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National Jamboree

Posts about the National Jamboree, a once-every-four years celebration of all things Scouting.

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Here’s how you can help send more Scouts to the National Jamboree

July 1, 2025 0

The Platinum Package and Diamond Package programs offer two options for Scouting families to contribute to the 2026 National Jamboree Scholarship Fund.

Scouts dancing and being excited and playing with beach balls at the Delta Base camp Bash during the 2023 National Scout Jamboree at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope, West Virginia
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Elevate Your Jamboree Journey with these valued Scouting America partners

June 17, 2025 0

The only thing better than attending the National Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve near Beckley, West Virginia, is reserving a few days before or after to explore all the area has to offer.

Jamboree attendees at the Summit
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Be the first to hear this exciting 2026 National Jamboree announcement!

May 20, 2024 4

If you’re reading this, you’re either a National Jamboree super fan or you just haven’t been to Jambo yet. How are we so confident the Jamboree turns out stellar Scouting experiences across the board? If

App Feed - For Parents

There’s a Jamboree coming in 2026, and the BSA has selected its chair

March 6, 2024 3

Glenn Ault, a past council president, past region president and recipient of several of Scouting’s top awards, has been named the 2026 National Jamboree Chair. The event will be held on July 22-31, 2026, at The Summit Bechtel Reserve.

A photo of a plane flying past a National Jamboree sign
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If you read one thing today, make sure it’s this article from The Washington Post

August 14, 2023 9

We already know that good things happen when Scouts get together in the great outdoors. After spending a few days at the National Scout Jamboree, a reporter from the fourth-largest daily newspaper in the United States has come to the same conclusion.

Scouts put supplies into a flood bucket
App Feed - For Parents

The Jamboree is over, but this service project will help people far into the future

August 2, 2023 0

When you get 15,000 Scouts together, good things happen. In addition to the zip lines, mountain biking and patch trading, Scouts at the 2023 National Scout Jamboree assembled 5,000 flood buckets to be used in

App Feed - For Parents

A roundup of all the good Jamboree news from this week

July 28, 2023 0

The 2023 National Scout Jamboree is underway, and there’s plenty of good Jamboree news from this week to go around.

App Feed - For Parents

On their way to the Jamboree, Scouters stop to save a life in D.C.

July 24, 2023 4

There was something unusual about the way the vehicle moved in front of the bus full of Scouts in the middle of a busy intersection in Washington, D.C. From the view of the adults watching from the bus, it was clear that something was wrong.

App Feed

Scouts will reach new heights in leadership at the National Jamboree

July 20, 2023 2

The program invites 16 guest speakers who will share their expertise that should inspire Jamboree participants to confidently pursue their own leadership paths.

A Postcards Home computer with the Summit logo
App Feed - For Leaders

Postcards Home program will give youth the opportunity to share their Jamboree experience

July 6, 2023 0

The 2023 National Jamboree is going to be so fun, it’d be a shame to keep it all to yourself. The Postcards Home program is designed to give participants an easy way to share that fun with friends and family back home.

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