Lunch Upon Arrival

It does not seem possible but our first meal at The Summit is just around the corner!  When we arrive Monday afternoon we'll be given a sack lunch of tuna salad, crackers, berry-apple crisp bar, mixed fruit cup, sunflower kernels, Swiss cream cookie and the only plastic bottle of water you'll receive all week.  Hopefully
they'll give us a spoon for the fruit cup!

No Reason to Fear

There has been an insane amount of rain the past few days!  Little creek bridges have flooded, fields are under water and camping would be practically impossible.  Thankfully when we're at the Jamboree we'll be in brand new tents, sleeping on cots and snug as a bug in a rug if it rains.  Now we're not wishing for rain, far from it!  We're just happy we'll be dry if it does rain!

A local race track completely under water

Hometown News Correspondent

There's an exclusive opportunity for Venturers and Scouts to act as a Hometown News Correspondent at the Jamboree.  The crew Correspondent will have access to all types of activities not open to the regular participant.

The Correspondents at the 2010 Jamboree actually got to ride in a helicopter over the Jamboree site!  For information about becoming a Hometown News Correspondent check out the information here.

Wanna know the awesome part?  There can be multiple Correspondents from each Crew and Troop!  Register today to be a Hometown News Correspondent.

Stoves, Duffels and Skittles

There is nothing like spending a whole 24 hours with Jamboree enthusiasts from the WD Boyce Council.  This weekend we hung out with Jambo Troop 343 and were able to get a glimpse of what a day at the Jamboree will look like.

We kicked off the weekend with some hilarious games and loads of Skittles.  Only the ladies of Crew 404 were able to make this weekend's training.  So it was us five girls up against 35 boys.  We managed to hold our own. 

Saturdays are days for sleeping in but we were up and at 'em by 6:20.  We had a quick breakfast and we hit the training off with laundry how-to's using the ever famous Armstrong.

We spent a couple hours at the Eureka College pool passing our swim tests and out doing each other off the diving board.  There were a few very impressive scouts and venturers!

A delicious dinner of four-cheese tortellini and a salad that smiled brought our jam-packed weekend to a close.  We even managed to talk to some of those Boy Scouts.