Boy Scouts of America

Unit Guide to World Scouting

Program Ideas for Bringing World Scouting to Units

The world came to the United States in 2019 for the 24th World Scout Jamboree. For ten amazing days, more than 45,000 Scouts and Scouters from 170+ countries camped together, forging friendships that will last a lifetime. Being part of a World Scout Jamboree is a life- changing event, and we hope that your Scouts will have an opportunity to participate in an international event as part of their Scout adventure.

Not everyone will have an opportunity to attend a World Scout Jamboree. Fortunately, there are many ways to participate in World Scouting, many with your own unit. We’ve put together this guide to help you integrate World Scouting themes, programs and activities into your Scouting program.

We would like to encourage every unit in Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, Venturing and Sea Scouts to do three things related to International Scouting every year:

  1. Hold a “World Scout Night” program

  2. Conduct a “Messengers of Peace” service project, and

  3. Promotes the World Scout Jamboree, World Scout Moot and JOTA-JOTI

Information about each of these program ideas are included in this guide.

Thank you for your service to Scouting, and for reminding our Scouts that they are an important part of the world’s largest youth movement that has the capacity to change the world.

Unit Program Guide – Not every Scout can attend a World Jamboree, but every Scout can experience World Scouting in their home unit. This guide is intended to give unit leaders ideas on how to incorporate World Scouting experiences into their program, ranging from activities to do at a unit meeting, to international travel opportunities.

• Tools for Councils – Unit Program Ideas

 

One Page Summaries – These pdf documents range from one to four pages, and are excerpts from the above guide, so that unit leaders can click on an idea and read/print the guide.  

• Host a Virtual International Scout Meeting

• Participating in a World Scout Jamboree or World Scout Moot

• Participation in JOTA-JOTI

• Planning a Messengers of Peace Project

• Planning a World Scout Night

• Planning an International Scout Trip

• Visiting an Embassy or Consulate

• Working on Advancement Related to WOSM Goals

• World Friendship Fund Presentation

Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.