2010 National Scout Jamboree
 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

IT'S ALMOST HERE!!!
Norwela Council contingent will be leaving for the Jamboree on July 21st between 5:00pm and 6:00pm. We are working on the departure location. Our next scheduled date will be to load the truck on July 17th at Garland Scout ranch. All scouts will need to bring their trunks (fully packed), cots, sleeping bag inside a heavy duty garbage bag and a small bag type chair if desired. We will meet at the warehouse at 8:00am and should hopefully be through by 12:00pm. We will return from the Jamboree late on August 4th or early on August 5th. The exact arrival time may not be established until we are in route home. We will contact all parents about the arrival time while in route.

The Boy Scouts of America, Norwela Council will be sending a contingent of 36 scouts and 4 leaders to the 2010 National Jamboree. Fort A. P. Hill military base located in the rolling hills of Virginia will be the home of the National Jamboree from July 26th - August 4th, 2010. This jamboree held in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of scouting will prove to be the highlight of a boys scouting career.

The Norwela Council contingent will be touring yet to be determined sites before and after the National Jamboree. Agenda details are forthcoming.

To attend a scout must meet the following qualifications.
    ·Be at least a First Class scout at the time of attendance at the Jamboree.
    ·Have completed the sixth grade or be at least 12 years of age by July 1, 2010 and have not reached your 18th birthday by August 2nd, 2010.
    ·Participate in pre-jamboree training experiences.
    ·Submit a Jamboree medical form.
    ·Be active in your unit for at least six months prior to July1st, 2010 and be approved by your Scoutmaster and local Jamboree committee.

At this time Norwela council currently has a waiting list. If you are interested in attending the Jamboree, please go by the council office and fill out the appropriate form(s) to place your name on the list.

The Norwela Jamboree committee is please to announce that the Scoutmaster and the 1st and 2nd Assistant Scoutmaster positions for the 2010 contingent have been filled.

Scoutmaster - Bill Waltman
1st Assistant Scoutmaster - Chris Haacker
2nd Assistant Scoutmaster - Vic Ingram

If you are between the age of 18 and 21 and would like to be considered for the 3rd Assistant Scoutmaster position on the council contingent, please go by the council office and fill out a leadership application. The contingent scoutmasters will be collecting applications and interviewing candidates.

As the Scoutmaster for the Norwela contingent, I want to assure all parents that the Jamboree committee, Assistant Scoutmasters and I are in the process of putting together information for all parents and scouts. This webpage will be updated as soon as more information is available. If I can answer any questions, please fill free to give me a call at (318) 286-9324 or (318) 671-1558.

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