May 30, 2017

Joel Grunbaum receives his Queen Scout Award

Over the weekend Joel Grunbaum was presented his Queen Scout Award. This award is what we call a pinnacle award. This is the highest achievement a Venturer scout can achieve. If you are down at the hall and look at the honour board you will see the last Queen Scout was back in 2003 when our current Scout leader Shana Owen received her award.

A Queen Scout award is no easy feat to achieve. It took 300 hours of work over 3 years! Below read a summary of Joel’s Scouting life and what it took for him to complete his Queen Scout award.

We thank the following dignitaries present:

Brendan Watson, Chief Commissioner, Scouts Victoria
Rod Burnes, State Commissioner for Venturers
Gary Steinhardt, Assistant State Commissioner for Venturers
Michael Thomas, Assistant Chief Commissioner – Section Support
Chris Anderson, Region Commissioner for Venturers, Melbourne Region
Roy Kaplan, District Commissioner for Glen Eira – Stonington District

Mazel tov to Joel. We wish him all the best in completing his VCE this year, and look forward to hearing more of his Scouting journey into Rovers.

Joel’s History in Scouting

After Joining 10^th Caulfield Scouts about 2011, Joel attended the 23^rd Australian Scout Jamboree in 2013 in Queensland, and earned his Australian Scout Medallion (ASM) before moving to Venturers.

Joel joined 28^th Glen Eira Venturer, and was invested at the Shrine on ANZAC Day 2014 following the dawn service.

He then achieved the following Venturer Award level badges – each one averaging at least 10 hours effort:

Citizenship	Discussion on multiculturalism, local council, contacted interstate venturer, Report on Liberal party and ALP
Environment	Attended the district Environment course
Expedition	Planned and undertook a hike on the dry diggings track, from Castlemaine to part way to Daylesford – along with Tobi and several other Venturers
Expression	Went to a design exhibition, and reported back to the Unit
First Aid	Attended a first aid course
Ideals	Attended an Ideals course, and then separately ran a Scouts Own
Initiative	Attended Hoadley Hide 2014
Lifestyle	Attended Gymnastics for a period of time, and arranged a unit talk on tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs
Outdoor	Went caving with the Venturer Unit
Pursuits	Driving
Service	Worked at an opp shop and did school based community service
Unit Management	Attended the Region run course and investigated how a small business operates
Vocations	Undertook job interviews and reported on the Freemasons

He then achieved the following Queen’s Scout level badges – each one averaging at least 30 hours effort:

Leadership	Attended a training course
Outdoor	Partook in Rowing
Lifestyle	Was in a hockey team, and arranged a talk on how diet, sleep, recreation and stress can affect physical and mental health
Service	Helped at Cuboree, cub meetings and Stradbroke cup