World Jamboree
Jamboree Dining Facility Serves Around 24,000 Meals A Day And Employs Locals
By Anna SaundersJul 25, 2019, 20:11 Pm https://woay.tv/jamboree-dining-facility-serves-around-24000-meals-a-day-and-employs-locals/ GLEN JEAN, W.Va (WOAY) – With 45,000 scouts and 8,000 volunteers, it is easy to wonder how all of these people are getting fed. “Well, it begins very early, so breakfast starts at about two o’clock in the morning,” Dining Team Lead Steve Tipton said. “Our front-of-the-house staff…
Read MoreScout Scarf (Neckerchief) Day – August 1, 2019
The idea of “Scout Scarf Day” on August 1 is that all active and former scouts are requested to wear their scout scarfs in public to make the “Spirit of Scouting” visible: Once a Scout – Always a Scout! The date of the event commemorates the very first Scout Camp on Brownsea Island in 1907.…
Read MoreSights and Sounds: The fun begins at the World Scout Jamboree
Scouts from all over the world were greeted with some rain as they set up camp at the Summit Bechtel Reserve for the 24th World Scout Jamboree. But that didn’t dampen spirits at all. Let’s take a look at some of the fun more than 40,000 Scouts and leaders are already having in West Virginia.…
Read MoreKeep up with the World Scout Jamboree from home
In less than a week, the Summit Bechtel Reserve will welcome more than 40,000 Scouts and leaders from around the world for the 24th World Scout Jamboree. It will be a monumental event, last hosted in North America in 1983 (Canada) — and in the U.S. in 1967. If you aren’t going for the two-week…
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