http://www.boyslife.org Find jokes, games, outdoors and more at the website for Boys' Life magazine. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:01:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1969/last-day-at-the-world-jamboree/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1969/last-day-at-the-world-jamboree/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:36:19 +0000 Boyslife.org http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1969/last-day-at-the-world-jamboree/ The 21st World Scout Jamboree concludes today, but not before a spectacular closing arena show this evening. Scouts are busy bartering for their final patch and uniform trades before packing up their gear to leave the campsite in Hylands Park, Essex, England.]]> http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1969/last-day-at-the-world-jamboree/feed/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1934/king-of-sweden-among-jamboree-visitors/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1934/king-of-sweden-among-jamboree-visitors/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:59:31 +0000 Boyslife.org http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1934/king-of-sweden-among-jamboree-visitors/ Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, visited the World Scout Jamboree on Wednesday. The King is Patron of the World Scout Organization, based in Geneva, Switzerland. He toured the Swedish Scout headquarters and said how pleased he was to be present for Scouting's 100th anniversary. Sweden will host the 22nd World Scout Jamboree in 2011.]]> http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1934/king-of-sweden-among-jamboree-visitors/feed/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1932/waking-up-early-to-celebrate-scoutings-birth/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1932/waking-up-early-to-celebrate-scoutings-birth/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:46:41 +0000 Boyslife.org http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1932/waking-up-early-to-celebrate-scoutings-birth/ To be there for the ceremony, I had to get up a 5:15 a.m. and march with the rest of my troop and subcamp all the way to the arena. Unfortunately, I was a little tired as I had stayed up late the night before. However, any tiredness didn't interfere with my experience that day.]]> http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1932/waking-up-early-to-celebrate-scoutings-birth/feed/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1918/showing-friendship-on-scoutings-birthday/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1918/showing-friendship-on-scoutings-birthday/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:31:12 +0000 Boyslife.org http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1918/showing-friendship-on-scoutings-birthday/ It’s been 100 years since the very first official Boy Scout camping trip!!! Yesterday morning every Scout participating in the Jamboree took part in a “Sunrise Ceremony” celebrating the 100th anniversary of Baden-Powell's first Scouting experiment. What an experience!]]> http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1918/showing-friendship-on-scoutings-birthday/feed/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1914/sunrise-ceremony-on-brownsea-island/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1914/sunrise-ceremony-on-brownsea-island/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:08:23 +0000 Boyslife.org http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1914/sunrise-ceremony-on-brownsea-island/ It was an early wake-up call this morning for the 260 Scouts from 130 countries camping overnight on Brownsea Island. These young people would lead the world in celebrating Scouting’s 100th anniversary on the very site that Baden-Powell established a camp for boys in 1907.]]> http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1914/sunrise-ceremony-on-brownsea-island/feed/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1936/opening-ceremony-video/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1936/opening-ceremony-video/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:14:12 +0000 Boyslife.org http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1936/opening-ceremony-video/ Watch video from the opening ceremonies of the World Jamboree in England.]]> http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1936/opening-ceremony-video/feed/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1907/doing-a-good-turn/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1907/doing-a-good-turn/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:34:20 +0000 Boyslife.org http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1907/doing-a-good-turn/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1907/doing-a-good-turn/feed/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1905/meeting-people-and-sharing-culture/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1905/meeting-people-and-sharing-culture/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:39:38 +0000 Boyslife.org http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1905/meeting-people-and-sharing-culture/ My favorite part of that day by far was meeting people. I met a boy from Italy, a girl from the Netherlands and a girl from Hungary. It was a lot of fun.]]> http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1905/meeting-people-and-sharing-culture/feed/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1904/us-scout-enjoys-jamborees-first-days/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1904/us-scout-enjoys-jamborees-first-days/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:33:13 +0000 Boyslife.org http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1904/us-scout-enjoys-jamborees-first-days/ When we arrived at the Jamboree site, it wasn’t as hot as it was at National in 2005. We took an extremely long walk with our heavy bags to our site, and when we got there, we were assisted by the United Kingdom Scouts to set up our sites and tents. ]]> http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1904/us-scout-enjoys-jamborees-first-days/feed/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1901/mud-bogs-begin-to-dry-as-rain-ends/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1901/mud-bogs-begin-to-dry-as-rain-ends/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:14:18 +0000 Boyslife.org http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1901/mud-bogs-begin-to-dry-as-rain-ends/ http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/jamboree/1901/mud-bogs-begin-to-dry-as-rain-ends/feed/