LFC Venturing News

Please join the advisors of Venture Crew 77 in learning how to Anchor, Rig, Belay, Rock Climb and more on REAL ROCK! When:  Oct. 25, 2008 Where & Who: The training will take place on Mount Scott in the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge. Participants must be at least 21 yrs. of age.  Schedule: 6:30 am [...]

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An ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure when you are in the wilderness.  Wilderness First Aid is an American Red Cross program that focuses on prevention of accidents as well as handling the unique first aid care skills necessary when help is more than an hour away.  This training is required [...]

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Just like every other District in the Last Frontier Council, the Venturing District Committee holds a business meeting once a month.  We meet on the last Thursday of each month at the Gaylord Scout Center. Committee Chairs are expected to attend, but anyone in LFC Venturing, youth or adult, is invited (encouraged) to attend.  There [...]

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If you missed out on the fun of our first Powder Horn here’s a chance to help develop your high adventure program for 2009. Caddo Area Council is hosting a Powder Horn on April 24-26 and May 15-17 2009.  Boy Scouting and Venturing leaders can take advantage of this terrific training opportunity to improve the [...]

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The Quest Award is the sports specialty award in Venturing.  A Quest Sports Day can be a recruiting opportunity for Venturing Crews. The purpose of the event is to: To have fun To learn a new sport To compete To celebrate Venturing’s 10th Anniversary To raise awareness of the Sports Bronze and Quest awards To [...]

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The Fall Fun Rally is one of the oldest and largest annual Venturing events in the country.  The Fall Fun Rally began as an Exploring Event over 35 years ago in the Greater St. Louis Area Council.  In past years over 600 Venturers, and Advisors have attended (and yes about 40 Explorers too). This year they [...]

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  Learn “Leave No Trace” wilderness ethics by way of practical application on an overnight camping adventure and become qualified to be a Leave No Trace Trainer. Master Educators Marshall and Barb Dunham will help you develop a sense of appreciation, respect and stewardship toward our wilderness by teaching you the seven basic LNT principles. [...]

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If you have a new Venturing leader, just direct him or her to LFCVenturing.org to start them on their training. If you are already trained, have you taken Hazardous Weather online?  It’s required for future tour permits. Do you know about Seabadge? For Venturers, have you heard about Kodiak?  What is Kodiak X? We have the [...]

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The next Venturing Forum will meet at the Central Oklahoma Wakeboard Center (COW-C) in Guthrie. COW-C is the only wakeboard park in the state and uses a cable tow line to haul wakeboarders around a man-made lake.  Along the way are jumps and rails for trick stunts wakeboarders can challenge themselves. We won’t be wakeboarding [...]

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