2010 National Jamboree
The 2010 National Jamboree was held from July 26 - August 4 and celebrated the 100th anniversary of the BSA. It was the final jamboree held at Fort AP Hill, VA. Total attendance was 43,434.
The 2010 National Jamboree was held from July 26 - August 4 and celebrated the 100th anniversary of the BSA. It was the final jamboree held at Fort AP Hill, VA. Total attendance was 43,434.
For the centennial of the Boy Scouts of America, the amount of memorabilia produced for this jamboree exploded. It is estimated that there are over 10,000 issues in general. Specifically for medical staff there are close to 60 pieces of medical memorabilia produced, and it would not surprise me if there are pieces of which I am unaware which would enable the number of pieces to surpass 60. Although I have generally done this with previous pages, with this jamboree I will formally divide the page into four sections: general medical issues, program area issues, subcamp medical, and position specialty.
GENERAL MEDICAL ISSUES
As in previous years, these are the patches issued by Dr. Diamond. There are other patches in this series for positions that have nothing to do with medical staff.
PROGRAM AREAS
This is the Aquatics Medical jacket patch.
These two patches were issued for the Visitors Medical Center. This was located right at the entrance to the Jamboree site after one had parked. The gold border was one per person, and the black border was the trader patch.
The patches on the left and middle were made for the Longstreet clinic. I believe the one on the left was made first, and the design did not look as intended, so when it was re-ordered, the one in the center was produced. The patch on the right was created by Ken Larsen for the Wilcox medical group.
SUBCAMP MEDICAL
The above eight patches were designed by Dan Napoliello, RN, for subcamps 7 and 8. From left to right, the borders are blue, maroon, orange, and green. The difference between the two rows is that the lettering and caduceus are in yellow on top, which was the standard, and gold mylar, which I believe was given for special service. I'm not certain if the border colors signify anything.
The above six items were put out for Hub 2 in the southern region, which covered subcamps 17, 18, and 19. Jon Hobbs, DO was the chief medical officer. The gold border patch was the official patch. The silver border was the trader. The white ghost was a "thank you" patch. In the second row there is a neckerchief, slide, pin, and a bullion, which is heavier material.
These two issues were created by the southern region for its medical staff. The left is a rectangle patch. The right issue has a "sticky" back and is designed to be worn on the epaulets.
These seven shoulder patches were designed by Dan Napoliello, RN, for the western region medical staff. The top four have the borders of brown, maroon, orange, and green. The bottom three all have copper mylar borders, and like his subcamp 7/8 patches above, were, I believe, designed for special service.
Explorer post 131 is a medical explorer post out of Crater Lake Council. Under the leadership of Ed Sutton, they helped out on medical staff, working in subcamp 8, I believe. This was a fundraising issue that they made that commemorates their work on medical staff. |
MEDICAL POSITION/SUBSPECIALTY
The above five patches were issued for emergency services at the jamboree. Note that the "silky" shoulder patch in the upper right was one in a set of three, the other two patches having nothing to do with medical staff. The same is true for the council shoulder patch on the left. The bottom patch was produced for all emergency personnel including fire
The above six issues--three pocket patches, three armbands--were created by Lynn Horne, MD, who was in charge of medical specialty service. The idea of this was to have roaming physician specialists who would be called to various other medical areas if their particular specialty was needed. I believe the black bordered patches were the traders, and the silver and gold bordered patches were limited to one per person.
There was a specific clinic for dental emergencies, and a specific clinic for ophthalmic emergencies. These areas each had their own staff patches, with the one for the dental clinic on the left and the one for ophthalmology on the right.