Scribe update from National!

Hello hello, this is troop scribe Andrew, typing/broadcasting/writing from Fort AP hill! Saturday we toured Independence Hall, saw Ben Franklin, (well, his headstone,) and drank about 30 gallons of water.

Sunday we listened to an amazing sermon at Arlington National cemetery by the Jambo national chaplen, Charles Dahlquist. The sermon was geared toward all religions, and centered on how God has guided us a nation, will guide us, and how we as scouts, more than others, have a responsibility to be stewards of this nation. Then we went to the Boy Scout memorial in DC, group photo! Then we spent the day going to museums and the FDR, Air Force, and Jefferson Memorial.

us: why is the water green?
national parks employee:  we have no idea.  It wasn't that way yesterday.

Today we've been setting up camp, buying souvenirs at the trading post, and two of our scouts got a taste of some of the fun here to come at Jambo, Ian Wurfl and Andrew Blocher went shotgun shooting. The rest of us have been either trading patches, or checking out some of the awesome stuff at the Trading post! That's all for now, another update will be coming soon!

we've arived!

All our gear is here and set up.  The gateway looks great!

Eveyone is healthy and looking to have fun.

It's not as hot.  I'm hoping for more thunderstorms --seems to cool things off.

Philladelphi

Troop 710 met early this morning at the Medford airport, and had Philladelphia cheese steaks for dinner.  We are now at a nice hotel, eager to see the historic sites of Philladelphia in the morning.

19 days to go

It's finally almost here!

Get your bags packed and turned in, we're going to Jamboree!

See the links on the left for the equipment list and emergency plan.

Here's some pictures from the Stewart State Park campout.

Copy of airport instructions

July 23rd be at the Medford Airport at 4 am. Check in with a leader. One of us will be stationed on the right (West) side of the check-in area until we go through security ourselves. We have been advised by the airport this early time is needed to allow time for our group to check-in before our 6:00/6:10 flights.

Wear your scout uniform, including troop hat, troop jacket, scout shirt, troop neckerchief, scout pants, scout belt, scout socks, and comfortable walking shoes.

LABEL EVERYTHING.
Bring with you to the airport the following:
1 extra scout shirt
1 extra scout pants
2 class B shirts
3 pair socks
1 wrist watch
sleep wear
3 underwear
hygiene kit
camera
travel games, small electronic/MP-3, a good book
cell phone
24+ oz capacity water containers- fill from the drinking fountain after you're past security
lunch or plan to buy on the flight
1st aid kit
small flashlight
non-perishable emergency snacks
photo ID (recommended. Government issue photo-ID is mandatory if age 18)
In the past scouts have found good reason to spend up to $200 on souvenirs, snacks, etc
1 carry-on sized bag or back-pack in which to fit all this

NO knives or other sharp objects, liquids except less than 3 oz within a quart zip-lock bag, aerosols, gel shoe inserts, snow globes, or sabers: http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm

Delta carry-on rules: http://www.delta.com/help/faqs/baggage/index.jsp#restrictions
United carry-on rules: http://www.united.com/page/article/0,6867,1032,00.html

Eat breakfast on the way to or at the airport. Do your best to sleep well the night before. We will hit the ground in Philadelphia running that evening.

The council does not have accommodations for the night before. We understand some will be traveling from long distances. If there is interest in coordinating hosting of out-of-town participants, please call me or Denise.

Here is a link to a full equipment list: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ortscar/Suggested_Personal_Equipment_List.pdf

your duffel bags to the scout office in Central Point . Please fit everything into the duffel and keep it under 50 lbs.

LABEL EVERYTHING.

Flight details:
We leave 7/23 and return 8/5.
Denise, Neil, Stalions, Firefoxes, Jesse B and Arron T will be on
United 6954 to Denver then 264 to Philladelphia.
United 187 from Dulles to San Fransico then 6580 to Medford.
Depart at 6 am on 7/23, and return to Medford at 12:42pm on 8/5.

Ninjas, Seahawks, Ted, Joe, Jake & Andrew R will be on
Delta 4855 to SLC then 1582 to Philladelphia.
Delta 1111 from Dulles to SLC then 4756 to Medford.
Depart at 6:10am on 7/23 and return to Medford at 12:00 noon on 8/5.

March 7th update

We met as a district jamboree committee last week.

I need responses for each troop member for the following:
- t-shirt size
- jacket size
- whether they want to volunteer as a Hometown News Correspondent

We would really welcome parent help in coordinating the meals for our April 23-25 campout.  Please let Ted, Denise, or I know if you want to volunteer your parent, or parents can volunteer themselves ;-)   There will be 2 breakfasts, one lunch and one dinner.

We are looking at options for getting our gear shipped to Ft. A. P. Hill.  Prior years they've used fruit-boxes instead of regular palates- they stack and ship well.  We could use about 12 of them.  Does anyone have contacts in the fruit industry?

We are planning on providing 2 t-shirts, a hat, a bolo,a neckerchief, patches, troop numbers, a duffel bag and a jacket for each participant.  (As if that wasn't enough, we are also providing the opportunity for a life-enhancing experience, but that probably goes without saying.)   Extra troop 710 t-shirts will be available for about $7 each, and there will be extra patches available for purchase  (~$2 each).  Patch trading is very popular.  Most boys buy 5-10 additional patches for that purpose.


We should be getting a 2nd national jamboree patch for everyone.  For your 3rd shirt or any other extras will need to be purchased out of the catalog you got in the mail, or from www.scoutstuff.org.  It looks like to access that you'll need your jamboree registration ID that was in the e-mail they sent out March 1st.

You'll want a day-pack (or small carry-on) that will hold a change of clothes and toothbrush that you will need for when we are touring.  We're not planning to check luggage, as they now charge extra for that, and we can ship everything we need for camping.  A preliminary equipment list can be found here:  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ortscar/prelim_equipment_list.pdf

The Hometown News Correspondents are the only scouts with internet access at the jamboree.  They have the opportunity to share their jamboree experiences with their local media.  Newspaper & radio professionals will guide them in creating professional news stories from the jamboree.  We should have at least 2 slots for this available


I'm relieved to have the medical forms in (or at least I think they are all in now).  I'll let individuals know if national has problems with any of them.

The scout-shop uniform order is going forward.  We held off a bit on sending it in to allow more participation, since the discount is a one-shot deal.  We don't necessarily expect that everyone will have everything sewn-on just right by April, but we do expect that for May.  Rumor is that there are rank badges with 100 year anniversary on them.  The national jamboree shoulder loops are pretty cool.

We're working on getting rounders and shoulder patches made, and ordering gear.  We're going to use 5 gallon buckets for chairs, plastic folding tables, and car awnings.

We're thinking about what to do for a gateway.

Congratulations and thanks to all those who have all their money in.  We are working hard to be at or under budget.  If things work out with shipping, we may be in good shape.

Draft Itinerary

Tour Central DC:703-933-6143 Tour Central NY, Philly, Boston:212-302-8940
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Friday, July 23, 2010 travel to Philadelphia

Saturday, July 24, 2010  Independence hall, national constitution center
Sunday, July 25, 2010 Arlington national cemetery, Iwo Jima war memorial, White House, boy scout memorial, Washington Monument, Smithsonian, Kennedy Center, Jefferson and FDR memorials.  

Monday, July 26 to Aug 3 Ft. AP Hill






Wed, Aug 4, 2010 Alexandria, Mt Vernon, Fords Theater, capitol visitor's center, pentagon, Lincoln memorial, Vietnam memorial, Korean war memorial




Thursday, August 5, 2010  fly home

status and plans

Denise is out of town dealing with aftermath of a tornado, but Ted and I got together today.

Here's some things we talked about:

• Tents - we have plenty of the blue tents with yellow flys. We will field test them at the April campout. I'm going to come up with bags for them. I think my wife and I will sew them, or I can get them from campmor for $7.50 each.
• Ted got really good price quotes for embroidered caps and silk screen shirts from a place in Klamath Falls. We're thinking 50/50 cotton/poly will wear better than 100% cotton. We'd like to get nylon jackets from there as well. There aren't many color choices, but we're thinking maroon for the jacket and base color of the cap. Ted has a great supplier for duffle bags as well.
• We'll do some junior leader training of the SPL, PL's, etc. at the April campout.  We'll have an agenda squared away for that whole weekend. We're thinking of starting 6 pm Friday (after dinner) with the understanding that people from Bend or beyond may have to get out of school a little early.
• I've gotten physical forms from just over 1/3 of the youth so far. The deadline is in 2 wks.
• The requirements for 1st class include passing the swim test, so everyone should be good to go.
• There will be some boys that still need 1st aid MB (or the red cross 1st aid class) which is required for the National Jamboree Emergency Preparedness Award.
• The uniform order is going forward
• many accounts are above $2500.  A few need catch-up.
• we'll practice setting up camp and our gateway at the camporall, as well as practice participating in various activities while camping as a troop.

6 and 1/2 months to go!

Important items:
1. Uniforms: the deadline for getting in on the discount uniform order has been changed to Feb 1st. That should still give us plenty of time, and popcorn proceeds (see below) should be available before then. We recommend 3 class A shirts, 2+ pair of scout pants, 6+ pair of crew length scout socks (red top or not). Use the form we handed out at the meeting, or here's a link for a copy you can print out:  order form
Fill that out, send it directly to the scout shop. BE SURE to INCLUDE a check or credit card number (with all the particulars). We will have "710" on our council shoulder patch, so don't worry about that or position patches. You will need rank badges on each shirt. Your order and payment need to be AT THE SCOUT OFFICE on, or before Feb 1st to get in on this.
SM Ted tip: label all your clothing items with your name before the trip.

2. Patches: we hear-by issue a call for a volunteer Graphics Artist to morph the rounder and shoulder patch designs that the troop chose into sharp bright colorful graphics files we can send to the embroiderer. Please contact ASM Denise (482-6891) if you may be able to help!

3. Proceeds from your Popcorn sales will be mailed directly to your home in about a week. For accounting reasons it needed to be done this way instead of going straight into your Jambo account. Most of you are well on the way to full payment. If you are under $2000 at this point please make plans to augment this. Dutch Brothers mug sale proceeds (for those that did this) will be distributed in the same way as popcorn.

4. Physicals need to be in to ASM Neil by February 15th. That's a Monday. Use the unique form that was e-mailed to you with your name on it.  This is not optional.

5. Gateway design team: please consider participating in designing our gateway. Go to pictures of gateways or google for examples. Please volunteer to lead or be on the design team.

6. Troop Positions: chaplain's aid and historian have not been assigned yet- if you are interested please speak up.

7. Our troop pre-jamboree preporation campouts will be 4/23-25 next to the scout office in Central Point, 5/21-23 as part of the council camporall, and please be advised we are considering an additional June camp.

This is a big committment from everyone, and we want to make the most of our experience at "The best, most exciting, fun-filled, safest jamboree ever!"
We realize there hasn't been much communication in the past month, and promise to improve on that in the future. We expect to send updates every couple of weeks.
Scoutmaster  Ted Yarosh 884-1503
Assist. Scoutmasters   Denise Blocher 482-6891 and Neil Olsen 664-7935
Jr. Assist. Scooutmaster Joe Grant 588-0114