The National Jamboree is a great time to interact with Scouts from all over the nation and the world while sharing fun activities and crazy adventures. One of the most popular ways to interact with others at the Jamboree is
Ron Ferdinand is the cartoonist behind the Sunday Dennis the Menace comic strip. As with the daily strip, Dennis the Menace runs in over 1,000 newspapers internationally. This particular Sunday ended up not being available, however, Ron specifically wanted to
BSA has just published new updates to the BSA’s PatchScan App for the App Store and Google Play platforms. Patch traders at the jamboree can use the app to verify the authenticity of patches up for trading. Information and downloads
If you’re hearing sousaphones in the stadium, bass drums in your base camp or clarinets on the CONSOL Energy Bridge, you’ve likely run into the Jamboree Band, the Summit Bechtel Reserve’s preeminent musical ensemble. Made up of 75 Scout and
As the scope of activities at the jamboree has grown, so has West Virginia University’s footprint at the Summit. For some, it’s a match made in “Almost Heaven.” “I worked here at the first Jamboree in 2013,” Ryan Campione said
After the Foxtrot Base Camp Bash, a lot of leftover hamburgers needed to be discarded. The bag was too heavy for a staff member to lift into the dumpster, so the bag was left next to the dumpster to be
Some of the Scouts attending the National Jamboree have challenges that make some of the fun activities difficult or impossible. What are some activities these Scouts can do at their own pace? Scott Hellen has some ideas. Hellen is a
Mason Mastroianni is the mastermind behind the B.C. comic strip, with writing assistance from his brother Mick. B.C. was originally created by Mason’s grandfather, the late Johnny Hart. The comic strip is carried in newspapers worldwide. Today’s cartoon was created
The team behind today’s special guest comic Wizard of Id, is Mason Mastroianni, who serves as the illustrator and Mick Mastroianni, who is the writer of the comic strip. The strip was originally created by Johnny Hart and illustrated by
After a very long day of arrivals, check-ins, and campsite set-ups, we’re just glad to be here in West Virginia. But with the long journey still fresh in our minds, we were wondering how Scouts from all over the country