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Join
In Events
Join
in events are simply coordinated events where Scouts around the world
simultaneously participate locally in the event. This type of event allows
Scouts to take part in activities at the same time as other Scouts, promoting
the idea of Scouting brotherhood. Participants are awarded a badge as
a recognition of having participated in the worldwide event.
Scouts'
Day
USA
February 8 each year
Marks the founding
of the Boy Scouts of America
in 1910
Scout Sunday,
Scout Jumuah, and Scout Sabbath
USA
February each Year
The Boy Scouts of
America have designated the Sunday preceding 8 February, or 8 February
if it is a Sunday, as Scout Sunday, the following Friday as Scout Jumuah,
and the following Saturday is designated as Scout Sabbath. The United
Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church (USA) celebrate Scout Sunday
on the second Sunday of February as not to conflict with their Transfiguration
Sunday.
The day is meant
to mark the founding of the Scouts in the United States. Observation
varies by unit and locale. Scouts go to their places of worship in uniform
and help with the service.
In the United States,
Scouting has been used by churches, temples, synagogues, and many other
religious organizations as part of their youth ministries. Approximately
50 percent of all Scouting units are chartered to religious groups.
These observances offer an opportunity for congregations to honor Scouts
and Scouters, as well as to learn more themselves about the value of
Scouting as a youth program.
Founder’s
Day
February 22, 2018
Worldwide in nearly
all Scout associations, Founders' Day is celebrated on 22 February,
the birthday of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (born in
1857), the founder of Scouting, and coincidentally also of his wife
Olave Baden-Powell (born in 1889).
World Thinking
Day
February 22, 2018
World Thinking Day
is a day to think about the meaning of Guiding and Scouting and about
Scouts and Guides in all the countries of the world. Many troops use
it as an opportunity to study about other countries and cultures. Donations
are collected for the Thinking Day Fund which supports projects to help
Guides and Scouts around the world. February 22 was chosen as it was
the birthday of Scouting founder Robert Baden-Powell and also of Olave
Baden-Powell, his wife and World Chief Guide.
Scout
Scarf Day
August 1, 2018
The
idea of "Scout Scarf Day" is that all active and former scouts
are requested to wear their scout scarfs in public to make the "Spirit
of Scouting" visible: Once a Scout - Always a Scout! The date of
the event commemorates the very first Scout Camp on Brownsea Island
in 1907.
Visit
http://www.scoutscarfday.com
for more information.
International
Day of Peace
September 21, 2018
Description:
World Scout Conference
Resolution 1990-15
Jamboree
on the Air - JOTA
October 19 - 21, 2018
Scouts
around the world share much in common, and Scouting encourages them
to use that mutual understanding as the basis for learning about each
other, making friends, and building a better and more peaceful world.
The word "Jamboree" is said to have been invented by Baden-Powell
as a name for an event which brings Scouts together from around the
world. The first World Jamboree was in 1920, and it was a remarkable,
historic, event bringing together some 8,000 Scouts from 34 countries.
The spirit and drive for Scouts to get together at international events
has never diminished, and there are hundreds of "international"
Scouting events each year. Getting together does not always require
a physical presence. In 1957, the concept of the World Scout Jamboree
On The Air was launched, and it has been a popular event that today
involves more than 500,000 Scouts and Girl Guides who communicate with
each other on the third weekend of each October by amateur radio and
related technology.
The
National Council has provided an extensive library of information designed
specifically to support JOTA. You will find fact sheets, participant
certificates, station registration, tips on best practices, and much
more. Visit JOTA at National
BSA...
Jamboree
on the Internet - JOTI
October 19 - 21, 2018
In
November 1996 the World Scout Committee, noting that Scouting already
had a considerable presence on the Internet, and that there was already
an informal and rapidly growing Jamboree on the Internet, decided that
JOTI should become an official international Scouting event, and that
it should be held on the same weekend as the Jamboree on the Air (JOTA).
The
World Scout Jamboree on the Internet is held on the third full weekend
of October each year, starting at 00:00 hours local time on the Saturday
and concluding 48 hours later at 24:00 hours local time on the Sunday.
Special
Internet Jamborees may also be organized in conjunction with local,
national and international Scouting events which are held at other times
of the year.
Information
about JOTI is maintained on BSA
National Council web site and the World
Organization of the Scout Movement website.
World
Scout Radio Nets
Weekly
or monthly nets exist in which licensed Scouts meet on the air. Click
Here for more information.
Peace
Light from Bethlehem
“share the light of peace”
December 9th through January 16th
Atlanta Area Council Volunteer Service
Center
 Peace
Light from Bethlehem is a campaign to share the light of peace with
others. The ever-burning flame from a grotto in Bethlehem, the birthplace
of Jesus, is brought via airplane from Bethlehem, to Europe, and then
to New York via Austrian Airlines. This initiative has involved scouts
for many years. The Peace Light will arrive in New York on November
25th, and will be received by scouts and scouters who will transport
it and share it with others as it winds its way across the USA.
For
the first time, the scouts of the Atlanta Area Council will participate
in the sharing of the Peace Light. Participants can share the message
of PEACE with scout units, Courts of Honor, neighbors, friends, houses
of worship, hospitals, retirement homes, nursing homes, prisons, cultural
centers, etc. We hope that it will be shared with anyone who appreciates
the significance of the “gift” of peace, as it is a reminder that it
is our duty to always work for peace. Districts and all individual units
are invited and encouraged to participate. When and how you choose to
distribute the Peace Light is up to you.
Beginning
on Saturday, December 9th, the Peace Light will be burning in a paraffin
lamp in the Program Office at the Atlanta Area Council. On December
9th, Peace Light volunteers will be there from 9AM to 1PM to help with
distribution. Thereafter, and until December 24th, scouts and scouters
may bring a lantern or candle to the Program Office to receive the light
from the lantern and distribute the Peace Light into the world.
In
the event you are unable to keep your Peace Light continually burning
after receiving it, please know that once your light or candle is lit
with the Peace Light, it is considered INFUSED, and can be extinguished
and re-lit as necessary. The Peace Light lives on, even if temporarily
extinguished.
For
more information about the Peace Light from Bethlehem, it's origins,
and some great pictures of the light's travels visit www.peacelight.org
and join the Facebook Group, Peace Light North America, https://www.facebook.com/groups/PeaceLightNorthAmerica/about/
CONTACTS:
Fontaine
Kohler, fontainekohler@bellsouth.net,
Troop 370/Phoenix District
Mike Gulledge, mwgulledge@aol.com,
AAC International Representative
John Lyon, twobigcats@bellsouth.net,
AAC Religious Relations Committee Chair
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