- May 24 – Open House
- May 28 – Memorial Day Service at Two Strike Park, 8am-9am
- Arrive at the legion hall at 6:45am if you can help transport chairs
- Arrive at Two Strike Park at 7:15am if you can help with setup
- June 8-10 – Whitewater Rafting with Troop (sold out)
- June 14 – First Summer meeting, Frisbee Golf, Hahamongna Watershed Park, 7pm
- Bring your dinner if you want to picnic at 6:30pm
- July 6-8 – Wake boarding Weekend
- July 12 – Summer meeting, 7pm
- July 23 – Summer meeting, 7pm
- Aug 9 – Summer meeting, 7pm
- Aug 17-19 – Camp Surf $155 due by ASAP!
- This event is open to troop members entering 8th grade in 2018
Mock Interviews
Welcome to Venturing Crew 288. We’d love for you to join us!
Venturing is a co-ed program for everyone ages 14-20 that likes adventure, leadership, personal growth, and service. It’s a great way to make new friends with shared interests. We’d love to meet you! Both teens and parents are welcome.
We meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of every month, but please check our crew calendar out for our exact schedule of events.
Location: American Legion 288, 4011 La Crescenta Avenue, La Crescenta-Montrose, CA 91214
Team-Building Games
Sand Duning at Death Valley
The Crew had a great time at the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley!
Crew Meeting on 2/22 – Interviewing Skills
On 2/22 we will be learning about interviewing skills. Learning how to interview and prepare for an interview is an important skill! You won’t want to miss this. Bring your resumes.
Career Assessment with the Crew!
At tonight’s meeting, crew members met to learn about traits and compatible careers.
Crew Elections on Thursday 1/25
Hey Crew! We will be having elections during our next meeting on Thursday 1/25 at 7pm. Be sure to come and vote! If you cannot make it, please contact Mrs. Newgard for a ballot. We will also be doing fun career assessments. There will be cookies. Hope you can join us!
Big Bear Ski Trip
The Venturing Crew Ski Trip was fantastic! The weather and slopes were perfect – we even had snow!
College, Career, & Life Skills Program
Several meetings and outings in 2018 will revolve around our college, career, and life skills program. Here are some program dates. More dates will be added throughout the year!
- 1/11 – Creating a Resume (Crew Meeting)
- 1/25 – Career Assessments (Crew Meeting)
- 1/27 – USC College Visit (Outing)
- 2/22 – Interviewing skills (Crew Meeting)
- 2/24 – UCLA College Visit (Outing)
Many events this winter are “bring a friend” events. Contact adviser@crew288.org if you’d like more information!
Upcoming Events & New Google Calendar
Don’t miss these upcoming events in 2018!
- 1/19-21 Ski Trip
- 1/27 USC College Visit & Exposition Park
- 2/10 Go Carting
- 2/17-19 Death Valley Campout
- 2/24 UCLA College Visit & Santa Monica
- 3/3 Escape Room (being rescheduled)
- 3/10 Sky High
- 4/6-8 Rock Climbing (tentative)
- 4/14 Zip Lining
Venturing Crew 288 is returning to Philmont Scout Ranch in 2019!
You can check out our new Google Calendar for more events! You can easily bring the calendar feed on to your phone so you don’t miss any events! Crew members and parents, if you’re not on our Remind list for event details, please contact adviser@crew288.com.
Next Crew Meeting, Holiday Party, and Re-registration
Next week we have 2 events – our December Crew Meeting on Thursday 12/14 at 7pm and the Holiday Party with white elephant gift exchange on 12/16 from 5-8pm. At the Crew Meeting we will do signups for winter events, payments for the ski trip, re-registration, and nominations for elections along with leadership opportunities and games. The Holiday Party is a Flapjacks and Flannel event. More information for that event may be found on the Evite. Please contact us if you didn’t receive additional information about it through your email or remind texts.
Re-register for 2018! We have a lot of fun activities planned at the start of the year AND have room to add additional adventures of interest to the crew on the schedule.
- January: Annual ski trip, USC college visit
- February: Go carting, camping, college visits
- March: Escape room, Sky High, college visits
Check-out our calendar for future events!