The Otetiana Council of the Boy Scouts of America is actively soliciting applications for scouts to attend the 2001 National Scout Jamboree. The jamboree, the first of the new century, will take place at Fort A.P. Hill in Caroline County, Virginia. The jamboree will host approximately 35,000 participants including over 30,000 scouts and over 5,000 staff members. Local scouts will form contingent units staffed by local scouters. The council currently plans to send five contingent troops consisting of 180 scouts, so positions are limited. The itinerary includes travel by bus to the Washington, DC area and site seeing prior to the jamboree. Departure from Rochester is scheduled for July 19, 2001 returning on August 1, 2001. National Jamborees are a "once in a lifetime" experience for a scout, and occur every four years. Participation is limited to scouts who have completed the sixth grade or are at least 12 years of age and a First Class Scout by July 1, 2001; and who will not have reached their eighteenth birthday by September 1, 2001. Jamboree information is available at www.scouting.org. For additional information or to request a unit presentation about the jamboree experience, contact Joyce at the Otetiana Council, 241-8560.