Scouting, Volume 72, Number 2, March-April 1984 Page: 4

                                
NEWS
BRIEFS
Items of interest
for leaders of
Cub Scouts, Boy
Scouts, and
Explorers.
1985 National Scout Jamboree update
The 1985 National Scout Jamboree will draw
about 28,000 Scouts and leaders to Fort A.P. Hill
in historic Virginia.
• The theme of next year's event, to be held July
24-30, is "The Spirit Lives On." The jamboree will
highlight a year-long celebration of the 75th
anniversary of Scouting in the U.S.A.
• Applications for Scouts and leaders are avail-
able from local council service centers. (The
qualifications for boys and adult leaders were
listed in the October 1983 Scouting magazine.)
• The total fee for attending the jamboree is
determined by each council. The price will include
the national participation cost plus the expenses of
transportation to and from the jamboree, pre-
and/or post-jamboree tours, pre-jamboree train-
ing, promotion, troop and patrol equipment,
leadership, and contingency. The national fee will
include site facilities, food and supplies, program
development and materials, and accident and
sickness insurance.
• Jamboree staff applications are also available
from council service centers. Interested Scouters,
especially new applicants, are encouraged to apply
(qualifications are listed on the applications). The
local council Scout executive and the jamboree
chairman or committee will appraise each ap-
plication and forward it to the regional office for
evaluation and approval. Applications will then be
forwarded to the national office. A staff letter of
appointment will be sent to the local council for
each applicant who is selected for a staff position.
• Local jamboree committees should begin
checking various transportation means—air, rail,
or bus—to and from the official arrival and
departure points, Washington, D.C., and Rich-
mond, Va. Local transportation representatives or
travel agencies can provide information and help
make arrangements. Discounted fares are often
available based on volume; rail lines can provide
guaranteed reduced fares for youth groups; air-
lines will negotiate excursion fares with deposits in
advance, and charter bus lines may offer special
rates for Scout groups. Councils, clusters, areas,
and regions should research all possibilities for
group rates.
• Because of the historical importance of the area
around the jamboree site, councils should plan an
educational tour before and/or after the jambo-
ree. Among the many dramatic places that can be
visited are Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New
York City, Baltimore, Colonial Williamsburg, Va.,
and various Civil War battlefields and military
parks in Virginia.
• All information about the jamboree should be
obtained from the local council service center. The
national office is providing local councils with a
regular flow of information and materials for
jamboree promotion. This will be channeled by
the council to youth participants, troop leaders,
jamboree staff, council Scouts and Scouters, and
the general public within each council.
Eagle Scout sought for Antarctic
scientific mission
The United States Coast Guard and the National
Science Foundation in cooperation with the BSA
are offering an opportunity for a qualified Eagle
Scout to participate in a six-month scientific
expedition to the South Pole.
The selected Eagle Scout will accompany the
Coast Guard to the Antarctic continent in Sep-
tember 1984, participate in scientific experiments,
visit various Antarctic bases, and then return to the
United States in April 1985.
Basic qualifications are:
• Must be a registered member of the BSA.
• Be between the ages of 17 and 19 '/2 as of J une 1,
1984.
• Earned the Eagle Scout award.
• Camping experience of at least one week in
each of three years. Special emphasis placed on
winter camping and cold-weather experience.
Full details and additional requirements are
listed on the official application forms available
from all council service centers or from the Ac-
tivities Service at the BSA national office.
New college scholarships available for
Eagle Scouts
Through the generosity of William P. Clements
Jr., of Dallas, Tex., a fund has been established to
create the BSA National Eagle Scout Scholarships.
Each year a total of 30 $3,000 scholarships will be
awarded to Eagle Scouts, five in each of the BSA's
six geographical regions. Additional funding will
be solicited to increase the scholarship fund and to
expand the outreach to a larger number of Eagle
Scouts.
Administered by the Boy Scouts of America, the
fund provides scholarship grants to young men of
good character and leadership potential who need
financial assistance for college education. Ap-
plicants must now be. or must have been, active
members of the Boy Scouts of America who have
earned the rank of Eagle Scout.
Any Eagle Scout may apply. The selection will
be made based on financial need, scholastic
accomplishment. Scouting activities, and in-
volvement in community, school, and religious
affairs.
Each applicant must provide a letter of recom-
mendation from his Scoutmaster or other volun-
teer Scout leader who can attest to his character
and qualities of leadership. Those who receive
first-year scholarships may apply for second-year
March-April 1984 Scouting