Venture Crew 396 - High Adventure Activities for Youth and Adults

Venture Crew 396 Annapolis, MD

For youth 14-20: Do you love the outdoors and want to learn to backpack, hike, canoe, kayak, whitewater raft, sail or scuba dive?

We welcome anyone who wants to make new friends, learn outdoor skills and have some adventure in their lives. We teach leadership, responsibility and self confidence through high adventure activities.

For Adults:  Are you an adult who likes to work with youth, share your knowledge and teach youth personal responsibility, planning, preparation and leadership. Do you have a "bucket list" to learn new outdoor skills such as backpacking, hiking, kayaking, sailing or whitewater rafting?

Venture Crew 396 is a community service organization for young women and young men, ages 14 (eighth grade) through 20 who love the outdoors and adventure.

Venturing is the COED arm of the Boy Scouts of America Adult members are trained to serve as advisors, mentors, outdoor skills instructors and as safety observers. Prior outdoor skills, knowledge and experience is NOT required to join.

• High adventure activities serve as the vehicles through which young adults learn the value of planning/preparation, team building, self confidence, self reliance and community service.
• Typical Venture Crew activities include rock climbing and rappelling, backpacking, day hiking, skiing, sailing, biking, scuba diving and caving. The crew raises funds for these activities during the year by periodically selling concessions at Naval Academy sporting events.

Planning meetings at this time, are held on Wednesday evenings 7:30-8:30 pm at Trinity United Methodist Church on West St.

The crew is non-denominational and all are welcome to join irrespective of religious affiliation.

Please visit our website: www.wix.com/venturecrew396/mainpage

for information and photos of our high adventure activities

Venturecrew396@aol.com

or  contact Donna or Hank Sengelaub (410) 384-9622