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2017 National Jamboree
The 2017 National Scout Jamboree was the 19th national Scout jamboree (Boy Scouts of America), national Scout jamboree held by the Boy Scouts of America, from July 19, 2017 to July 28, 2017. It was the second National Scout Jamboree held at the The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia. The theme of the jamboree was "Live Scouting's Adventure". The Summit was also the venue of the 24th World Scout Jamboree in 2019. It was decided at the 2013 National Scout Jamboree, 2013 National Jamboree that the Summit Bechtel Reserve would be the permanent location of each National Jamboree. Changes from 2013 After the most recent 2013 National Scout Jamboree, jamboree in 2013, BSA leadership underwent a feedback process to determine how they could improve on the Summit jamboree experience, and made changes as a result. Communication Seeing communication with staff and participants as one of the program's biggest hurdles, the jamboree leadersh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve
The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, often shortened as Summit Bechtel Reserve (SBR), located in Fayette and Raleigh counties, near Beckley, West Virginia, is one of four facilities managed by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). The others are Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, Northern Tier National High Adventure Bases in Minnesota, as well as Manitoba and Ontario in Canada, and Florida National High Adventure Sea Base in the Keys. The Summit Bechtel Reserve is the current home of the National Scout Jamboree, the Paul R. Christen National High Adventure Base, the James C. Justice National Scout Camp, and the John D. Tickle National Training and Leadership Center. The reserve comprises properties totaling over . The facility's opening event was the 2013 National Scout Jamboree. Inauguration On November 18, 2009, the BSA announced the acquisition of the property comprising the main 10,600-acre site of what is now The Summit Bechtel Reserve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
