Amanda Vogt

 

Amanda Vogt
Central Region President

Serving as the 2007-2008 Central Region Venturing President is Amanda Vogt. Amanda has previously served the Central Region as the 2006-2007 Central Region Area 5 Venturing President.  In that position, she established monthly newsletters and wrote the first set of Bylaws for an Area in the Central Region.

She also has served her council, The Greater St. Louis Area Council, as an EVOA (Exploring/Venturing Officers Association) and a VOA (Venturing Officers Association) officer.  In those positions she has served on the Venturing Recognition Night Committee, the Fall Fun Rally Committee (one of the largest Venturing Events in the Nation), and served on the Bylaw Committee for writing new Venturing Bylaws for the Greater St. Louis Area Council.  She also served as the New Horizon District VOA President.

While involved nationally now, she is keeping her boots on the ground serving Venturing Crew 2783, chartered through Salem in Ballwin United Methodist Church, in St. Louis, MO, as Recording Secretary (previously has held 4 other Crew officer positions), and as an Assistant Scoutmaster for local Boy Scout Troop 783.  She is also a member of Venturing Crew 2996 chartered by Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO, and currently serves as their historian.  She is a 13-year member of the Girl Scouts of America through which she has earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, and the Girl Scout Silver Award, Girl Scouting's highest two awards a youth member may earn.  She currently serves as a mentor for Cadette Girl Scout Troop 2356 and is a registered Girl Scout Adult Leader.

Soon to be entering her sixth year of Venturing, Amanda has lead her Venturing Crew on 6 Super Activities as an officer of her crew.  These include:  yacht sailing on Lake Michigan; overnight canoe trips on the Wisconsin and Buffalo Rivers; extreme mountain biking in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Colorado, and Virginia; hiking Mount Yale in Colorado; a Philmont trek; white water rafting in Colorado, and West Virginia; horseback riding through the Colorado Rockies; diamond mining in Crater of Diamonds National Park in Arkansas; and many other adventures.

Through her many adventures with Venturing, she has earned the Religious Life and Outdoor Bronze Awards, the Gold Award, the Silver Award, the Ranger Award, the Trust Award, the Council Venturing Leadership Award, and the Regional Venturing Leadership Award.  Through her church she has also earned the God and Life Award, the high school level God and Country Award for the United Methodist Church.  She has also completed Kodiak training, Sea Scout Leader Specific Training, Boy Scout Leader Specific Training, Boy Scout Leader Basic Training, and Kodiak & Kodiak X Course Director Training.

Amanda is a freshman at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO, and the recipient of Lindenwood University's Boy Scout of the Year 4-year full ride Scholarship.  She is majoring in Music Performance, Music Business, and Accounting.  She is a chapter officer of the Scouting based service fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega.

In high school, she was involved in many scholastic activities including National Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, Renaissance, Junior Achievement, Show Choir, Chamber Choir, Symphonic Orchestra, and Theatre.