What ages is TAASC designed for?
The Amer­i­can Adven­ture Ser­vice Corps is designed for chil­dren ages 8 through 18, with a major­ity of high school grad­u­ates, in col­lege, con­tin­u­ing their involve­ment through age 22.

Is TAASC co-​​ed? Yes

Is TAASC non-​​discriminatory?
Of course! Mem­ber­ship is open to any youth mem­ber and fam­ily who are com­mit­ted to being active.

Is there a TAASC pro­gram in my area?
The Amer­i­can Adven­ture Ser­vice Corps is com­mit­ted to grow­ing and mak­ing its pro­gram avail­able to chil­dren through the United States. To find out if there is a pro­gram in your area, con­tact the TAASC national office.

How do youth mem­bers join?
First, there must be a TAASC pro­gram in your area. Con­tact the national office and we will put you in touch with the pro­gram direc­tor if there is one in your community.

Is it safe?
The pro­grams are super­vised by some of the finest and most expe­ri­enced pro­fes­sional, out­door edu­ca­tors in Amer­ica, most have exten­sive expe­ri­ence work­ing for Out­ward Bound. There is risk in par­tic­i­pa­tion in adven­tur­ous activ­i­ties, but state-​​of-​​the-​​art equip­ment, safety poli­cies, staff and train­ing, results in activ­i­ties that are much safer than high school sports such as soccer.

What equip­ment do I need?
TAASC sup­plies all the nec­es­sary out­door gear such as kayaks, canoes, back­packs, sleep­ing bags, tents, etc. Mem­bers need to pro­vide their own per­sonal boots and clothes (finan­cial assis­tance is avail­able for per­sonal cloth­ing). Many mem­bers get so turned on to the out­door skills that they slowly begin to acquire some of their own equipment.

How often does TAASC meet?
There are weekly TAASC meet­ings for the dif­fer­ent age groups and ser­vice projects, trips, and com­mit­tee meet­ings going on at var­i­ous other times dur­ing the week and weekends.

What if my son or daugh­ter wants to join but they are involved in numer­ous other extra-​​curricular activ­i­ties?
We have found that to be an active and com­mit­ted TAASC mem­ber, a young per­son should maybe only be involved in one or two other activ­i­ties (out­side of school) in addi­tion to TAASC. Doing two sports and TAASC is often too much. Ques­tion­naires to TAASC mem­bers indi­cate that in their opin­ion TAASC has been more valu­able to their lives than sports or other youth pro­grams because of the high lev­els of adven­ture, ser­vice and fun.

Is TAASC asso­ci­ated with a reli­gious move­ment, ser­vice group or other youth orga­ni­za­tion?
No. TAASC is an inde­pen­dent, non-​​profit incorporation.

Can par­ents go on trips?
Yes, in most cases. We have a good deal of pos­i­tive par­ent par­tic­i­pa­tion on the age 8 to 12 years old activ­i­ties. Some of the more eager and active par­ents come along on the older kid trips. We love fam­ily involve­ment, but there comes a time when the older kids need to develop on their own and do some activ­i­ties with­out their par­ents along.