2023 
National Scout Jamboree

July 17-29, 2023
Summit Bechtel Reserve, WV

Scouts and Venturers from across the Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana will join in an adventure of a lifetime! 

In the fall of 2022, Scouts and Venturers will be allocated to troops and crews based on the Scout’s and Venturer’s geographic location. This allows Scouts and Venturers from the same troop or crew and neighboring troops and crews to come together to form contingent troops and crews. Contingent troops and crews consist of 40 participants, 36 youth and four adult leaders. 

Registering for the 2023 National Scout Jamboree is a two-step process: 

Step 1:  Youth attending the Jamboree with Pathway to Adventure Council register on this website and make their Jamboree payments on schedule. For youth Jamboree registrations, be sure to use youth registrant’s BSA Member ID, not a parent’s or guardian’s BSA Member ID number.

Step 2: Apply to attend the Jamboree on the National Scout Jamboree website, https://jamboree.scouting.org/. All interested youth and adult applicants can apply to attend the Jamboree. 

For youth Jamboree applicants, be sure to use youth applicant’s BSA Member ID, not a parent’s or guardian’s BSA Member ID number.

*Your application/registration process is not complete until you register on this website AND sumbit your application on the National website.

Scout/Venturer Participant Qualifications:

• MUST have a current BSA membership.
• MUST be at least 12 years of age by the first day of the Jamboree but has not reached their 18th birthday by the last day of the Jamboree.
• RECOMMEND be at least a First Class Scout by the first day of the Jamboree (July 19, 2023)
• Be approved by your unit leader and Pathway to Adventure Council.
• MUST have appropriate parent/guardian complete the online parental consent.  (An email will be sent to the parent/guardian of any applicant currently 17 years of age or younger during the application process.)
• Participate in pre-Jamboree training experience with local council and unit leader.
• Submitted BSA Annual Health & Medical Record using the on-line Jamboree submission process.  The AHMR must be dated on or after July 1, 2022.
• Submit all registrations fees per payment schedule below.

Young Adult Participant Qualifications:

• MUST have a current BSA membership.
• MUST be at least 18 years of age by the first day of the Jamboree but has not reached their 21st birthday by the last day of the Jamboree.
• MUST be housed as an adult due to chronological age, while allowed to participate in program consistent with a youth participant.
• Be approved by Pathway to Adventure Council.
• Participate in pre-Jamboree training experience with local council and unit leader.
• Submitted BSA Annual Health & Medical Record using the on-line Jamboree submission process.  The AHMR must be dated on or after July 1, 2022.
• Submit all registrations fees per payment schedule below. 

Adult Leader Participant Qualifications:

All Jamboree Scoutmasters, First, Second, Third Assistant Scoutmasters, Unit Care Provider, and Adult Chaperones MUST meet the following requirements:

• MUST have a current BSA membership in Pathway to Adventure Council.
• All leaders regardless of assigned position MUST be at least 21 years of age by the first day of the Jamboree.
• Be approved by Pathway to Adventure Council
• Scoutmaster, First, Second or Third Assistant Scoutmasters MUST currently be serving in any unit-level leadership position.
• Scoutmaster applicants MUST have completed appropriate leader specific training.
• All adult leaders MUST be current with Youth Protection Training.
• All adults must register online through the Jamboree registration system as a “Leader”. The council will designate specific leadership or chaperone positions at the time the Jamboree units are assigned.
• Participate and assist in planning the pre-Jamboree training experience with local council.
• Submitted BSA Annual Health & Medical Record using the on-line Jamboree submission process.  The AHMR must be dated on or after July 1, 2022.
• Submit all registrations fees per payment schedule below. 

All participant payments are non-refundable but can be transferred to another non-registered participant who replaces a cancelling participant. Additionally, application requires that the Scouts and Venturers abide by the specific policies of the Jamboree and failure of any participant to adhere to those policies will serve as grounds to have their participation revoked (with no refund).

The participant fee is $2,100 per person. The participant fee includes: 

• National Jamboree fee
• Two (2) training weekend campouts before the Jamboree
• Transportation to/from Jamboree on touring buses
• Meals to/from Jamboree
• Lodging while traveling to the Jamboree
• Participants are responsible for their uniforms (two complete field/class A uniforms), personal gear (e.g., mess kit and sleeping bag), spending money, and trading patches
• All Troop/Crew gear such as tents, cots, stoves, troop pots/pans, tables, etc.

Depending on Contingent Travel costs, per person fees may increase.

Effective November 1, 2022, Registration fees will increase $215.  (This is due to National increasing their fees after this date)

Payment Schedule:

Payment Description                                    Payment  
Deposit                                                        $300 Non-refundable registration
2nd Payment due 4/30/22                           $350 Non-refundable payment
3rd Payment due 6/30/22                            $350 Non-refundable payment
4th Payment due 9/30/22                            $350 Non-refundable payment
5th Payment due 12/31/22                          $350 Non-refundable payment
Final Payment due 3/31/23                         $400 Non-refundable payment