INTERNATIONAL ADVENTURE OCTOBERFALL 20172016 UPCOMING WORLD EVENTS FRIENDSHIP FUND Oct. 20–22 Jamboree-on-the-Air and 2017 Jamboree-on-the-Internet Jan. 2–13 17th Australian Venture, 2018 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia July 27–Aug. 5 III Interamerican Scout Moot, Sacred Valley, Cusco, Peru Oct. 19–21 Jamboree-on-the-Air and Jamboree-on-the-Internet For additional international events, please visit https://www.scout.org or click here for the WOSM International Events List 2017-2021. Scouts from across the country upheld a Jamboree tradition by participating in a World Friendship Fund collection on Saturday, July 22. Each unit received a collection bag, and unit leaders SCOUTING HEROES shared information about the global brotherhood of Scouting and the purpose of the fund: to help develop the Scouting movement REACT IN MEXICO around the world. Mexico suffered two major earthquakes in mid-September, In doing this Good Turn, the Scouts at the 2017 National Scout one in the south and the other near Mexico City. More than 400 Jamboree contributed more than $10,000 to the fund. Base Camp people have lost their lives, buildings have been destroyed, and Charlie was recognized for making the largest contribution. infrastructure has been badly affected. Contact your local council to get World Friendship Fund To support relief teams, the Scouts of Mexico have been working brochures, coffee can labels, or posters to help Scouts hold hard to ensure the emergency operations run as smoothly as their own collection. Ask the council to order the items from the possible. These heroes have been working tirelessly, setting up a National Distribution Center via bin inventory. You will need these command center at the national office, collecting and delivering item numbers: food and medical supplies, keeping rescuers fed and hydrated, and launching a Scout Donation Platform campaign. Brochure, No. 130-159 As the devastation unfolds, the need for help continues to Label, No. 130-620 skyrocket. And the Scouts continue to serve. Support their efforts Poster, No. 130-609 on the Scout Donation Platform, https://donate.scout.org. Please We also can accept World Friendship Fund donations online! note: U.S. tax receipts are only available on the Scout Donation To donate online or to download the brochure, please visit Platform for those donations of $5,000 USD and above. www.scouting.org/international/worldsupport. INTERNATIONAL ADVENTURE FALL 2017 ADVENTUREJANUARY 2014 STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM INTERNATIONAL SCOUT NIGHT Youth and adult Scout leaders from 24 of the world’s national Scout organizations, directors of the State Partnership Program (SPP), and BSA international staff gathered for the SPP International Scout Night on Wednesday, July 26, at the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve during the national jamboree. The event, held in preparation for the 2019 World Scout Jamboree, set in motion a new avenue for the SPP to support U.S. national policy objectives by connecting with our worldwide partners through Scouting. The evening included food, fellowship, a campfire activity, and sharing of information about the National Guard’s support for Scouting and the SPP program in general. Pairs of representatives from the following national Scout organizations (NSOs) took part in the event: Azerbaijan Guatemala Peru Bangladesh Haiti Philippines Barbados Honduras Poland Colombia Jamaica Senegal Dominica Liberia Slovenia Dominican Republic Morocco Thailand El Salvador Nicaragua Trinidad-Tobago Ghana Nigeria Uruguay 2017 BSA NATIONAL JAMBOREE NUMBERS Our international Scouting friends attended the very successful Haiti Nicaragua Spain 2017 National Scout Jamboree in full force. Thirty staff, 75 adult Honduras Nigeria Sweden leaders, and 305 youth were welcomed from these 48 countries! Hong Kong Norway Taiwan (Republic Ireland Pakistan of China) Algeria Cameroon El Salvador Japan Peru Thailand Argentina Canada Ethiopia Kenya Philippines Trinidad and Tobago Aruba Colombia Finland Korea Poland Uganda Australia Curaçao- France Kuwait Saudi Arabia United Kingdom Azerbaijan Netherlands Antilles Germany Liberia Sierra Leone Uruguay Barbados Dominican Republic Ghana Madagascar Slovenia Brazil Egypt Guatemala 2 INTERNATIONAL ADVENTURE FALL 2017 ADVENTUREJANUARY 2014 INTERNATIONAL CAMP STAFF PROGRAM Thank you to all of the councils and high-adventure bases that participated in the International Camp Staff Program during the 2017 camp season! They provided a fantastic, cross-cultural experience for our international camp staffers as well as all the BSA Scouts and Scouters who had the opportunity to go to a council camp or a high-adventure base. Check out these pictures and stories of participating international camp staffers, and don’t forget to apply for the 2018 camp season by visiting http://www.scouting.org/International/ applications.aspx. “I am absolutely loving life at the Florida Sea Base, and I really want to thank you and all the international staff for making this possible. Here are photos of when I caught a 12-pound tuna fish “I have been keeping Antoine at my house. I picked him up from from the sea and of all my lovely colleagues with our catch of the airport in Atlanta. I went to see him back in April and he the day! toured me around Haiti while I was there for a mission trip with my church. He starts camp today. We have enjoyed his stay with “I love talking about international Scouting with my Scouts and us. Thank you for your service to international Scouts and our leaders whenever possible, from answering questions about Scouts going over there.” the difference between crisps, chips, and fries for Brits and Americans to telling them about my time at the World Scout —Randall Barnett, Scouter from the Daniel Boone Council who Jamboree. There is a whole world out there, as you know!” hosted an ICSP counselor from Haiti, Antoine Jean-Brice —Angela Stoddard, ICSP counselor from the United Kingdom, working at Florida Sea Base 3 INTERNATIONAL ADVENTURE FALL 2017 ADVENTUREJANUARY 2014 COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL EVENT GUIDELINE RECOGNITION If your council is planning to host international Scouts The International Department manages the requirements for as participants at a local council event, the International two awards, the International Spirit Award and the International Department will work with your event registrar to verify that Scouters’ Award. contingent leaders and International Service Team (IST/staff) members are registered and approved by their own WOSM To introduce your Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Scout association to attend your event. Varsity Scout, Venturer, or Scouter to international Scouting, we recommend This may seem like an unnecessary step in your event the International Spirit Award. Earning this planning, but it can be crucial to your event’s success. award is a great way to gain knowledge At a previous large-council event, only 85 percent of the about international Scouting while contingent leaders and 78 percent of the IST that applied were developing appreciation and awareness of approved by their Scout association. Contact the International different cultures and countries. For the list Department to verify the registration and approval of your of requirements and the application, please visit international Scouts. http://www.scouting.org/International/recognitions.aspx. The International Scouters’ Award encourages Scouters to broaden their involvement through participation in world Scouting activities. It also recognizes Scouters for their contributions to world Scouting. For more information and the application, please visit http://www.scouting. org/International/InformationSheets/22-721.aspx. 2017 JOTA AND JOTI Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA) and Jamboree-on- Does your unit or council want to participate in JOTA, but you the-Internet (JOTI) are coming up soon! Have don’t have an amateur radio station? Icom America and the Boy you already added JOTA and JOTI to your unit, Scouts of America have a sponsorship agreement that began in district, and/or council calendars? If not, don’t 2012 and now extends through 2018. One aspect of that agreement forget to mark Oct. 20–22, 2017, as JOTA and is that Icom America will provide up to 10 complete amateur radio JOTI weekend! stations for use by local Scout councils. Development loans of up to one year in duration can be requested for starting a radio It’s an opportunity to meet Scouts from around Scouting program, or an event loan may be arranged to support the world, complete requirements for Cub special events like JOTA at the council level. For more information, Scout adventures, and complete part of the an application, and a loan agreement form, go to www.scouting. requirements for the International Spirit Award. org/filestore/jota/pdf/AmateurRadioStationLoanProgram.pdf. JOTA and JOTI are also great ways to tie into STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). JOTA Be sure to visit JOTA’s webpage, www.scouting.org/jota, and introduces Scouts to the fun and technology of amateur radio, and JOTI’s webpage, www.scouting.org/joti, where you can learn how you can prepare your Scouts for safe internet use by incorporating to participate, download participation certificates, order this year’s the BSA’s training tool, Cyber Chip, before they participate in JOTI. patches, and MUCH MORE. We hope you have lots of fun and success during these exciting events! 4 INTERNATIONAL ADVENTURE FALL 2017 ADVENTUREJANUARY 2014 2017 NATIONAL SCOUT JAMBOREE By Soham Patel Foxtrot international commissioner, Orange County Council, 17 years old Vibrant sunsets, endless celebrations, long-lasting friendships. These are some of the phrases that the Venturers and international Scouts at the national Scout jamboree may have used to describe their stay in Foxtrot Base Camp. Over the summer, a few thousand Scouts made this campsite on the hill their home away from home while enjoying boundless opportunities for fun at the Summit Bechtel Reserve. With participants and staff coming from all 50 states and 37 countries, Foxtrot became the place to be at the jamboree.