Lone Scouts: Wanna Go to the Jamboree this summer?
I was a Lone Boy Scout for a year; and a Lone Boy Scouter for almost another year -- so this places close to my heart:
The Lone Scout Foundation is offering scholarships to all Lone Scouts who plan to attend the 2010 National Jamboree. The amount will depend on the need and the amount approved by BSA when the application is approved. In order to receive and application, follow these steps:
- 1. Start earning money to partially fund the cost of attending the 2010 National Scout Jamboree. The amount of the scholarship will be about $400.00 per Scout until the money runs out.
- 2. Contact your BSA REGIONAL OFFICE (see below listing) and request a LONE SCOUT SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION.
- 3. Complete the application and submit it to the proper address.
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4. If you have difficulty in obtaining an application, IMMEDIATELY CONTACT the Lone Scout Foundation by:
emailing lone.scout@yahoo.com
writing the foundation at 57 Confederate Way, Stafford, VA 22554-5175,
or, as a last resort, calling 540.848.5722.
The application must be submitted to the BSA as soon as possible and the Lone Scout must have accepted as part of a Council Jamboree Troop (you can't go alone). The Lone Scout Foundation cannot handle your application but will donate the approved amount on the application.
Here are the regional addresses, phone numbers and area of support. Note please that the Central Region BSA does not presently have a website although there are several links to their Venturing and Order of the Arrow regional websites.
Northeast Region BSA
PO BOX 268
JAMESBURG, NJ 08831-0268
609-655-9600 - Fax: 609-655-7424
Northeastern United States, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and the Transatlantic Council
http://www.nerbsa.org/
Southern Region BSA
1325 West Walnut Hill Lane
PO Box 152079, SUM 209
Irving, TX 75015-2079
Phone: 972-580-2000
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennesee, Texas, and Virginia
http://www.srbsa.org/
Central Region BSA
230 West Diehl Road
P.O. Box 3085
Naperville, IL 60566-7085
630-983-6730
Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Wisconsin, and parts of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Virginia, and West Virginia
(no official website)
Western Region BSA
4765 S. Lakeshore Drive
Tempe, AZ 85282
(480) 752-7000 FAX (480) 752-0093
Western United States, as well as the Far East Council which covers Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and the Phillipines.
http://www.wrbsa.org/
This is an EXCELLENT opportunity for Lone Boy Scouts to attend this great once-in-a-lifetime event. This Jamboree (jamborees occur in the USA once every four years or so) is also the BSA's Centennial apex event, so there'll be a lot of things to do and see and be engaged in during the Jamboree. What a great time for a Jamboree to come up at!
If you have problems reaching out for an application or just want more information, please don't hestitate to contact me by clicking on the button below. Here's hoping to see you "at the Hill for the Jamboree!"
Settummanque!
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