Powder Horn is an amazing, out-of-the-box, mind-expanding course that introduces and exposes Venturing and Scouting youth and adult leaders to the activities and resources necessary to operate a successful outdoor, high adventure unit-level program. Based on the eight core requirements and 18 electives of the Venturing Ranger program, Powder Horn helps adult leaders identify and use resources to conduct unit-level high adventure programs.

Instead of qualifying you as a trainer or an expert, Powder Horn will give you tremendous resources so your youth can enjoy an exciting, high adventure program, and all these resources and experiences are presented in an amazingly fun environment by experts in their fields.

Dates
December 10-12, 2021 (Friday at 7:00am-Sunday at 4:00pm)

Location
Flaming Arrow Scout Reservation
1201 Boy Scout Camp Road
Lakes Wales, FL 33898

Cost
$160 per person

Course Director
Jennifer L Combee
jlcombee@hotmail.com

Assistant Course Director
Mike Eldert
michael.eldert@gmail.com

Powder Horn Requirements

• Participants and staff must be a registered BSA adult, Scout at least 14 years old, or a member of a Venturing Crew or Sea Scout Ship
• Participants and staff must complete the BSA Annual Health & Medical Record, Parts A-C
• Youth must have unit leader approval to attend

Powder Horn Training Prerequisites

• Youth Protection Training
• Hazardous Weather
• Safety Afloat
• Safe Swim Defense
• Climb on Safely
• Youth must complete either Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops (ILST), Crews (ILSC), or Ships (ILSS), or National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT)
• Adults must be trained for their position

For more information: https://tampabayscouting.org/powder-horn

Powder Horn is sponsored by the GTBAC Council Training Committee. Participants from GTBAC and other councils are welcome!

COVID Information

Council event attendees, including participants and staff, are required to comply with the Council's current COVID protocols. Failure to do so will result in removal from Council properties and/or events and forfeiture of event registration fees.

All participants must submit a pre-medical event checklist and waiver upon entry, All participants will be health screened upon entry.

All Participants must bring a current BSA Medical form (download here). 

The Greater Tampa Bay Area Council is committed to offer our Scouts fun and quality programs in a safe manner.  We are adhering to the CDC and ACA (American Camp Association) guidelines as well as working closely with local Health Departments to provide a layered mitigation COVID strategy.  Our COVID mitigation strategies are being overseen by the Council Health Supervisor, a board-certified pediatrician.  For a complete and up to date list of our COVID-19 mitigation procedures, please visit: https://tampabayscouting.org/covid-mitigation-procedures.

In the case of a positive COVID result among participants at an event, GTBAC will follow the guidance of the local Health Department, which may include cancellation or closure of the event or facility.