2023 National Jamboree

7:00PM-9:00PM: Beach Party Bash sponsored by Team VESSI
2023-07-20 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Basecamp D pavilion, Delta Pass, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
Come join Team VESSI at Basecamp D Pavilion for a night at the beach! Wear your best Hawaiian shirt and prepare to dance the night away! There will be volleyball, spike ball, snowcones, leis, a dance floor, and competitions with fun prizes! Bring your kazoo and play along with the Kazoo Band. #seascouts #venturing #exploring #teamvessi

7:00PM-9:00PM: Summit Apex Rally - Jamboree Service Team (staff only)
2023-07-20 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Echo (Subcamp 4)

6:00PM-9:00PM: Music Performance
2023-07-20 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Chat-N-Chew

6:00PM-7:00PM: OYP Chill Zone
2023-07-20 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | OYP Subcamp (D3) Chill Zone, Delta Pass, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
A quiet place for Older Youth Program participants and 18+ scouts to hang out. Features a VESSI merchandise station and the TL:DR Tiny Library. Play some cards, make a duct-tape flower, make new friends, catch up with old ones. OYP Subcamp (D3). Hours vary.

5:30PM-9:00PM: JST Staff Dinner
2023-07-20 17:30 - 21:00 UTC | Fork in the Road Dining Hall, Trail 14, Glen Jean, West Virginia, 25846, United States
As the day draws to a close, enjoy dinner with friends, new and old as you reflect on the day.

5:00PM-6:00PM: Masonic Meet Up Social Gathering, at Duty to God
2023-07-20 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Duty To God Pavillion, 481 Action Point, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States

5:00PM-5:15PM: USMC Pop Band
2023-07-20 17:00 - 17:15 (America/New_York) | Delta Basecamp Stage, Delta Pass, Mt Hope, WV, 25880, United States

4:00PM-10:00PM: Tier 1 Listening Ear Tents
2023-07-20 16:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Basecamp C & D
Listening Ear is an entry level portal, staffed by lay people and welcomes walk-ins for all Jamboree participants. Listening Ear will provide organized, committed, and competent staff to guide and support the attendee during their time of distress. Listening Ear services can be accessed in each subcamp of Charlie and Delta throughout the 2023 National Jamboree.

4:00PM: Messenger of Peace, an Overview and How-To
2023-07-20 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Tillerson 108
This class plus service at the MOP service project (with a bit of sharing to the community) earns YOU the MOP award AND prepares you to bring MOP to your home council! Open to all.

4:00PM-6:00PM: Participant Dinner Distribution Opens
2023-07-20 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
2023-07-20 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.

3:30PM: SeaScout Boatswain
2023-07-20 15:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Tillerson Building- Scout Chat Room, Action Point, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States

3:15PM-5:15PM: Archaeology Merit Badge
2023-07-20 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.

3:00PM-5:00PM: Inventing Merit Badge
2023-07-20 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-5:00PM: OYP Training: Improve Your Marksmanship with Laser Simulators
2023-07-20 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | OYP Subcamp (D3) Training Tent, Delta Pass, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
Through active instruction and coached practice using simulators, explore the five fundamentals of marksmanship for rifles and pistols. This is a certificate-bearing course; limited to 12 participants (ages 14-20) per offering

3:00PM-4:00PM: Forging Resilience to Fulfill Your Purpose
2023-07-20 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | Alumni Adventure Complex
Dr. E. Gordon Gee is one of America’s most prominent higher education leaders. In 2014, Gee returned to West Virginia University, where his career as a university president began. He has also led the University of Colorado, Brown University, Vanderbilt University and The Ohio State University.

3:00PM-4:00PM: Scholarship Merit Badge
2023-07-20 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | Alumni Adventure Complex inside the NESA Exhibit.
On Thursday, July 20th at 3:00 PM at the Alumni Adventure Complex in the NESA Exhibit, If you have not completed started the merit badge at home, you could start it at the Jamboree and turn in the home work when you return to you home. If you have any questions, please stop the Alumni Adventure Complex. Click this link to obtain a copy of the current requirements. https://www.scouting.org/merit-badges/scholarship/

3:00PM: Scouting Values Go to School
2023-07-20 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | Alumni Adventure Complex inside the NESA Exhibit.
Dr Gee will focus his remarks on the importance of higher education and how the values learned in scouting can promote success in college and beyond.

2:30PM-4:00PM: Mock Trial: The Case of the Stolen Car.
2023-07-20 14:30 - 16:00 UTC | Tillerson 108
Experience the challenges of weighing the evidence and deliberating as a jury member in this Introduction to Jury Service. Saturday’s session will be followed by a panel discussion on legal careers, 3p-3:30p.

2:00PM-4:00PM: Longpoint String Band
2023-07-20 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Duty To God & Country Community Space

2:00PM: Leadership Heights- Eric Traupe
2023-07-20 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Yamagata Ampitheater

2:00PM: NYLT and NYLT-LA
2023-07-20 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Tillerson Building- Scout Chat Room, Action Point, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States

2:00PM: So You Want To Be A Healthcare Administrator?
2023-07-20 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | STEM Quest, 481 Action Point, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
Tina Sandri is the CEO of a Forest Hills of DC a provider of Senior Health Care. She is responsible for all facets of oversight, strategic planning, emergency response, financial and operations sustainability. She employ doctors, nurses, therapists, engineers, social workers, and financial managers who all use STEM in their daily jobs.

2:00PM - STEM Quest Demo
2023-07-20 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
So you want to be a Healthcare administrator? Join us in STEM Quest at 2:00pm on July 20th.
Tina Sandri is the CEO of a Forest Hills of DC a provider of Senior Health Care. She is responsible for all facets of oversight, strategic planning, emergency response, financial and operations sustainability. She employ doctors, nurses, therapists, engineers, social workers, and financial managers who all use STEM in their daily jobs.

1:30PM: Communication: the Key to Scout Advancement and Beyond
2023-07-20 13:30 - 14:15 UTC | Alumni Adventure Complex
Communication is more than talking. It is a process of conveying information in a logical and rational manner to others, as well as processing what has been conveyed to us. Communication is critical to scout advancement as scouts move through the ranks of scouting and merit badge achievement. Scout advancement becomes easier when scouts have great communications skills resulting in a better experience in their scout advancement.

1:15PM-3:15PM: Archaeology Merit Badge
2023-07-20 13:15 - 15:15 (America/New_York) | Archaeology Merit Badge Booth

1:00PM-5:00PM: Radio Merit Badge
2023-07-20 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: Live Music at Rock Spot
2023-07-20 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Rock Spot

1:00PM-3:00PM: Music Performance
2023-07-20 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Summit Center Stage

1:00PM-3:00PM: Inventing Merit Badge
2023-07-20 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Inventing Merit Badge Booth in Gateway Village
