2005 Jamboree

16th National Jamboree -“On My Honor, Timeless Values”

The 2005 National Scout Jamboree will be held from July 25 through August 3, 2005, at Fort A. P. Hill near Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia. This is the historic area of Washington, D.C., Colonial Williamsburg, Yorktown, Richmond and Fredericksburg, VA.

Jamboree Contingent News

Susquehanna Council will send a troop to the National Scout Jamboree at Fort A P Hill Virginia in July 2005. The troop consists of 36 Scouts and four adult leaders. The members of the contingent represent nine troops drawn from all three districts within the council.

Preparations for the jamboree began with decisions about what equipment, supplies and personal gear was needed. The troop then had to acquire the necessary material. A variety of organizations within Susquehanna Council have been very generous in helping to supply many of the needed items.

The Williamsport/Lycoming Foundation provided the money used to purchase the cabin tents the participants will stay in while at the jamboree. VFW Post 6631 in Selinsgrove has provided money to purchase utility wagons the participants will use to carry their equipment and supplies into and out of the jamboree. Wood Mode in Kreamer has provided wood for the construction of the field kitchens that will be used for meal preparation at the jamboree. The VFW Home Association in Selinsgrove and the Moose Lodge in Middleburg have also donated money to help defray costs.

All the troops attending the jamboree have been assigned a unit number just for the event. All participants in the troop will also wear a distinctive council shoulder insignia. During a weekend camp in October at Camp Karoondinha, the Scouts selected the design for their shoulder insignia. Six designs were submitted and the Scouts chose a design that depicts Susquehanna Council as the home of the Little League World Series. The design will also appear on their Scout cap and on a hat pin.

During their weekend camp, the Scouts stayed busy with a variety of activities. The Scouts formed the patrols as they will exist during the jamboree and then elected their senior patrol leader and patrol leaders. They helped build the patrol boxes they will use at the jamboree and also spent time planning the appearance of the gateway they will construct at the entrance to their campsite at the jamboree. The gateway will follow the Little League World Series theme.

While the participants are busy making their preparations, a council jamboree committee has been at work behind the scenes making arrangements to support the troop. Getting all the Scouts, leaders, equipment and supplies to the jamboree is no simple matter so one of the first tasks the committee undertook was to arrange transportation. Tour buses have been chartered to take the Scouts and leaders to the jamboree and Milton Transport has volunteered the use of a tractor-trailer to carry the equipment and supplies. A company driver has volunteered to take the truck down and back.

The committee also decided that it did not want to just take the troop directly to the jamboree and then bring it straight back home. A tour of historical sites has been planned for the trip down and a stop at Six Flags America will be made on the return home. The committee now has to finalize plans for accommodations in Virginia for the participants prior to their arrival at the jamboree.

Thanks to the work of Scouting volunteers and help from the community, the Scouts and their leaders can look forward to an exciting and memorable time at the National Scout Jamboree in 2005.

"The Susquehanna Council, Boy Scouts of America is a United Way Agency."

JAMBOREE EQUIPMENT FUNDING

The Williamsport-Lycoming Foundation has provided a grant of $5,000 to be used for equipment for the national jamboree. New tents have already been purchased for the use at the 2005 national jamboree. They are the large tents which will be used in the handicap accessible campsite during the summer of 2006 after the jamboree ends. The tents have already been purchased and are presently being stored for the jamboree.

Jamboree Committee Meetings

2003
July 15
September 2
September 30
October 28
December 18

2004
February 17
May 11
July 20
September 21
November 16

2005
February 15
April 19
May 17
June 21
September 20

Jamboree Troop Meetings
(All troop meetings are held at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church in Milton, except for weekends planned for Camp K)

2003
November 20

2004
February 19
April 15
June 17
September 16
October Weekend 17 -19
December 16 Cancelled

2005
February 17
April 21
June Weekend 17 - 19
July 14
July 24 - Leave from Milton - 2005 Jamboree Bound!
August 3 - Return to Milton from Jamboree

FIRST TROOP MEETING HELD FOR SCOUTS
GOING TO THE JAMBOREE

The Scouts who will be attending the National Jamboree in 2005, gathered for their first troop meeting this past February. They watched slides of past jamborees and had the opportunity to meet each other.

The council contingent will depart from St. Andrew's United Methodist Church in Milton on Sunday, July 24, 2005 at 4:30 a.m.. The troop will arrive back at the church at approximately 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 3, 2005.

The council jamboree troop consists of 36 scouts and four adult leaders. The jamboree troop is full with a waiting list at this time.

The adult leadership is:

Tom Dahlmann - Scoutmaster
Barry Schaub - 1st Assistant
Bill Bogler - 2nd Assistant
B.J. Schaub - 3rd Assistant

All troop meetings are held at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church in Milton. The schedule is:

April 15
June 17
September 16
October 15 -17 Weekend at Camp K
December 16
February 17
April 21
June 17 -19 Weekend at Camp K
July 14

Special thanks to Milton Transportation Company which will be providing a truck, driver, gasoline, and lodging for the driver. The truck will deliver the troop equipment to the jamboree and pick it up again after the event is over.

Thanks also to Kaylene Trick, council jamboree chairperson and the entire council jamboree committee for the great job they are doing.