Be A Scout!

Jan 24, 2009 by

 Scouting is a great adventure for the youth of Central Florida, and Seminole Springs District comprises almost 30 different groups of Cub Scouts, Scouts, Venturers, Explorers, and Sea Scouts. What do all of those names mean? Well, here’s some basics!

The Adventure starts now!
The adventure starts with Cub Scouting, a year-round family program designed for boys in the 1st through 5th grades, or 7 to 10 years of age. The program emphasizes shared leadership, learning about the community, family understanding, character development, citizenship training, and personal fitness.
Young boys grow up fast. Give your son a valuable gift by encouraging him to join Cub Scouting today. The time you invest in him today will make a difference in the person he becomes tomorrow.
 Character Development
Boy Scouting is for boys who are 11, or are at least 10 years old and have completed the fifth grade or have earned the Cub Scout Arrow of Light Award, through 17 years old. Boys experience a vigorous outdoor program and peer group leadership with the counsel of an adult Scoutmaster to achieve the BSA’s objectives of developing character, citizenship, and personal fitness. Camping, fun with friends — and more. It’s the adventure of a lifetime.
Give your son a valuable gift by encouraging him to join Boy Scouting today. The time you invest in him today will make a difference in the person he becomes tomorrow.
Experiences of a lifetime
Venturing is a coed, high-adventure program for youth 14 through 20 years of age, or 13 years of age and have completed the eighth grade. The program provides positive experiences through exciting and meaningful youth-run activities that help them pursue their special interests, grow by teaching others, and develop leadership skills.
Life is an adventure…go higher, go farther, go Venturing.
 
 
Sea Scouts – Adventure on the high seas
 
Sea Scouting is a part of the Venturing program that the Boy Scouts of America offers for young men and women. Along with Cub Scouting for younger boys and Boy Scouting for older boys, Venturing and Sea Scouting provide a program for religious, fraternal, educational, and other community organizations to use for effective character, citizenship, and mental and personal fitness training for youth. As part of this training, Sea Scouts are expected to develop personal religious values, learn the principles of American heritage and government, and acquire skills that will prepare them to become successful adults.
Sea Scouting is the BSA’s implementation of the Sea Scout program, initially developed in 1910 by Warington Baden-Powell in England. The founders of Sea Scouting in the United States are Arthur A. Carey of Waltham, Massachusetts and Charles T. Longstreth of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Both leaders independently established Sea Scout groups in the summer of 1912. This accomplishment was recorded in the inaugural issue of Scouting.
 
 Explorers: Veteran Scouts leading the way
 Exploring began as a senior program in early Boy Scout Troops. These older boys carried out high adventure activities and service projects, and gave leadership to young Scouts. In 1912, Sea Scouting was founded for older Scouts and flourished as a program based on traditions of the sea. In 1935 Senior Scouts were called Explorers for the first time, and many were organized in separate Explorer crews in troops, using a Senior Scout program. In 1938, Mr. Waite Phillips, a Tulsa oilman, gave the Boy Scouts of America 35,857 acres of northeast New Mexico, which became the Philmont Scout Ranch and Explorer Base.
In May 1949, the national Executive Board revised Senior Scouting to recognize as Explorers all young men in posts, Sea Scout Ships, Air Scout Squadrons and all Boy Scouts over age 14 in troops. In 1954, the National BSA Executive Board and the University of Michigan made a national study that revealed the needs, desires, and concerns of boys 14 to 16. As a result a completely new Explorer program was developed and put into effect January 1, 1959. This new program included activities, methods, and recognitions that were similar to, but separate from, the Boy Scout program.
 You can use this form to submit a request for additional information on the scouting programs described on this page. We look forward to serving your family’s needs for youth programs, and welcome you to our family!  
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