Quest Award Requirements

The Quest Award

In the years since Venturing started, the program has been defined by the activities Venturers do.
Sports have become a very important activity within crew programs. The resounding popularity of the Ranger Award for the
outdoor emphasis caused the need to create a similar challenging award program for Venturing's sports emphasis.

Statistics throughout the United States are showing that Americans as a nation are overweight and out of shape.
Heart disease and diabetes, diseases which are the results of being overweight, are rampant.
 These diseases, historically found in older people, are now being found more and more in the youth.
Young Americans are not being encouraged to watch their diets and start an exercise program.

While working on the Quest Award, Venturers will be required to learn more about what makes up a nutritional diet as
well as design their own personal exercise plans based upon lifestyle, fitness levels, and desires for a healthy and long life.
 Hopefully this program will introduce Venturers to a sport or sports that they will enjoy the rest of their life.
As with many other requirements throughout the Venturing program, Venturers will be required to share what they learn with others.
 This sharing may be done through various sports clinics and presentations with other groups. In the electives section,
Venturers will be required to choose at least one sport in which to become proficient.

Purpose

• Provide a wide variety of sports-related activities that encourage the development of the "whole" person.
• Give Venturers the opportunity to pursue a specific sports interest in a new way that
  
• may not be available in a traditional Scouting, educational, or recreational setting.
• Provide Venturers a variety of practical, hands-on sports experiences while having FUN.
• Promote fitness and sportsmanship
• Learn new sports correctly that Venturers will enjoy the rest of their life.
• Recognize Venturers for achievement in the sports area.
• Develop highly trained Venturers who may become a training and leadership sports resource to
  
• dens, packs, and troops, religious organizations, the community, schools, sports teams, and families.

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