Join Exploring

Why Exploring?

Exploring provides exciting activities and mentorship for youth looking to discover their future. Whether you’re a local organization looking to strengthen the community or a young person wanting to uncover the possibilities of your future, Exploring is a great place to start.

Youth Benefits

Students & Parents

Exploring is a unique career exploration program for young men and women ages 10 - 20. The program provides students with an opportunity to learn about a wide variety of career fields and network with professionals already working in those fields. You get hands-on experience to determine whether or not a particular career field is right for you. You develop valuable networking contacts with professionals working in your selected career fields, and you get to know other youth with your same interests and aspirations.

Exploring is the first step in identifying career possibilities while having fun in an exciting and informal environment.

Student Benefits:

• Strong personal values and character development
• Build self-worth and self-confidence
• Leadership skills training and development
• Social development
• Unique career experiences, networking & internships
• Personal growth
• Volunteer opportunities
• Group collaboration and teamwork
• Scholarships available only to Explorers
• Add Exploring to your college, job and scholarship applications!

Most Exploring programs align with the school calendar and begin in the fall, while some also offer summer activities, annual conferences, internships and other events. Most meet once or twice a month throughout the year.

For the Youth Exploring Application, download a PDF by CLICKING HERE!

Learn more about our career-specific programs by clicking the company logos below. The following are our Posts and Clubs that are currently active and accepting new applicants:

Active Post Now In Our Area

Crown Equipment Engineering Post	Marathon Engineering Post	Findlay Airport Aviation Post
Doty Dental Post	CentraComm Cyber Security Post	Marathon Information Technology Post
Auglaize County Sheriff's Post	Hancock County Sheriff's Post	Fulton County Sheriff's Post
	Defiance Police Department Post Defiance Police Department Club

If you miss one of the above meetings, you can still sign-up and join at anytime during the year! Contact Alex Patterson at (567) 208-5392 or Alex.Patterson@Scouting.org for more info!