Boy Scouts of America

Quest Award

While working on the Quest Award, Venturers will be required to learn more
about what makes up a nutritional diet as well as design their own
personal exercise plans based upon lifestyle, fitness levels, and
desires for a healthy and long life. Hopefully this program will
introduce Venturers to a sport or sports that they will enjoy the rest
of their life.

  • Provide a wide variety of sports-related activities that encourage the development of the “whole” person.
  • Give Venturers the opportunity to pursue a specific sports interest in a new way that may not be available in a traditional Scouting, educational, or recreational setting.
  • Provide Venturers a variety of practical, hands-on sports experiences while having fun.
  • Promote fitness and sportsmanship.
  • Learn new sports correctly that Venturers will enjoy the rest of their life.
  • Recognize Venturers for achievement in the sports area.
  • Develop highly trained Venturers who may become a training and leadership sports resource to dens, packs, and troops, religious organizations, the community, schools, sports teams, and families.
REQUIREMENTS
CERTIFICATE

Five Core Requirements: (Do all)

  • Complete the Venturing Quest essentials.
  • Complete an American Red Cross Sport Safety Training Course or equivalent.
  • Complete the Fitness for Life program.
  • Learn and do fitness assessments.
  • Sports Disciplines

Electives are: (Do one)

  • History and Heritage of Sports
  • Sports Nutrition
  • Drug-Free Sports
  • Communications
  • History and Heritage of the Disabled Sports Movement

Procedure

Venturers who have completed the requirements should have their Advisor review the completed requirements, verify completion of the award, and order the award and certificate through the local Scout shop.

Recognition

The Quest medal features the Vitruvian Man (c. 1492) by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci actually drew the figure as he was influenced by Vitruvius, a Roman engineer of the first century B.C. It is based on a model of ideal proportions which Vitruvius established. Like that balanced man that both Vitruvian and da Vinci modeled, the modern Venturer must be balanced physically, mentally, nutritionally, and even socially. The Vitruvian man stands before a red, white, and blue background. That background reminds us of national pride as our athletes compete against the world. The medal is suspended from a ribbon with a solid field of green. The green represents the sports field as well as the completion of the journey started with the bronze medal with its half green and half white ribbon.

Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.