Scouting, Volume 38, Number 2, February 1950 Page: 26
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Asst. Director, Camping and Special Events
The Jamboree can affect the life of every
Scout in your Troop. In a sense, every Scout
can share this adventure to Strengthen the Arm
of Liberty.
How can this be accomplished? Well, we know
the Jamboree grounds at Valley Forge can accom-
modate only 40,000 boys. Therefore, hundreds of
thousands will miss the Jamboree. However, every
Scout can be given the experience of planning and
carrying out a Troop Camporee patterned after the
Jamboree, which is, after all, a gigantic seven-day
Camporee on a National basis. So, why not have
a pre-Valley Forge Camporee just by your own
Troop. Preparing as a Jamboree camping unit, or
meeting the standards of a good camporee require
about the same quality of preparation.
To develop the Camporee with the maximum
results will require the best leadership and skill.
Your camporee can become big and important
when the Scout sees its relationship to the Jam-
boree.
How can his Patrol attain the high standard of
the Jamboree?
Will he be proud of his camping unit?
Will he be ready with other members of his
Patrol to have the President of the United States
or the governor of his own State stop in for a
tour or visit?
What fun it will be to make articles to be taken
to Valley Forge for swapping by the Troop repre-
sentative. Real Jamboree atmosphere! Invite a
neighboring Troop to be your guest for one meal,
and show the members around.
Here are a few pointers to go over with your
leaders:
1. Scout Units camping at Valley Forge will
practice the best camping they know. Your Troop
will want to do no less.
2. Good Patrol organization will be essential.
At the start of planning your camporee, use the
boy leaders of your Troop. Coach them to assume
responsibility.
3. Develop a schedule of things to be done, and
place responsibility. It is also important to have a
definite time when projects are to be completed.
To rate as a Jamboree Camping Unit will take
weeks of preparation in making equipment and
developing the Jamboree touch by decorating
Troop and Patrol gear.
In fact, a good starting point will be the Troop
camping gear. Is it adequate? Suggest that an
inventory be taken to see if it measures up to
Jamboree standards.
Of course, the Troop Committee should be in on
the ground floor. The Camping man will want to
carry the ball. Problems of financing equipment
should be faced immediately. Wherever possible,
equipment should be homemade, and Troop funds
used to buy raw materials. The Jamboneering
Manual (Cat. No. 6001) has many suggestions on
how to make equipment. Here are some other
hints:
1. Tentage should be on a two-boy basis. Make
it colorful, with a Patrol totem painted on the tent.
Stencil it on with oil colors. January Boys' Life has
some helpful hints. (If your Troop does not get
Boys' Life, why not subscribe for a personal copy
until the whole Troop can sign up?) Boys' Life
will be featuring Jamboree items for the next
several months.
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