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By RememberSchiff · Posted
Found this on Orange County history website: The biggest single Scouting event ever to hit Orange County (CA) was the Third National Jamboree, held here in July 1953. Some 50,000 Scouts and Scouters from across the United States descended on the Irvine Ranch for seven days of fellowship and fun. ... The fee for the Jamboree was just $48 per boy, and yet they still turned a profit, and refunded each camper $13.50. The Irvine Company donated the site and some of the preparations, which helped keep the costs down, and lots of equipment was borrowed from the military... The Scouts ate a lot–like 1.6 million tons of food and drink, including 500,000 eggs, 150,000 donuts, 170,000 loaves of bread, 63,000 pies, 750,000 bottles of soft drinks, and 625,000 quarts of milk, plus tons and tons of ground beef, chicken, hot dogs, steak, and vegetables. All this and more created 1.5 tons of trash daily....Workers dug 4,500 latrines for the Jamboree, and after the event, eucalyptus trees were planted in many of the holes. So, if you see a mature eucalyptus tree in the Newport Center/Eastbluff/Big Canyon area, you now know what likely kickstarted its growth... The Jamboree finally came to an end on July 23. One last show was held in the big amphitheatre, with 90,000 people in attendance. “Auld Lang Syne” was the last song sung, and then the exodus began. Good summary of planning and activities along with photos and map at sources: https://www.ochistoryland.com/jamboree P.S. Found another source: https://www.newportbeachlivingmagazine.com/articles/blog-post-newport-beach-boy-scouts-jamboree-1953 -
Better/finished picture of the rain garden and bocce court behind it. -
Interesting. Filling out the application today and having it signed tomorrow anyway, but very good to know. For those who were following son's project woes in the other thread... here are a couple photos. He had some problems with drainage of the court after the beneficiary changed the location, and there was a 3-4' diameter mud puddle. (The first location would have had the drainage trenches leading directly to a ditch.) So he got to fundraise a little more and add a rain garden to the project. Behind the rain garden is the other scout project (gaga pit) that was referenced before. This has been quite the journey. Four and a half days to his 18th birthday!!! Not the position we ever thought we'd be in.
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Very council-dependent, and age of scout etc. In comparison, for my scout who just crossed over: $86 registration (no dues), summer camp is $100 this year (troop covering the remainder through fundraising), other monthly local 1- or-2-night camps are $10 per night, his uniform was bought for Webelos with much room to grow into, so that will be a while. As a family, we've bought, for him, a tent, hike shoes, hike boots, wet weather gear, going to need a better sleeping pad than my 20-year old Therm-a-Rest 😄and we'll gradually upgrade stuff as we need to (for him and me..) -
By RememberSchiff · Posted
As we saw through the pandemic, it was/is through the volunteers who carry the fire that scouting continues. Quoting A. J. Kierstead opinion from recent Concord (NH) Monitor "In moments like this I am unbelievably grateful for the decentralized nature of the scouting program. Councils, districts, and units hold the most responsibility for what the scout does when they show up to an event or meeting. Tips are given to help leaders navigate the extensive curriculum, but there are many online resources we rely on that expand upon that base... In my experience, councils, districts, and units are not a reflection of the nonsense we see at the national level. Scouting America will continue to be the corporate arm of one of the best citizenship and community building programs in the world. I will stay involved to make sure sanity is not lost in my little corner of the program, while hopefully raising the awareness of those who have not fully considered the implications of what this programming means." Well said.
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