Jan 14, 2019 | Blog, For Parents, Jamboree Experience
Faith and Beliefs It is clear that the World Scout Jamboree brings together a group with a diversity hardly rivaled by any other gathering. As such, questions of “diversity” or “appreciating diversity” are no mere aspirations but concrete and essential elements of the...
Jan 4, 2019 | Blog, For Parents, Jamboree Experience, Jamboree Logistics
Contingent Training Now Open! The USA Contingent Management Team is pleased to share its official training for contingent members. The training is available on our Training Page and on YouTube as separate videos and in a playlist.All USA Contingent members (youth...
Dec 22, 2018 | Blog, Jamboree Experience
Announcing Café USA The 24th World Scout Jamboree will be one of the most innovative Jamborees ever in more ways than one. It will be the first World Scouting Event held at the Summit Bechtel Scout Reserve. It is the second WSJ held within the USA and the first to be...
Oct 22, 2018 | Blog, Jamboree Experience, Jamboree History
Déjà Vu, Life at the 1967 US World Scout Jamboree This year is not the first time that the World Jamboree has come to the USA, but it is the second time. Kate Mulcahy, US Contingent Promotions Coordinator takes us back to Idaho in 1967 to experience the 12th World...
Sep 24, 2018 | Blog, For Parents, Jamboree Experience
Lessons from the Jamboree The World Jamboree sticks with you your whole life. Ask anyone who’s been before, whether they went to the 2007 World Jamboree in the UK or the 1967 Jamboree in Idaho, they’ll tell you that their experience still affects their life. To look...
Sep 10, 2018 | Blog, Jamboree Experience
The Jamboree Experience The World Scout Jamboree is nearly impossible to describe. It is easiest to say that it is an event like no other. It is more descriptive to say that it is like a National Jamboree, with more countries represented, and with a focus on...