Venturing Crew 69 - Indianapolis, Ind.

Welcome to the online home of Venturing Crew 69 in Indianapolis, Ind.

Our Crew is chartered through Traders Point Christian Church,6590 South Indianapolis Road Whitestown, IN. Venturing is a youth development program of the Boy Scouts of America for young men and women who are 14 (and have completed the eighth grade) through 20 years of age.Venturing's purpose is to provide positive experiences to help young people mature and to prepare them to become responsible and caring adults.

Our Crew Objective is to Have fun, develop leadership skills, and conduct service activities. The Crew program is intended to be one that focuses on exploring many diverse opportunities to learn and develop as individuals. Specifically this crew has an High Adventure and outdoor orientation. Annually the Crew will conducts at least one High Adventure Super outing.

Business meetings - Typically held 2nd Sunday of every month 6pm ~ 8pm at TPCC see link below for directions:

TPCC Directions

Typically the Crew has a monthly activity, please take a look at the following documents regarding the Crew 69 program and dates for upcoming activities: Just click on the links

Attached newsletters from Crew 69 are in pdf format. If you do not have this application on your computer it is easy to obtain and download for free. Just go to to:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

See our most recent Newsletters - click on link

February Newsletter

January Newsletter

See Minutes from our most recent Business Meeting:

Crew 69 January Meeting Notes

The Philmont Trek group is planning to do a hike along the Monon Trail as a shakedown activity to prepare for there adventure to Philmont this summer. If you are a member of the Crew but are not registered for Philmont you are still welcome and encouraged to join us on the hike.

The hike will take place on Saturday March 1st. We will meet at the Monon Trail paking lot on 96th street (east of College Ave. and west of Westfield Blvd) and begin our hike at 9am. We will walk down to broad ripple and then back (a total of 8-9 miles). All particpants should take plenty of water (even if it is cold outside) and light lunch - we will eat at broad ripple). Trek members should bring there backpacks (weighted to simulate Philmont) and boots they plan on wearing to Philmont.

Look Forward to seeing you all on the Monon.

Our Crew participated in the lottery for Philmont Cavalcades. This is a rather rare opportunity as only a small percentage of those that apply are chosen and we were successful in the lottery for a 2009 date. Due to this unique chance the Crew has elected to choose this as one our Super High Adventure outings for 2009. This is of course provided we have the interest from our membership. Although this is for 2009, To reserve our reservation we need to submit a nonrefundable $50 per person reservation deposit. In order to receive our preferred dates we need to submit this information as soon as possible but no later than April 1st 2009. I am asking those that are interested to reserve your spot by filling out the form in the link below, indicating any date preference or requirement and your $50 deposit to me before March 1st. This is will be on a first come first serve basis. In terms of total cost, I estimate this adventure will amount to ~ $1000 to $1200 per person. Balance of payments will be due in October 2008, January 2009, and March 2009. 2009 Philmont Cavalcades registration

The Crew officers will have a briefing meeting on Sunday January 27th at the Frazier's starting at 6pm. This is a meeting for Crew Officers only.

The Crew is currently conducting a Pizza Sale Fund Raiser in January please see details in the next link. Note our Pizza Sale has been extended. Orders due in Wed Feb 6th. Pick up with sales money due on Saturday Feb 9th at West 56th street Papa Murphys at noon.

Crew 69 2008 Pizza Fund Raiser

Crew Registration/Dues are needed to be turned in by January 31st also members need to provide updated class 1 medical form, see links below:

2008 Crew Dues 2008 Class 1 med forms

Upcoming 2008 activities and Dates:

Feb 6th – Pizza fund raiser orders due

Feb 9th – Noon at Papa Murphys on West 56th. Bring payment and pick up Pizza orders for distribution.

Feb 10th – Crew Business meeting- 6pm @ TPCC

Feb 17th – Late Sunday afternoon activity (indoor miniature golf) followed by a Lock in at TPCC starting at 7pm and concluding Monday morning the 18th (Presidents Day).

Feb 21st – Crew Activity, attending “Music Man”. Show starts at 6:30 more details to be provided in the Newsletter.

Feb 24th – Philmont Trek Meeting 5pm @ TPCC, details on agenda forthcoming in an upcoming Philmont Press issue for Trek members

Mar 1st - Hike down the Monon into Broad Ripple.

Mar 9th – Monthly Business meeting

Mar 14th – 16th – VLSC (Venturing Leadership Skills Course) and Program planning weekend outing. Please mark your calendars. This is an important weekend. I know some may have conflicts but we would like to have as many members participate as possible. This is a weekend outing and it will be held at Ransburg. More info to follow on this event as time draws closer.

Mar 22nd - Belzer hike and backpacking camp set up practice.

The Crew will be attending Philmont Scout Ranch this summer as a High Adventure Super Outing. Regular Trek meetings will be conducted monthly and shakedown hikes conducted. Attached is a copy of the Philmont Press. This is a newsletter for Crew members going on the trek to aid in participant participation.

Philmont Press volumes 1-5