Welcome to the West, where Venturing is at its best!
Dreams Can Become A Reality
Joseph Csatari, 2004
This web site is here to provide Scouters and Venturers with access to valuable Venturing resources from around the Western Region of the BSA.
The Leadership page will connect you with the people who strive to coordinate Venturing beyond the council level.
The Calendar page will allow you to learn about Venturing specific opportunities throughout the west.
The Activities page can assist you in planning your Crew's next high adventure Super Activity.
The Resources page will refer you to other excellent web resources about Venturing, consultants, products, and Scouting in general.
This site is developed and maintained by volunteers, and we'd like your help to make it into a powerful tool for your use. If you have an event to promote around the Region, submit it for posting to the calendar page. If your council, district, or unit offers a tool or information worth sharing with others, contact our webmaster to get it linked here (or to other valuable sites). If there is a resource you'd like to see available here, please let us know, and we'll see what we can do to develop and present it properly.
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What's New
(3/7/10) Western Region Powder Horn Courses
A new page has been added to this web site listing the current Powder Horn courses. This page will be updated as new Western Region courses and CDC course are approved. Visit Powder Horn to see what course works into your schedule and location.
(2/23/10) Area IV 2010-2011 Elections
Elections for President, Vice President and Secretary will be held on April 24 at 2 PM at California Inland Empire Council's (CIEC) Camp Emerson. Applicants need to bring the nomination form to the Area IV election. The nomination form requires the signature of the applicant's Scout Executive.
This is also during CIEC's Venturing Training weekend, so crews and individuals are welcome, and encouraged, to come up for the entire weekend to take a multitude of various trainings (Wilderness First Aid, LNT Trainer, etc). For more information about the weekend, visit the April Calendar page.
(2/16/10) Web Site Updates
More Western Region councils have added helpful Venturing information and links to those pages ave been added on the Councils web page. The web page of Scout camps offering High Adventure Activities has also been updated. References to High Adventure Base Camps can be helpful for planning a Crew's super activity. Visit Activities to understand if there are activities your Crew may be interested in.
(2/12/10) 2010-11 Western Regional Venturing President Updated Application
If you know of anyone (young men or women) who might be interested in serving as Western Region Venturing Presidents pick up the updated application on the National Venturing Youth Cabinet website. The updates include change in age requirement (one year older) and deadline for the application.
Applications are now due by March 15th and should be sent to Angela.Elliott@scouting.org. The applications need a Scout Executive's signature (that is a must) and only 1 person may be submitted per council, so get these applications in quickly.
We have had some great Regional Presidents — with your help we can continue this tradition into the next year and for years to come. Please get the word out to as many people as possible. It will make a difference.
(1/15/10) National Venturing Event
The Greater St. Louis Area Council is proud to sponsor the first National Venturing Event. The Fall Fun Rally is a yearly event and the council has opened it up to Venturers from across the country. So put the weekend of September 24-16, 2010 on your calendar and join the fun. For the details, visit www.fallfunrally.org.
(1/14/10) Area 1 Training Coordinator
John Disney has accepted the Training Coordinator responsibility for Area 1. Bruce Noonan and Robin Virgin will be his Deputies. For contact information, go to the Leadership page.
(1/4/10) Western Region Powder Horn CDC
March 26-27, 2010, Western Region has arranged for the CDC to be hosted by the Great Salt Lake Council, 525 Foothill Blvd., Salt Lake City, UT. For the application and other information, go to the Western Region Calendar.
(12/29/09) Roundtable Support
The Venturing Monthly Program Forum is available online in BSA's Commissioners section under Roundtable Support.
(12/1/09) Updated Information on the Regional VLA
If you have or know of a candidate for the Venturing Leadership Award, go to the Regional VLA page for updated details.
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