Are you active in Scouts or is your son or daughter a boy scout or venturer? Here’s a chance to combine your Scouting involvement with your profession!
In 2013, 30,000 or more Boy Scouts and Venturing Scouts, boys and girls, ages 13 to 17 years will get a chance to participate in the National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia. One of the program features will be a sampling of the most exciting, challenging and fun activity and merit badges that can be earned.
One of those badges will be the Traffic Safety Merit Badge. This badge introduces the scouts to traffic safety in terms of driver behavior, highway design and traffic control devices, vehicle and traffic law, and vehicle safety features. It is designed to make them safer drivers, passengers, pedestrians, and cyclists. It also offers an opportunity for career guidance about the transportation engineering and planning profession.
We have several individuals who have already volunteered to participate on staff in 2013, but will still have several spots available. If you are involved in Scouting, please consider this opportunity to promote traffic safety and your profession in a very special way at the 2013 National Scout Jamboree.
The participation dates for staff are from July 11 to 25, 2013. You can come for the first part (July 11-18), the second part (July 18-25), or the entire Jamboree, whatever best fits your schedule and personal budget. For more information on the 2013 National Jamboree, visit the website at https://summit.scouting.org/en/Jamboree2013/Pages/Staff.aspx.
If you are interested in volunteering to help with the Traffic Safety Merit Badge or would like more information on this opportunity, please contact program coordinators John Davis at DavisJ@AyresAssociates.com or Steven Gayle at gaylegvill@frontiernet.net.
Hope to see you at THE SUMMIT!