Highlights - 2013 National Scout Jamboree

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Create World Jamboree-Style Scouting Neighborhoods

• Smaller camping footprint (1,000 acres) than Fort A.P. Hill (5,000 acres).

• Maximum distance to arena from any Subcamp will be 1.5 miles.

• Twenty Subcamps organized into five villages.

• Much smaller Subcamp staff.

• Troops assigned to promote highest amount of interaction (no camping by regions).

• One Subcamp will be dedicated to Venturers.

• Almost all adult staff will be housed and fed in the adult camp (6,000 to 7,000).

• Walking will be the norm—no personal vehicles allowed in the jamboree footprint.

Build Flexible Infrastructure to Support Both Jamboree and The Summit Year-Round Programs

• Permanent camp sites with bathroom facilities.

• Underground electricity and fiber optic cable for the entire site.

• First jamboree will have more temporary facilities.

• The Summit Center will be designed to function as the visitor experience area.

Embrace Cutting-Edge Technology in the Jamboree Operational Model

• Jamboree will utilize technology at every possible level, from registration through the event.

• Plans are to give each participant a personalized, programmable handheld device (the j-phone) with all program data and individual schedules pre-loaded.

• J-phone will entertain and inform participants throughout the jamboree.

• BSA technology will become part of the jamboree “magic.”

Employ a Seamless Logistics and Supply Operation

• Jamboree will provide all troop equipment—tents, cooking equipment, etc.

• Participants will only bring a duffel, sleeping bag, and day pack (jamboree will supply duffel and day pack).

• Food will be pre-packed by troops, with cooking designed for troops rather than patrols.

• Commissary will be offsite, with troop food delivered to villages.

• Lunches will be issued with breakfast in the morning so that participants will have them wherever they are.

Deliver a World-Class Program—Constantly on the Move

• Program will be more diverse, more intense, and have a higher energy level than previous jamborees.

• Jamboree will engage Scouts on a more intense program level in areas of interest to them.

• Program will be daylight to dark.

• Day of Giving Back.

• New Jamboree Trek program.

• Merit badges connected to program areas.

• Arena shows designed to entertain and inspire youth members.

Showcase a Visitor Experience Very Different than the Participant Experience

• Visitors and participants can come together in the 90-acre Summit Center.

• Access to program areas will be limited to jamboree participants.

• In the Summit Center, visitors will be offered a “jamboree lite” experience with a sampling of jamboree activities, constant entertainment, and activities in the arena area, in addition to the exhibit and display areas.

• Jamboree visitors will be provided an improved experience and charged a reasonable but appropriate fee.

Enable a Volunteer-Driven, Professionally Guided Jamboree Staff Opportunity

• Staff mantra—“volunteer–driven, professionally guided.” No duality of one volunteer and one professional in each major assignment.

• Less management, more customer-engaged staff.

• Emphasis on recruiting younger staff members by providing shorter commitments than entire jamboree.

• OA will provide more than 600 Arrowmen for programs such as Jamboree Trek and Day of Giving Back.

• Jamboree staff camp will be separated from participant camps, with vast majority of staff housed at this camp.

• Adult staff camp will provide first-class facilities and food.

Go Green, Go Healthy, and Go Safe

• Jamboree will use absolute best practices of eco-friendly camping—an example to other camps.

• Embrace conservation practices and Leave No Trace camping.

• Promote childhood health and fitness.

• Everyone will walk everywhere.

• Healthy food and drinks offered.

• Maintain high standards of Going Safely that was benchmark of 2010 jamboree.

Sustain the Scouting Movement for the Next 100 Years

• Jamboree will preserve the best of jamboree traditions while creating new ones.

• Scouts, staff, and visitors will be introduced to the World Brotherhood of Scouting at The Summit.

Offer Scouts, Scouters, and Visitors a True, Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience

• A jamboree at The Summit will truly be that once-in-a-lifetime experience for all who attend.