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2007 WORLD JAMBOREE - OUR 100th BRITHDAY OF SCOUTING
was The biggest Scouting Event since the 1957 World Jamboree at Sutton Coldfield, England. This last one was at Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Essex 2005 with 40.000 plus Scouts from all over the globe ! The 'camp city' was jam packed, with thousands more are flocking to it, as well as satellite Camps for Day Visits. It was the biggest Scouting party that the United Kingdom has ever seen and we were part of it. It was as big as the Olympics with most countries around the globe attending -wow ! The listing of all the countries with Scouting can be found on our national Website - there are so few without Scouting such as Yemen, North Korea, Cuba, Myanmar and China (though Hong Scouts are allowed still !)
Ross & Sutherland Scouting was represented by our Explorer Scouts Commissioner, Fiona Smart in the International Service Team at the Eurojam 2005 held at Highlands Park, Chelmsford, Essex last August as a "Rehearsal" for 2007. There are a number of us in the Area who have attended large Jamborees and can speak of the buzz and experience of mixing with so many nationalities regardless of the colour, class, creed or political differences when the unifying part of us all is our World Scout Membership, Scout Promise and Scout Law. Jennifer an Explorer Scout from Tain and Alex from Avoch Sea Scouts are our Representatives - congratulations on this once only opportunity.
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Please use the national website to keep up to date with the history of 2007 Jamboree Year Events www.scouts.org.uk and follow the links for all aspects that made this Jamboree happen. Buy a DVD for your future Scouts to experience what it was like, and they can think about the next one in 2011.
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