by Vanguard Contributor | Sep 21, 2017 | Current Events, LDS-BSA Blogs
WOW! That is the one word I would use to describe the 2017 National Scout Jamboree, attended by nearly 40,000 participants, volunteers, staff and visitors at The Bechtel Summit. In 2010 and 2013 I was on the Family Life merit badge staff at the jamboree. This year I...
by Vanguard Contributor | Jul 13, 2017 | Current Events, LDS-BSA Blogs
Next week tens of thousands of young men and women and their leaders will arrive at the Summit Bechtel Reserve near Beckley, West Virginia for the 2017 National Boy Scout Jamboree. While there, they will have an opportunity to participate in whitewater rafting,...
by Vanguard Contributor | May 19, 2017 | Current Events, LDS-BSA Blogs
In less than 90 days, an estimated 40,000 Scouts from all over the United States and around the world will gather at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia to “Live Scouting’s Adventure” at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree. If you aren’t fortunate enough to be...
by Vanguard Contributor | May 25, 2016 | LDS-BSA Blogs, Scouting Moms
My oldest son went to his first national Scout jamboree when he was 14 years old, and I had the jitters. There were plenty of reasons that going to a Scouting event far from home would make a mom like me nervous. For one thing, he started making plans to attend...
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