Venture Patrols

[emb021 16]

"Nowadays, a BSA venture patrol is a permanent patrol for boys aged 13-17. Surely folks here can offer plenty of ideas about doing a super-activity. But let's not describe a 2008 "venture patrol" as a loose temporary collection of boys from other patrols."

 

'Nowadays'? AFAIK, the original concept of the Venture Patrol still stands. I would have to pull out my SMHB and other materials and re-check it, but Venture Patrols are NOT permanent patrols.

 

The page on Patrol Leaders at the National website says there are 3 patrols:

 

1. New Boy Patrols for 11-year olds

2. Regular patrols for those who are first class.

3. Venture patrols, which are OPTIONAL patrols for those 13 and up who do "more challenging high-adventure outings"

 

Otherwise boys would only be in regular patrols for one year until they turned 12. Kind of silly, don't you think?

 

And its clear the purpose of the Venture patrol is to do more challenging stuff.

 

[FScouter 24]

Im only responding to what emb021 said in his posts:

 

Those boys who choice to be involved in the Venture Patrol can (and should) remain in their regular patrols. They only form up with the VP for planning/carrying out the Venture Patrol activities

Boys stay in their regular mixed age patrol and the Venture Patrol exist only until the activity is done, then are re-orged/reformed.

 

If all that is true, where can one learn more about how it works? Its not fair to throw out ideas and imply theyre part of a BSA program without pointing to a BSA guide or discussion about it. So to quote Barry, Just give us the quote from the SM Handbook. We can go from there, thanks."

 

[Eagledad 2797]

>>Otherwise boys would only be in regular patrols for one year until they turned 12. Kind of silly, don't you think?