Japan Jamboree

 

 

On 28th of September 2103 Emma Scott and Zoe Webber decided to go for a selection day in Lewes.  This selection day was for the World Scout Jamboree in Japan in 2015.  Emma and Zoe have been in scouting for six years and say that when they heard about this opportunity they “jumped at the chance”. 

The World Scout Jamboree is when all of the scouting groups from around the world get together in one country.  It takes place every four years but you have to be a certain age to go – luckily Emma and Zoe are the right age as they wouldn’t have been able to attend in 2019!

The girls describe what happened on selection day: 

 “There were 16 applicants and only four were chosen, two were from 1st Barcombe and that was us!  There are 36 scouts going from the Lewes district and 3000 scouts going from England.

Each person has to raise £1,800, so during the next two years we all try our hardest to raise that money as a group or by ourselves.  We have been planning to do bag packing at Waitrose nearer to Christmas and we have already done one fundraiser where we collected sticks for bonfires and have raised £10 each.”

Emma and Zoe say that they both enjoy doing the fundraising because “it gives us time to get to know the two other people who we don't really know.  We are so happy that we have been chosen as this really is a once in a lifetime opportunity.”

A fantastic achievement and we all wish the girls well with their fundraising efforts.