Exploring

Youth 10-20 Years of Age

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. Explorers get hands-on experience to determine whether or not a particular career field is right for them. They develop valuable networking contacts with professionals working in their selected career fields, and they get to know other youth with their same interests and aspirations.

Exploring brings business and community leaders together to help young people reach their full potential. Exploring offers teens and young adults unique, hands-on experiences in an environment that develops leadership, character, and confidence through many immersive and empowering moments along the way.

Exploring Levels

Exploring Clubs, Ages 10-14

The Exploring Club career education program is for young
men and women in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades.
They must be at least 10 years old but not yet 15 years
old and have completed the fifth grade but have not yet
completed the eighth grade. For those individuals who
are 15 years old or older, please review the guidelines for
joining Exploring Posts.

Exploring Posts, Ages 14-20

The Exploring Post career education program is for young
men and women who have completed the eighth grade and
are at least 14 years old and not yet 21. Applicants age 18
and older must complete an adult application.

What Do Explorers Do?

Discover Your Future

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

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!

Some Ways you Can Volunteer:

Post Advisor or Club Sponsor

Fostering and developing an environment within the Explorer Post or Club that promotes a feeling of community and encourages growth and responsibility to one another. Helping youth to lead, to plan, to make decisions, and to carry out a program of activities over an extended period of time.

Post or Club Committee Member

The committee meets monthly to ensure that the Exploring Post or Club has a quality program, that it is under capable leadership, and that it achieves the purposes of the participating organization and Learning for Life and Exploring.

Community Organization

We are always working with companies and organizations to establish new Career Exploring programs including Businesses, Youth organizations, Governmental agencies, Professional organizations, Educational institutions, and Nonprofits.