A&WMA's Commitment to Scouting Through the National Boy Scout Jamboree Committee

Have you ever attended a Boy Scout Jamboree? Maybe you went to a Jamboree as a youth and would like to relive those memories as an environmental professional. This could be your chance!

The A&WMA Public Education Division’s National Boy Scout Jamboree Committee is working with the Boy Scouts of America Conservation & Environment Committee to organize the A&WMA exhibit at the 2010 Jamboree. Normally Jamborees are held every 4 years, but it jumps to a 5 year interval to make the 2010 Jamboree coincide with the 100^th Celebration of Scouting in America. The Association’s exhibits in 2001 and 2005 were great successes. The A&WMA Exhibit at the Canadian Scout Jamboree (CJ’07), in partnership with Environment Canada, was equally a great sucess. 

The National Boy Scout Jamboree Committee is in the program planning and the recruitment of volunteer staff stages all in preparation for the Jamborees. The Committee is also seeking funding support, loan of related equipment for hands-on demonstrations, and A&WMA volunteers to staff the exhibits.

To volunteer to help with the A&WMA exhibits, contact the A&WMA Education Council’s National Boy Scout Jamboree Committee: Jim Ryckman, Chair, phone: 937-257-0093, e-mail: jim.ryckman@wpafb.af.mil, and/or Tom Herman, Vice Chair, phone: 502-775-7719, e-mail: herman@zeonchemicals.com.

To learn more about A&WMA's commitment to Scouting through the National Boy Scout Jamboree, visit the links below:

Read about the 2007 Canadian Scout Jamboree. NEW!

Read more about the A&WMA exhibit at the 2001 Jamboree.

See the A&WMA Members that volunteered for the 2005 National BSA Jamboree in support of the Conservation-Environmental Trail.

Read the outline of the basic program offered at the A&WMA Exhibit at the National Jamboree in 2005.

A&WMA thanks its 2005 Sponsors for making the Exhibit a big success.

Read more about the Conservation-Environmental Trail and the Exhibitors, along with a special presentation to the BSA Chief Executive.

View the A&WMA-Scout Letter from Mike Sussman, an A&WMA Exhibit Volunteer, sending the scouts letters to the President; President Bush's response from the White House; and photos of the President at the 2005 Jamboree.

View information on the A&WMA-BSA Jamboree Exhibit Founders Award.