What kind of guts do you have? Are they made of oatmeal or are they made of steel? Now is your chance to prove to yourself that you have the ability to be all you can be.
The Ranger Award exemplifies a challenging high-level outdoor/high-adventure skills advancement program. Once earned, it will identify a Ranger as a person who is highly skilled at a variety of outdoor sports and interests, trained in outdoor safety, and ready to lead or assist others in the community in activities and service events.
Then, you get to compete against others to determine who is the best in a seven state area.
Start Your Journey September 18 at 2:00 PM at the American Legion Post 116 – 6400 Johnson Pond Road
You have to become proficient at 8 Challenging Core skills:
- First Aid
- Wilderness Survival
- Emergency Preparedness
- Communications
- Leave No Trace
- Cooking
- Land Navigation
- Conservation
- Community Service
And four of 18 challenging electives:
- Backpacking
- Mountaineering
- Cave Exploring
- Outdoor Living History
- Cycling/Mountain Biking
- Physical Fitness
- Ecology
- Plants and Wildlife
- Equestrian (Horsemanship)
- Project COPE
- First Aid
- Scuba
- Fishing
- Shooting Sports (Shotgun, Rifle, Pistol)
- Hunting
- Watercraft
- Lifesaver
- Winter Sports
High adventure and the outdoors have always been of interest to young Americans as well as an important part of the program. Because of the attraction of high adventure, the Ranger Award is available to all Youth Members of the Crew.
The purpose of the award is to encourage Youth to achieve a high level of outdoor skills proficiency; recognize achievement of this high level of outdoor skills proficiency; provide a path for outdoor/high-adventure skills training; and establish Rangers as a highly trained leadership resource for the community.