Powder Horn (Boy Scouts of America)
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Created | 1998 | ||
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Powder Horn is a skills resource course for Venturing, Boy Scouting and Varsity Scouting leaders and youth (age 14 and up) of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Powder Horn is also described as a "hands-on resource management course" designed to give Scouting leaders "the contacts and tools necessary to conduct an awesome high-adventure program" in their Scouting unit. The goals of Powder Horn are to help Scout leaders safely conduct outdoor activities of a fun and challenging nature, provide an introduction to the resources necessary to successfully lead youth through a program of high adventure, and familiarize participants with the skills involved in different high adventure disciplines. The Powder Horn course will also introduce Venturing leaders to the Ranger youth award program, so adults may better help Venturers in meeting the Ranger award requirements. Powder Horn presents a wide variety of hands-on high adventure skills experiences, and thus is not designed to provide specific skills certifications. The course is meant to be held over a one-week period or two three-day weekends. Youth attendees will get first-hand experience and information as well as resources so they can better act as Event Chairs for their units.
There is not currently an official Powder Horn website. Since at least 2003, an unofficial website has been maintained by Powder Horn volunteers. Interested Scouters should contact their local council service center for official information about upcoming Powder Horn courses, and an unofficial list of many current courses can be found at:
http://www.powderhorn-bsa.org/dates.html
The official Powder Horn course logo is an old-fashioned pioneer's powder horn suspended from the BSA universal emblem.
Some states may choose to create a custom Powder Horn logo, such as a Texas star suspending a powder horn.
The Powder Horn course was initially created in the state of Texas in 1998, and subsequently presented at the Philmont Scout Ranch in the fall of 1999. The course was then rolled out to be run at region and area levels, and can now be offered by local councils. There is now a Powder Horn Course Director Conference, usually held in each region at least once a year. Attendance at such a course is no longer mandatory for those who wish to conduct a Powder Horn course as a course director.
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