KJackson60
Contributor
Hello everyone,
How many of you have SCUBA Diving as a regular part of your Troop or Crew yearly outing program? If you do;
1) What problems do you run in to on a regular basis? How do you resolve them?
2) What changes to the Guidelines to Safe Scouting regarding SCUBA Diving would you recommend, if any?
3) How many dive trips does your group take a year and to what destinations?
4) Any suggestions on how to retain the interest of the youth in the program?
5) Would you like to see a District or Council managed program? If so, why? If not, why not?
5) Any other comments or questions you may have.
A little Bio:
I am currently involved with a Boy Scout Troop near Chicago, Illinois. We have been developing a SCUBA Program inside our Troop for the past three years. The program includes Introduction to SCUBA, Open Water Certification, Advanced Open Water Certification and I hope Rescue Diver Certification next year. We also sponsor two to three "Fun Dive" opportunities a year for our certified divers to go on to keep in practice. Most of these have been quarry or inland lake dives. How ever we are going on a Lake Michigan Charter this summer. We have also sent a group to Florida Sea Base for a week of diving.
We currently have three active certified adults and 6 active certified Scouts, five of whom will be AOW by summers end. We also have four youth who will be getting their OW Cert. in July which will bring our total to 10 youth. This number has been pretty stable over the last three years as we have been able to replace those boys who have "aged out" of the troop with new divers on a regular basis.
I would like some ideas as to how to make this program more widely available though out our District or even council. Also any input you may have regarding improvements to make this a more appealing program overall.
Thanks in advance for your help.
How many of you have SCUBA Diving as a regular part of your Troop or Crew yearly outing program? If you do;
1) What problems do you run in to on a regular basis? How do you resolve them?
2) What changes to the Guidelines to Safe Scouting regarding SCUBA Diving would you recommend, if any?
3) How many dive trips does your group take a year and to what destinations?
4) Any suggestions on how to retain the interest of the youth in the program?
5) Would you like to see a District or Council managed program? If so, why? If not, why not?
5) Any other comments or questions you may have.
A little Bio:
I am currently involved with a Boy Scout Troop near Chicago, Illinois. We have been developing a SCUBA Program inside our Troop for the past three years. The program includes Introduction to SCUBA, Open Water Certification, Advanced Open Water Certification and I hope Rescue Diver Certification next year. We also sponsor two to three "Fun Dive" opportunities a year for our certified divers to go on to keep in practice. Most of these have been quarry or inland lake dives. How ever we are going on a Lake Michigan Charter this summer. We have also sent a group to Florida Sea Base for a week of diving.
We currently have three active certified adults and 6 active certified Scouts, five of whom will be AOW by summers end. We also have four youth who will be getting their OW Cert. in July which will bring our total to 10 youth. This number has been pretty stable over the last three years as we have been able to replace those boys who have "aged out" of the troop with new divers on a regular basis.
I would like some ideas as to how to make this program more widely available though out our District or even council. Also any input you may have regarding improvements to make this a more appealing program overall.
Thanks in advance for your help.