(Editor’s Note: Kyle Howard, a start Scout in Troop 788, is reporting to The Journal Scene from the National Boy Scout Jamboree in Ft. A.P. Hill in Virginia. Look for his updates online at journalscene.com)

My name is Kyle Howard, and I am a star scout in troop 788 from Summerville, SC.  I am attending the jamboree with the role and the responsibilities of the Hometown News Correspondent for the Summerville area.  I will be reporting back to the Summerville Journal Scene the daily experiences that jamboree troop 1927 and I have at the Boy Scout 2010 National Jamboree with pictures and descriptions of my day.
The Boy Scout 2010 National Jamboree’s motto is “The best, most exciting, fun-filled, safest jamboree ever.”   Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the BSA (Boy Scouts of America), the jamboree is an enormous event being held at Fort A.P. Hill, VA, where boy scouts from all over the United States come, meet, and spend 10 days having an experience of a lifetime.  While there scouts in my jamboree troop 1927 and I have opportunities to work on merit badges.  Scouts are also able to participate in various activities such as; air-rifle shooting, climbing towers, fishing, motocross, mountain boarding, rappelling towers, and many others.  The scouts get to choose what they wish to do throughout the jamboree and make the jamboree the best experience possible for them.
Our scout contingent will leave from Camp Ho Non Wah at Wadmalaw Island on July 24. We will drive through the night to Washington D.C. where we are set up in groups of four and set free to explore the National Mall.  We are welcome to visit any of the museums and monuments within the Mall throughout the day until we leave to go to Fort A.P. Hill where we will set up our troop’s campsite.  That is when the 10 days of the jamboree begin.  Then at the end of the week and a half we pack up our campsite and load the bus to drive to Colonial Williamsburg where we will spend two days exploring Colonial Williamsburg and have an amazing time at Busch Gardens.  Then as a conclusion to our trip we arrive back in Camp Ho Non Wah on August 6, where our parents will meet us and bring us back home.