The first step in any journey is the courage to begin. The Venturing rank advancement program is designed to help Venturers grow in the areas of adventure, leadership, personal development, and service (the ALPS model). Ranks serve as benchmarks that give Venturers a structure for developing their own personal vision into manageable goals that lead to recognition by their peers, mentors, and the larger community.
The Venturing advancement has four ranks:
- All Venturers should earn the Venturing Rank soon after formally joining the program.
- Venturers then proceed by earning the Discovery Rank and Pathfinder Rank.
- Finally, Venturers earn the Summit Rank, in which a young person formally serves as a mentor to other Venturers in his or her crew.
Venturing is a flexible program, and the ranks are designed to help all Venturers, no matter what their crew specialty, to grow and develop.
The Eagle Scout rank can be earned as a Venturer. The Scout must achieve the First Class rank in a traditional troop to continue the rest of the Star, Life, and Eagle requirements in a Venturing crew. There are Venturing leadership positions that can be used to earn the Eagle Scout rank.
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