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FINAL APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday,
October 16
Celebrate Scouting's 100th Anniversary!!
Last chance for Scouts to register for the 21st World Scout Jamboree!
Applications
and $500 deposit MUST must be in the Longhorn Council office no later
than 5 PM Monday, October 16th! Estimated cost is $3,975 per person,
including the jamboree fee, air travel, tour costs, meal costs, lodging,
unit equipment, accident and sickness insurance. APPLY NOW!!
Scroll down for application.
The 21st World Scout Jamboree will be hosted in the United Kingdom
from July 27 until August 8, 2007. It will bring together 40,000 Scouts,
Venturers, leaders, and staff for 12 days. They will share adventure,
international friendship, personal growth, and development. In 2007,
the centennial year of the founding of the Scouting movement, the
jamboree theme will be “One World, One Promise.”
 A
world jamboree is an international encampment of Scouts, teenagers,
and unit leaders with the purpose of providing a dramatic demonstration
of Scouting’s ability to develop world brotherhood, a spirit
of friendship, and a source of understanding among young people through
fellowship, activities, and adventure. Most of the countries with
Scout associations will be represented.
Lt. General Robert Baden-Powell, who founded the Scouting program,
also pioneered the very first jamboree at Olympia in London in 1920.
301 American Scouts and leaders attended the First World Jamboree.
The Boy Scouts of America is inviting 3,200 American Scouts and leaders
to return to the birthplace of Scouting during the summer of 2007.
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Dates
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July
27 - August 8, 2007
Click here or scroll down to find out:
How can I go to the World Jamboree?
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Location
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 The
21st World Scout Jamboree will take place at Hylands Park, Chelmsford,
in the United Kingdom. It is within easy reach of both central London
and the airports surrounding London.
• Hylands Park is a large
area of rolling green parkland, with patches of woodland and an English
country house. It offers an ideal location for the jamboree site.
• Chelmsford is a local town
and has a history stretching back thousands of years. Chelmsford Borough
Council owns Hylands Park and is strongly supporting the jamboree.
• Gilwell Park is the home
of Scouting in the UK and is close to both Hylands Park and London.
It will be the focus of adventurous activities in the Gilwell Adventure,
which is one of the program venues.
• The United Kingdom is a
diverse and multicultural society that combines tradition with high
technology. The UK has the honor of being the country where Lord Baden-Powell
founded Scouting. His first experiment was with an encampment on Brownsea
Island in 1907 with 22 Scouts from the London area.
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How doYouth Apply? |
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Youth
who meet the Scout and Venturing Participation
Requirements should complete the Youth
World Jamboree Application. Attach a check or money order
for $500 to the application and send it to the Longhorn Council office.
Make the check out to the Boy Scouts of America (national office).
All applications must be approved by the Longhorn Council, and then
sent to the BSA Regional and national offices for final approval and
selection.
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How do Adults Apply? |
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Adults
who meet the Adult Participation Requirements
or STAFF Participation Requirements should
complete the Adult
World Jamboree Application. Attach a check or money order
for $500 to the application and send it to the Longhorn Council office.
Make the check out to the Boy Scouts of America (national office).
All applications must be approved by the Longhorn Council, and then
sent to the BSA Regional and national offices for final approval and
selection.
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Where to send Applications: |
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Mail
or send applications to:
Longhorn Council BSA
ATTN: World Jamboree
PO Box 54190
850 Cannon Drive
Hurst TX 76054
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Travel
Arrangement?
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 All
unit participants must travel together as a part of a jamboree tour
group. The
Boy Scouts of America contingent will meet at a series of "gateway
cities" in the United States prior to departing for the jamboree.
Transportation from the participant's hometown to their gateway city
will be the responsibility of each Scout, Venturer, and leader.
Southern
Region participants will depart from their gateway cities the evening
of Monday, July 23, 2007. They will arrive at either London Gatwick
or London Heathrow airport on Tuesday morning, July 24, 2007. They
will tour London July 24 through July 26 and arrive at the jamboree
site on Friday, July 27.
On Wednesday morning, August 8, the Southern Region contingent will
depart for home, arriving in the United States on the same day.
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Fees
and Payment Schedule
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The
estimated cost for the 21st World Scout Jamboree in Chelmsford, Essex,
England, is $3,975 per person. The Jamboree cost will include the
jamboree fee, travel and tour costs, meal costs, lodging, unit equipment,
accident and sickness insurance, and prejamboree training. (It does
not include travel to and from the prejamboree training site or to
and from the point of departure for the jamboree.) Costs can be found
in the world jamboree brochure.
Payment Schedule
| 1st
payment |
due
with application |
$500 |
| 2nd
payment |
due
before January 30, 2006 |
$575 |
| 3rd
payment |
due
before April 30, 2006 |
$575 |
| 4th
payment |
due
before July 30, 2006 |
$575 |
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5th payment |
due
before October 30, 2006 |
$575 |
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6th payment |
due
before January 30, 2007 |
$575 |
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Final payment |
due
before May 30, 2007 |
Balance
due |
REFUND POLICY
1. Refunds will be made to applicants upon receipt of written notice
of cancellation. Refunds are subject to the amounts of contractual
agreements made on behalf of the applicant. Written notice of cancellation
should be sent to the Jamboree Division at the national office.
2. Deposit fees paid by alternates not selected as active participants
will be refunded in full.
3. There will be no refund or rebate following the
jamboree.
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Youth
Qualifications
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 Boy
Scouts
• Be a registered Boy Scout at least 14 years of age and of First
Class rank by July 27, 2007. That is specifically those born between
July 28, 1989, and July 27, 1993, may take part in the jamboree.
• Participate in the prejamboree training experience.
• File a Personal Health and Medical form, No. WSJ-34412-05,
before prejamboree training.
• Be active in a troop for at least six months prior to July
23, 2007.
• Be approved by the Scoutmaster.
• Be approved by the Longhorn Council.
• Be approved by the region.
Venturing
• Be a registered Venturer but not have reached your 18th birthday
by July 27, 2007.
• Participate in the prejamboree training experience.
• File a Personal Health and Medical Record form, No. WSJ-34412-05,
before the prejamboree training.
• Be active in a crew for at least six months prior to July 27,
2007.
• Have camping experience.
• Be approved by the Advisor.
• Be approved by the Longhorn Council.
• Be approved by the region.
Click here for:
BSA
World Jamboree Information Page
Youth
World Jamboree Application
Adult
World Jamboree Application
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ADULT
Qualifications
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 All
jamboree units will be organized as provisional troops/crews. The
following ADULT qualifications
must be met.
Scoutmaster/Advisor
• Be at least 21 years of age by July 23, 2007.
• Have served as a Scoutmaster (Advisor) for at least one year
during the three-year period prior to July 23, 2007, or in a leadership
role in the Longhorn Council, area, or region as determined by the
region.
• Have completed basic training for Scoutmasters or Advisors.
• Have completed the 60-minute Youth Protection training. (Advisors
should also review Youth Protection Guidelines, AV-03V014.)
• Have been awarded Wood Badge and/or Scouter’s Key/Advisor’s
Key.
• Participate in the prejamboree training experience.
• Have filed a Personal Health and Medical Record, No. WSJ-34412-05,
before the prejamboree training.
• Be approved by the Longhorn Council.
• Be approved by the region.
First
Assistant Scoutmaster/Associate Advisor
(Same qualifications as Scoutmaster/Advisor)
Second
Assistant Scoutmaster/Associate Advisor
• Be at least 21 years of age by July 23, 2007.
• Have served actively in an adult troop/crew leadership position
for at least one year during the three-year period prior to July 23,
2007, or in a leadership role in the Longhorn Council, area, or region
as determined by the region.
• Have completed the 60-minute Youth Protection training. (Advisors
should review Youth Protection Guidelines, AV-03V014.)
• Participate in the prejamboree training experience.
• Have filed a Personal Health and Medical Record, No. WSJ-34412-05,
before the prejamboree training.
• Be approved by the Longhorn Council.
• Be approved by the region.
 Third
Assistant Scoutmaster/Associate Advisor
• Be at least 18 years of age (but not yet 21) by July 23, 2007.
Associate Advisors must be 21 years of age by July 23, 2007.
• Have served actively in a troop/crew leadership position.
• Have completed the 60-minute Youth Protection training. (Advisors
should review Youth Protection Guidelines, AV-03V014.)
• Participate in the prejamboree training experience.
• Have filed a Personal Health and Medical Record, No. WSJ-34412-05,
before the prejamboree training.
• Be approved by the Longhorn Council.
• Be approved by the region.
Click
here for:
BSA
World Jamboree Information Page
Youth
World Jamboree Application
Adult
World Jamboree Application
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STAFF
Qualifications
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 Service
and Contingent Staff
MembersThe organizing committee of the 21st World Scout Jamboree has
asked all participating countries to provide service staff members
from their country. Service staff members will be assigned full time
to any of the hundreds of staff jobs at the jamboree. These staff
assignments will be made by the host country based on its needs.The
Regional World Jamboree Committee will select persons to serve on
the jamboree service staff. These selections will be made from applications
submitted to the region by Longhorn Councils. The adult application
will have a place for the individuals to list their interest in serving
as a service or contingent staff member. Contingent staff will be
selected by the BSA World Scout Jamboree Executive Committee.
• Be at least 18 years of age by July 23, 2007.
• Have completed the 60-minute Youth Protection training.
• File a Personal Health and Medical Record, No. WSJ-34412-05,
when requested.
• Be approved by the Longhorn Council.
• Be approved by the region.
Click
here for:
BSA
World Jamboree Information Page
Youth
World Jamboree Application
Adult
World Jamboree Application
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