2013 Jamboree Troop A318

East Texas Area Council Jamboree Troop 1525 Newsletter Number 15

Birth Date and Location Required for Tour

Your birth date and town of birth are required for our visit to the pentagon. If you have not sent it yet please email it as soon as possible to [email protected].

Reminder on phone and electronics policy for trip

We covered this way back at our first meeting last fall, but I want to remind everyone that our scouts will not be allowed to bring cell phones or electronic games or devices. The main reason for this is that we will not have the facilities to charge them or keep them secure. We will have plenty of entertainment. The jamboree site will have pay phones and AT&T will be providing cell phones to call home as well. Patrol Leaders will be allowed to have a phone for use at Kings Dominion and while touring Washington DC when the patrols are out together and not with the whole troop. I will post the phone numbers for the scoutmasters on the web site before we leave along with the Jamboree emergency notification procedure.

UPDATE: ID Cards ARE Required to enter Fort

It sounds like the tune is changing a bit on ID cards. It will be easier if everyone has an identification card of some type. However, if you don’t we can submit a picture with your name on it, so don’t panic if you can’t get an ID card.

Bring your favorite Movies on Tape

Our bus has a VCR player, so if you have a favorite old movie on a VCR tape, please let me know you are bringing it and pack it in your stuff for the bus.

Where does that patch go?

Follow the link below to the official BSA insignia guide. Your uniform should have your scout rank on it, but not home troop specific insignia, like your quality unit patch. If you need additional Jamboree patches you need to order them on-line. You should have a Jamboree catalog with a code that will allow you to order from www.scoutstuff.org . Other patches can be obtained at the scout shop or ordered on-line. http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Media/InsigniaGuide/06.aspx

Next Jamboree Event

The second Shakedown at Camp Pirtle is on July 17 & 18. All troop members need to plan on arriving at Pirtle on Saturday 7/17 between 8:30 and 9:00 AM. We should be done by noon on Sunday July 18th. Large items will be packed for the Jamboree on Sunday. Cots, rugs, and other large personal items should be labeled and will be packed on the truck. Your foot locker will go on the bus on Friday July 23rd. You need to arrive in your full Jamboree uniform with the patches on it. IF YOU ARE NOT ATTENDING THE LAST SHAKEDOWN, email [email protected] ASAP.

You will get your trader patches that you preordered, hat and t-shirts at the shakedown.