2023 National Jamboree

4:00PM-6:00PM: Participant Dinner Distribution Opens and Breakfast Pick-Up for Friday 07/28
2023-07-27 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Assigned Distribution Facility
Contingents will visit their assigned distribution facility to pick up items for dinner to prepare in their campsite. Menus, preparation instructions, and nutritional information can be found in the #NatJamboree23 mobile app and at www.natjamboree23.org.

4:00PM-5:00PM: Theater Merit Badge
2023-07-27 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Legacy Village
Come explore the world of theater! The theater merit badge is an exciting program, exploring all different aspects of the performing arts: acting, writing, directing, set design, costume, design, props, lighting and more.Our counseling staff includes a Tony nominated Broadway producer, a New York City acting and directing coach, and a specialist in lighting design and technical components. The badge can be completed in three sessions with us. Prior experience in high school or middle school theater is helpful, but not mandatory.And we have neat stuff from Broadway and off Broadway to see! Come visit.

3:15PM-5:15PM: Archaeology Merit Badge
2023-07-27 15:15 - 17:15 (America/New_York) | Archaeology Merit Badge Booth
Presented by Council of Virginia Archaeologists and Heart of Virginia Council BSA. Experience how Archaeologists study our past and preserve it for future generations. Scouts will earn the merit badge by participating in a 2-hour activity session.

CANCELLED: General Dynamics Electric Boat Sea Perch Activity
2023-07-27 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Tillerson Building, Action Point, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
General Dynamics Electric Boat Sea Perch Activity, in collaboration with Submarine Industrial Base, University of Connecticut and University of Rhode Island will offer a limited number of spaces for Scouts to participate on July 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th. The underwater robot activity is not one you will want to miss!

3:00PM-5:00PM: Inventing Merit Badge
2023-07-27 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Inventing Merit Badge Booth in Gateway Village
Unleash your inner inventor and bring your ideas to life! Join the United States Patent and Trademark Office in discovering the Inventing Merit Badge. Come design, create, and innovate while learning what it takes to change our world through inventing and entrepreneurship.
Create your own water device, your own LED Name Badge and, your own circuit. Exciting hands-on activities for all! Offering 4 different sessions each day, 9a, 11a, 1p, and 3p – open to the first 20 participants.

3:00PM-4:00PM: Nationwide Zoom Meeting for all Council Religious Relationships committees
2023-07-27 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | TBA

CANCELLED: All Jamboree Event
2023-07-27 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | Delta Basecamp Stage, Delta Pass, Mt Hope, WV, 25880, United States
This will be the final gathering of all Scouts at the Jamboree featuring Scott Pelly, CBS News, sharing his insights impacting youth as the future leaders of our country.

2:15PM-4:00PM: USAF Full Spectrum Rock Band
2023-07-27 14:15 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Delta Basecamp Stage, Delta Pass, Mt Hope, WV, 25880, United States

2:00PM-3:00PM: National Religious Relationships meeting including exhibitors.
2023-07-27 14:00 - 15:00 UTC | TBA

2:00PM-2:15PM: U.S. Navy Ceremonial/Silent Drill Team
2023-07-27 14:00 - 14:15 (America/New_York) | Delta Basecamp Stage, Delta Pass, Mt Hope, WV, 25880, United States

3:00PM: Deadline for Final Submissions including: VESSI-Quest and Kazoo Quiz
2023-07-27 13:30 - 15:00 UTC | OYP Subcamp (D3) Training Tent, Delta Pass, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
Bring your completed adventure and learning cards to the OYP Subcamp (D3) Training Tent to get your patch or sticker. Also take advantage of this last chance to view the Kazoo Museum!

1:30PM-3:00PM: Kazoo Museum
2023-07-27 13:30 - 15:00 UTC | OYP Subcamp (D3) Training Tent, Delta Pass, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
The Jamboree is host to the third largest kazoo museum in the USA. Learn about the history of this all-American instrument, its role in advertising, and some of the more unusual kazoo shapes out there in the world! Open to all.

1:30PM-3:00PM: Kazoo Experience
2023-07-27 13:30 - 15:00 UTC | OYP Subcamp (D3) Training Tent, Delta Pass, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
Learn about the history and performance practice of one of the nation’s most popular instruments and see the third largest kazoo museum in the USA! Open to all.

1:30PM-2:30PM: OYP Training SIRT Pistol
2023-07-27 13:30 - 14:30 UTC | OYP Subcamp (D3) Training Tent, Delta Pass, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
Earn the NRA Pistol Marksmanship Simulator Course Certificate for Pistol by learning and doing using a virtual training system. OPEN TO AGES 14-20.

1:15PM-3:15PM: Archaeology Merit Badge
2023-07-27 13:15 - 15:15 (America/New_York) | Archaeology Merit Badge Booth

1:00PM-5:00PM: Radio Merit Badge
2023-07-27 13:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Front Desk of K2BSA near Bottom of Gateway Zip
Radio Merit Badge signups are at the front desk of K2BSA located near the bottom of the Gateway Zip line overlooking the amphitheater. Look for the big antennas. Sessions run from 9 AM to 1 PM and 1PM to 5 PM. We offer the complete Radio Merit Badge, power is available for charging your phone (for those in the class–bring your cord), and a chance to talk to people and Scouts around the world. Come learn how your phone communicates to the world, how many radios are in your phone, and how to use your phone to access Amateur Radio.

1:00PM-3:00PM: General Dynamics Electric Boat Sea Perch Activity
2023-07-27 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Tillerson Building, Action Point, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States

1:00PM-3:00PM: Live Music at Rock Spot
2023-07-27 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Rock Spot

1:00PM-3:00PM: Inventing Merit Badge
2023-07-27 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Inventing Merit Badge Booth in Gateway Village

1:00PM: Visit at ALPS Mountaineering Tent
2023-07-27 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Norman R. Augustine Twelve Points Ceremonial Plaza
Don’t forget to stop by the exhibitor area near Augustine Twelve Points Ceremonial Plaza for some great gear giveaways that will take place in front of the ALPS Mountaineering tent on Thursday at 1:00! Set your alarms!

1:00PM-1:30PM: U.S. Navy Silent Drill Team
2023-07-27 13:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Pigott Headquarters, 510 Loop Rd, Mt Hope, WV, 25880

1:00PM-1:30PM: Why Should Your Church Charter Scouts?
2023-07-27 13:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Duty To God & Country Community Space

12:30PM-5:00PM: Special Needs and Disabilities Challenge - Wheelchair Basketball (also earn some requirements towards Disabilities Awareness MB)
2023-07-27 12:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Action Point
Have fun learning and experiencing challenges to everyday living created by various disabilities while participating in activities typically encountered by Scouts in units, school, sports and community settings.
Complete a minimum of 12 challenges to earn a sticker or 16 challenges to earn a patch. Complete more to receive an additional prize.
Examples of activities include:
Wheelchair Basketball (open afternoons only)
Blind laser BB gun (open morning 20, 21, 24 & 28 only)
Navigate an obstacle course on crutches
Experience “invisible disabilities” in the Tent of Possibilities and Neurodiversity Tent

While experiencing the challenges, work your way through a majority of the Disabilities Awareness Merit Badge.
Adult Volunteers will have opportunities to earn legacy Special Needs Scouting patches!
The activity will be closed 12noon- 1pm each day in order to take a lunch break.

12:00PM-2:00PM: Theater Merit Badge
2023-07-27 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Legacy Village

12:00PM: Baha'i Devotional
2023-07-27 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Duty To God Pavillion, 481 Action Point, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
Learn about the Baha’i faith and service to others.

12:00PM-1:00PM: C-130 Flyover
2023-07-27 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Entire National Jamboree 2023, 2550 Jack Furst Dr, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
Thursday, 27 Jul, Flyover Details:
Aircraft & Home Station:
C-130J Super Hercules from the 130th Airlift Wing, Charleston WVANG
27 Jul, Thursday, 1200L EDT
Aircrew:
Pilot in Command: Lt Col Lee Riehl
Copilot: 1Lt Pete Grimm
Loadmaster: MSgt Ken Toney, Earned Eagle Scout with Troop 208, Norwalk, OH (1987).
Unit Leaders, Scouts/Venturers, Jamboree Service Team

12:00PM: So You Wanna Be presented by Scott Darpel from NASA
2023-07-27 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | STEM Quest, 481 Action Point, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
Mr. Scott Darpel, a Chief Safety & Mission Assurance Officer for NASA for Nasa’s Power & Propulsion Element. An Industrial Engineer by degree(s), Mr. Darpel has served many roles requiring a cross-discipline knowledge of many STEM fields. He has spent time in a wide range of industries, from automotive to banking, prior to joining NASA.

11:45AM-12:45PM: OYP Training SIRT Pistol
2023-07-27 11:45 - 12:45 UTC | OYP Subcamp (D3) Chill Zone, Delta Pass, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States

11:30AM-1:00PM: Ready, Aim, and Dry-Fire a Cannon!
2023-07-27 11:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Napoleon Cannon at the NPS Tent near Boulder Cover
Scouts can learn how to dry fire an 1862, 12-pound Napoleon Cannon at the NPS Tent near Boulder Cover (Conservation Trail trailhead). Demos daily and times are posted at the NPS Tent.
