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Exploring (Learning for Life)

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Exploring
OwnerLearning for Life
HeadquartersIrving, Texas
CountryUnited States
Founded1949
Membership
  • 114,894 youth
  • 26,170 adults
  • 5,058 posts (2013)[1]
Website
exploring.org
 Scouting portal

Exploring is an interactive, worksite-based career education program of Learning for Life, an affiliate of the Boy Scouts of America. Participants in the program are called Explorers or sometimes Explorer Scouts. The program serves youth in 6th-8th grades (Explorer Clubs), and young men and women who are 14 through 20 years old (Explorer Posts). Exploring units (clubs or posts), are sponsored by local businesses, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations, and usually focus on a single career field, but can also introduce youth to a variety of career fields within a single unit. Exploring has categorized its programs into twelve fields:

Prior to 1998, the Exploring program was the main BSA program for older youth and included posts with an emphasis on outdoor activities, which are now part of the Venturing (Venture Scouts) program.

References

  1. ^ "Participation Totals". Annual Report 2013 (PDF). December 31, 2013. p. 12.