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A Webcast about the first National Scout Jamboree at the
Summit Betchel Reserve.
July 15, 2013
Hello my name is Jerry Frese and I am one of the Scoutmasters of the 2013 National Scout Jamboree. During this webcast I hope to tell you and show you the many things we have planned for the Scouts who go with me to the Jamboree next summer. We plan to leave Sunday evening aboard tours busses loaded with scouts and their personal gear much like many of you did thissummer as you headed off to summer camp. But this AIN’T like any summer camp you have ever been to before. Why is that?
Summit Bechtel Reserve
Well for one thing, nobody has ever been to the place where next year’sJamboree is being held. That because it is all being built RIGHT NOW. The National Council of the Boy Scouts received a large donation from theBechtel Family and after several years of looking, picked this property in WVA. The National Council then brought in some of the finest outdoor adventure builders in the world and had them start constructing a world class facility for us to enjoy.Many of them are up there right now and we are going to hear from them laterin this webcast.
New River Gore, West Virginia
The Summit is located in the New River Gore of West Virginia some 7 hours south west of Baltimore. Some of you may have heard of this place because it isfamous for its high suspension bridges and its summer festivals of bungee jumping. Or maybe you have heard about the class 4 white water rafting this area isfamous for. But from this day on, I hope you remember it as the place you had the BEST TIME of your Scouting career.
Villages of the Summit
The summit sits on top of a mountain where five camping villages or base campsare being built as we speak. Each base camp will house 4 subcamps Some 50,000 scouts will be attending the National Scout Jamboree next summer.They will come from all over the United States and all over the world. They will come from Russia and Romania, from Denmark and Dallas, from Brazil and of course from Baltimore. I want you to listen now to some Scouts I met fromDenver who will tell you of their plans to go to the Jamboree next Year. Movie
Base Camp
That’s Denver’s plan now here’s is what we will be doing a year from now. We expect to arrive at our base camp early in the morning of July 15, 2013.The sun will just be rising on a fresh new day in the mountains of West Virginia. The sun also be rising on a brand new adventure for us all.
Troop Site Layout
We’ll set up our camp site, 24 tents to a troop. Here you see the alternatingcolored tents representing different troops. One of those silver tents will be mine.The Scoutmasters tents are silver so they are easier to find day or night.We will assemble our picnic tables and put them under our diningflys where we willwill have our first breakfast. On the edges of the campsite are the pre-builtBath houses and toilet facilities
Bath Houses
These facilities will be clearly marked for Boys and Adults. There will be individual shower stalls and the water from the showers will be recycled to flush the toilets. Then the water will be processed through an on sitewater treatment facility.
No More
So this time we won’t have to use those stinky old Port A Potties of days gone by. Since we will arrive early, we will have cooler temperatures to set up our campsiteand then we will be the first to try out the Summit’s all new and different activities.
The Summit Activities
Guys, they have brought in the best in the world to build these activities. For the first time ever, there will a skate board park, a mountain-sized BMX track, 5 mile long zip lines, a walk among the tree top canopy, rappelling down thethe mountain rocks, rafting thru the whitewater rapids, and 13 acres for shootingand archery. I can’t do justice in telling you about these great activities, so let’shear from the builders themselves. Let go to the videos. Movie
– Eleven (11) BAC Units• 10 Boy Scout Troops: w/ 36 Youth & 4 Adults per Unit• 1 Venturing Crew: w/36 Venturer’s & 4 Adults
– Boy Scouts • Current BSA Member• Ages from 12 to 18
– Venturing Scouts:• Current BSA Member• Venturing Boys & Girls• Ages from 14 to 21
Baltimore Area Council
That sounds exciting, right? Well, the Baltimore Area Council will be sending 11 Units to the JAMBOREE. 10 Boy Scout Troops and one Venturing Crew. If you will be 12 years old by July 15, 2013 OR an 11 year old that has graduatedthe 6th grade, OR a scout that has NOT reached their 18th birthday by the lastday of the jamboree, YOUR ELIGIBLE!!!For those in the Venturing program, you must have graduated the 8th grade ORbe at least 14 years old by July 15, 2013, but you can’t be 21 by the last day of the jamboree. That’s for both males and females. And what are you signing up for?
– 10,600 acres in the Summit– 6 Adventure Base Camps:
– 13 acres - Shooting Facilities
– 5 miles of Zip Lines
– 1,600 Rock Climbing Routes
– Whitewater Rafting and Kayaking
– Skateboarding & BMX Mountain Biking
Summit Bechtel Reserve
The JAMBOREE, more than 10,000 acres of fun, 13 acres to shoot in, 5 miles ofzip lines, 1600 Climbing routes, Whitewater rafting and Kayaking, Skateboarding andBMX Mountain Biking. To mention just the new Activities. But there is more!
• Merit Badges connected to program area
• More diverse, more intense and higher energy– Expanded program hours - 8 am to 8 pm
• Day of Service – in West Virginia community
Program Activities
The program activities are expected to be more diverse, more intense and more fun.Program hours have been extended, instead 8 to 5 it will be 8 to 8. And this time, for the first time, there will be a day of service. Every troop willparticipate in a one day Service project. You will be assigned to one of thelocal charitable organizations like Habitat for Humanity, the American Red Cross, or the Salvation Army. And of coarse, you will have an opportunity to earn meritbadges if you want to. And we haven’t forgotten the Arena Shows
• Summit Center - –Arena shows, exhibits, military, conservation–Visitors will mix with Jamboree participants at
Summit Visitor Center ONLY
• Shooting Sports – rifle, shotgun, pistol, 3-D & action archery
• Aquatics – kayaking, scuba, dragon boat racing, paddle boarding
• Patch Trading
Arena Shows
This is where all 50,000 scouts gather for some great entertainment. The showswill open with the traditional hot air balloons from OA and the Eagle Associationand end with that spectacular candle light ceremony.So how does all this sound to you?But I have one more surprise, our Bring A Buddy promotion
Bring-A-Buddy
Today, if you get a buddy of yours to go with you to the Jamboree, both of youwill get a T-Shirt displaying Chessie the Sea Serpent going to the Summit.You register first, then let us know who you got to sign up and the shirt is yours. And your buddy gets one too. So how do you register?
www.BSAJAMBOREE.ORG• REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
– Registration on–line / first come, first serve– Initial deposit of $100 at time of registration– Installment payment plan of $350– Need current registration number from your Boy Scout card– Skip the picture if you want– Print instructions before registering– Camperships are available
• Questions to: [email protected]
• Great videos of Summit at Youtube.com on the see Bechtel Summit Channel
REGISTER NOW!REGISTER NOW!
You go to www.BSAJamboree.org. Registration is open 24 hours a day.If you do not have access the internet we do have paper copies for you to use. There is an initial deposit of $100 due when you register. And there is aninstallment plan for the rest. You will need your current Boy Scout registrationnumber that is on your membership card. You no longer have to have a picture of yourself at the time of registration, we will get that later.We also have Camperships available for those that qualify.If after this webcast you think of a question send it [email protected] and it will be answered.All of the videos you have seen today and many many more are available on theBechtel Summit Channel of youtube. To wrap this up, I want you to listen toHesper, a Venturer that will be at the Jamboree next summer. Movie
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