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Staff Advisor:
Rachel Caldwell
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2010 National Scout Jamboree
Celebrate 100 years of Scouting in style on the 2010 National Jamboree tour July 22nd through August 6th, 2010. (Please know dates are tentative as transportation is not contracted yet) Location is Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, in Virginia. The Samoset Council 2010 Jamboree Committee is organizing a fun and exciting tour prior to our arrival at the National Jamboree.
Samoset Troops Depart
Three busses loaded with 121 Scouts and adult leaders from the Samoset Council Service Center Thursday July 22 on their 16 day adventure at the National Scout Jamboree.
The Jamboree, held at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia is a quadrennial gathering of Scouts from around the Nation. Approximately 35,000 Scouts are expected to attend this year’s 10 day event. The contingent of Scouts from the Samoset Council will travel by motorcoach to Virginia, spend time in Washington D.C and the surrounding area and arrive at the Jamboree Grounds on July 25. This year’s Jamboree celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America and will feature centennial themed activities, exhibits and shows. The highlight of the event is the Centennial celebration show on July 31 titled “A Shining Light Across America.” The centennial presentation will be streamed live at www.ustream.tv/shininglight.
What is the National Jamboree?
Every four years, the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America organizes the ultimate Boy Scout experience, the National Jamboree! The BSA has announced that the next Jamboree has been scheduled in 2010 to coincide with the 100th birthday of the Boy Scouts of America! Yes, it will have been one hundred years since an “unknown Scout” helped an American businessman, William D. Boyce, to find his way through a London fog. This simple, selfless act led Mr. Boyce to bring the fledgling movement of Boy Scouting to America in 1910.
Over 40,000 Scouts and Scouters attended the last Jamboree in 2005, and all the excitement of past Jamborees will be incorporated with new themes and shows. What goes on at a Jamboree? Everything that the combined resources of the National Council plus hundreds of the best volunteers from every local council can provide! For example: 5K Fun Runs, 4-way volleyball, rifle shooting, Action Alley, bikathlon’s, Buckskin Games, confidence courses, bicycle motocross, pioneering, rappelling towers, trapshooting, fishing, canoe slalom, scuba diving, kayaking, a huge merit badge midway, daily stage shows and the Order of the Arrow American Indian Village, Plus much more!
The Samoset Council has two contingent troops reserved to attend.
Participant Requirements
- Be at least a First Class Scout by July 1, 2010.
- Have completed sixth grade or be at least 12 years of age by July 1, 2010, and have not reached his 18th birthday by August 3, 2010. This means that Webelo Scouts should consider attending.
- Participate in prejamboree training experience.
- File a personal health and medical record form before the training starts.
- Be approved by the local council jamboree committee.
Registration
To sign up, send in a $100 depsot to Samoset Council. Include the Scouts name, address, phone number, Troop number and birth date.
In addition, all applicants (youth and adult) must complete an on-line registration process through MyScouting. Once you set up a ‘My Scouting’ account, just click on “events registration” and register for the 2010 Jamboree. There is a $10 fee to use this National registration process. This is required for all applicants to be approved to attend the event.
