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This category is intended to be used for any free use "non-logo" images related to Scouting that do not fit into any of the sub-categories. Types of free images to be included here include: Photos of Scout-related events, people, places; Photos of 3-dimensional artwork or other objects; Book or magazine covers; Stamps; Certificates; And so forth
The first "Camporee" was in 1961. Camporee grew out of a discussion among cadets who attended the 1960 National Jamboree. That first camporee featured five area troops. The first patch for attending was the 1963 Camporee. Camporee is nominally held the first week in May; however, since 2001, dates are adjusted to around the Academy's schedule.
In the Boy Scouts of America, districts or councils may hold a camporee once or twice a year. [5] Typically, the camporee involves patrol-based competitions, with events such as: hiking preparedness, fire building, knot tying, first aid, emergency preparedness, pioneering, citizenship, patrol mystery event (team building), outdoor cooking, camping or orienteering.
Girl Guides (known as Girl Scouts in the United States and some other countries) is a worldwide movement, originally and largely still designed for girls and women only. The movement began in 1909, when girls requested to join the then-grassroots Boy Scout Movement .
[57] The most recent push to help Girl Scouts imagine a future in STEM was the Girl Scout's appearance at the International Consumer Electronics Show in January 2016 to show off Digital Cookie 2.0, a website made in partnership with Dell and Visa, that helps Girl Scouts manage their cookie business online.
A Girl Guide or Girl Scout is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14. Age limits are different in each organisation. Robert Baden-Powell chose to name his organization for girls "the Girl Guides". In the United States and several East Asian countries the term "Girl Scout" is used instead.
The program of the Girl Scouts of the USA is administered through local councils. Each council covers a geographic area of the United States , that may vary in size from a single U.S. county to multiple U.S. states .
worldwide (Scouts) Marks shared birthday of Scouting's founders 5 March: Scouts' Day: Republic of China (Taiwan) 12 March: Girl Scout Birthday: United States: Marks founding of first Girl Scout troop in the United States 18 April: Scouts' Day: Armenia: Social and Scouting work take place in one of the central parks of Yerevan [12] 19 April ...