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       Venturing was born on August 1, 1998.    It began with 12,626 units.  It has grown to 18,800 units, a 49% increase in four years.  Venturing began with 148,595 members in August of 1998.  It has grown to 244,241 Venturers, a 64% increase.

        The National Venturing Division has created targeted resources for new unit growth; sales kits, brochures, videos, etc., that have empowered professionals and volunteers to organize new Venturing crews.

         The Venturing program has been tailored for teenagers.  They like the emphasis on extreme sports, high adventure, coed involvement and less emphasis on uniforming.

       All of these factors have contributed to Venturing’s growth.  This growth will continue with increased sales efforts like impact events and unit open house campaigns and by providing an infrastructure to serve the units.  In other words, we need to service what we sell.

       Serving units means that Councils need to provide an infrastructure of support. This infrastructure includes; Venturing roundtables, commissioners assigned to each unit, Venturing Leader Specific Training offered regularly, council or district events exclusively for Venturers, hosting Powder Horn and Nature of Leadership courses, and keeping supply and bin items in stock.

       Experience has also shown that Council’s with successful Venturing programs appoint a professional staff advisor for Venturing, serve crews in traditional districts and spend time at each staff meeting discussing strategies for Venturing growth.

       Much potential exists with Venturing growth.  Nationally we have barely scratched the surface.  With a concentrated effort to organize new Venturing crews and build an infrastructure to support them, councils can reap the rich harvest in Venturing.