Exploring is the young adult division of the Boy Scouts of America. It is open to young men and women between 14 and 20 years old. In Exploring, community organizations or businesses team up with a local Boy Scout Council to provide a program that reflects the interests of the youth in an Explorer Post. Such a Post may specialize in any area of expertise. For example, an Internet Servcie Provider could sponsor a Post specializing in World Wide Web programming and invite young people with an interest to join. The sponsor would support the program by providing a meeting place, adult Advisers, and program support in the form of consultants or instructors in particular areas.

I have been actively involved in the Exploring Program since I was 16 years old, and have always found it to be an amazingly flexible and exciting program. I've served in most of the leadership positions available in Exploring as both a youth and as an adult. As a youth I've been in 3 Posts, the President of one, and the Council Explorer Presidents' Association Chairman. As an adult, I have been a member of the Council Exploring Committee, an Associate Adviser, a Post Adviser, a Service Team member, and Explorer Officers' Association Adviser.

The BSA, and its local Councils, provide a lot of literature to support the Exploring Program, but many Councils lack the resources to stock these items, or even have a good knowledge of what is available. For that reason, and my great repect for the Exploring Program, I'll provide a lot of that information in these pages.

Some of these pages are here to provide information. At least one of them is just a place for me to sound off and for others to commiserate about some things I'm not thrilled with. Some are just for fun, or things I consider interesting. Many are just links to other people's pages that I like or didn't want to duplicate. Have fun looking around!

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This page last updated on November 13, 2001