Family Activities Volunteering

**Note: You must complete and pass the Qualified Youth Leader General Training before you will be eligible to receive the Qualified Youth Leader: Family Programs Badge.**

Information about Family Programs and Mini Mountaineers

Family Programs
 Many of our branches offer family hikes, snowshoes, open climb nights, and family car-camping events. These are great opportunities to get out for a fun adventure with other families.

Mini Mountaineers
Offered in Olympia, Seattle, and Tacoma, Mini Mountaineers is designed to get tots/preschoolers and an accompanying adult outside to inspire a love for the planet in our future stewards. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, babysitters, friends... let us do the planning to get you and your little one outside with fellow outdoorsy families! We host multiple events a month during the school year, including meet-ups for local nature walks, hands on nature-based activities, and outdoor adventure activities. 

QYL: Family Programs badge

Leaders running Family Programs or Mini Mountaineers Activities. For youth to be able to participate in these programs, we require Leaders on the roster to have both:

• The Qualified Youth Leader Badge

AND

• The QYL: Family Programs Skill Badge

How to get the QYL: Family programs Badge

Volunteers must be enrolled in the Qualified Youth Leader Training Course, and complete the QYL: Family Activities training  in that Course.  After completing the training you must score at least 80% on the quiz at the end of the training. 

Resources for your the Family Programs Training:

• Family Activities Handbook
• Qualified Youth Leader Introduction Handbook

ENROLL IN THE QUALIFIED YOUTH LEADER COURSE

For questions on this or other Qualified Youth Leader Trainings, please contact info@mountaineers.org