart of America Council Venturing program to receive the annual award this year, citing her work with Cub Scout Pack 4286 of Odessa Missouri and with Cub Scouts as a staff member for HOAC Bear Camp in 2011.
It was also announced that Danielle had been selected to serve the Heart of America Counci Venturing Officer's Association as Vice President - Camping, a new position created this year to promote the Council camping programs such as Venturing Camp, Powder Horn and the upcoming National Youth Leadership Training (NYTL) Program for 2012.
 Now this was fun! Yes it was cold, but the temperatures were rising slowly from earlier in the day. Yes, this was the only place in Kansas City that had snow on the ground, and oh man, did they have snow! The Heart of America Council VOA did a great job putting this event together, and Snow Creek graciously let the last minute participants enjoy the group discount.
We keep telling people that Venturing is not only about teaching our youth to become great leaders and members of their community, but its FUN! This was the perfect opportunity to introduce new Crew members and those considering becoming Crew members to exactly what we've been talking about. It was also a great event for allowing the leaders and parents to interact in a great, fun activity with their youth! I think that the leaders that hit the slopes had as much fun as the kids did!
So, how about this idea? Annual Event? Recruiting Event?
 One more time. With the cold weather closing in, we decided to make one more Geocaching trip out to Monkey Mountain. The last time we were out here, we picked up two of the four Geocaches hidden in this Jackson County Park. This time we plotted a 2.5 mile trek to pick up the two remaining caches, Naughty Monkeys (GCBF8E) and East Monkey (GCH4W0). We set our starting point at the parking lot on the Southwest corner of the Park, off of RD Mize Road, and started up the hill.
First stop was visiting the camping areas that are located along the rock cliffs at the top of the access trail, then we spent a little bit of time having fun playing around on the large hay bales that were lined up along our path. We worked our way Northeast across the park to the High Power lines that cut through the park, and eventually found our nice casual walk through mowed fields was to end and the beginning of bush whacking through thorn bushes and Locust trees began.
Naughty Monkeys was in pretty sad shape. The tree that it had apparently been tied to had fallen over, and the contents of the Ammo Can were saturated to the point that signing the log was impossible. Unfortunately, we didn't have the supplies to fix the log, so we had to leave the cache unsigned. Trekking back out of the woods, we started up the .7 mile journey from Naughty Monkeys to East Monkey. We found this cache in good condition, and signed the log before starting on our trek back to the parking lot.
Congrats to our Webelos tag-along, Jay, for not only his first find, but for finding BOTH of the caches on this outting!
1,174 Venturers, Sea Scouts, Explorers, and Adult Leaders from 12 States, 27 Councils attended the 2011 Greater St Louis Area Council Fall Fun Rally at the Beaumont Scout Reservation. Scouts and Scouters enjoyed demonstrations from the US Marshals, the St Louis K9 Unit, and an activity that taught Youth the hazards of driving and texting. The NRA brought out their handgun simulator, and Scouts and Scouters got a chance to try their hand at the skills of Fencing and throwing Boomerangs.
Overall, the event was packed full of more activities than Scouts Scouters could possibly take in during the event, but all gave it their best attempt. Members of Crew 2675 arrived early on Saturday morning, and after catching a quick breakfast, after setting camp, it was down to the business of jumping into a day packed with FUN!
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 Members of Crew 2675 were joined by Boy Scouts from Troop 258 at the Concordia City Lake to work on the requirements for the Canoe Meritbadge (Boy Scouts) and Watercraft Element in the Outdoor Bronze and Ranger Electives. Special thanks go out to Phil Dierking and Anita Brenberger for taking time out of their Sunday morning to put on this event for us.
This event leaves us only a couple of elements in the WaterCraft element, one of which is an eight mile canoe outing. So, anyone have any ideas?
 Youth and Leaders from Crew 2675, Cub Scout Pack 286, and Eagle Scout Brodie Osborn of Troop 286 were invited by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 5675 - Odessa, Missouri - to march behind the Color Guard at the opening of the 2011 Puddle Jumper's Days Parade. The Scouts carried the flags of the Military Service Branches, with the remaining Cub Scouts carrying small American Flags behind the VFW Color Guard. The Parade was stopped at the Grand Stand where the Pledge of Allegiance was recited, then the parade continued.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5675 is the Charter Organization for Cub Scout Pack 286 and Venturing Crew 2675.
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May 18-20, 2012
Lake Springfield
Springfield, Illinois
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Beaumont Scout Reservation
St Louis, Missouri
September 28-30, 2012
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Chartered By:
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 5675
Odessa, Missouri
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