KC9DDI Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 I understand that Varsity Scouting is a well-established older scout program, that functions as almost a parallel program to traditional scouting troops, in that rank advancement after 1st class can occur in a varsity team. My question is - what exactly is the Varsity program supposed to be? There's very few teams in my area, so I'm not at all familiar with the program - is it more popular elsewhere? What's the structure of a team (youth/adult leaders, patrols, etc)? What are the program focuses. Also, I understand that the LDS Church makes extensive use of Varsity Scouting in their "customized" version of Scouting - my question, though, relates to the program in traditional scouting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t158sm Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 Maybe this will answer your questions. http://www.scouting.org/factsheets/02-923.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Tree Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 No teams in my area, either. How many teams are out there? Are there some national statistics? It seems like a fairly non-utilized part of Scouting. When there are teams, how do they work in practice? Is it basically an LDS church league? Oak Tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC9DDI Posted April 2, 2006 Author Share Posted April 2, 2006 Maybe it is just for the LDS church... Based on that fact sheet, I don't understand why they don't just charter as Venturing Crews -- the only difference seems to be that the crews are Co-ed, and go up to age 21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutNut Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 From what I understand, Varsity Teams started as an in Troop program for older boys. This was changed to a Venture Patrol & Varsity became a separate program. Then Venturing Crews were created & that took the boys away from Varsity. Now, Varsity Teams are chartered almost exclusively by the LDS community. Varsity is used as their program level before Venturing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scouter-mom Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Our small district has two Varsity Teams, both of which were built out of two troops. Neither unit is LDS. I believe the youth are dual registered with their troops and teams. (I know that they are in one unit for certain.) Also, in another district within our council there is a non-LDS unit that is a Varsity Team. There are probably others within our council that I am not aware of. These units seem to offer their youth a chance to do activies away from the younger youth, as well as offer them a different opportunity to earn different types of awards. All four of our district's LDS units have Varsity Teams. I am not aware of any of them earning Varsity awards, though. Just sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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