Hello Friends of Scouting!
You are all receiving this notice from me because I
felt you were the ones who would like to help the Boy Scouts and Webelos
Scouts at our annual Jamboree-on-the-Air -- JOTA, a get-together of Amateur
Radio operators and Scouts all over the world at this time of the
year.
We will be using the facilities of Rancho Alegre,
the Scout camp off of Hwy. 154 across from Lake Cachuma in Santa
Barbara.
Please read the attached letter carefully which has
been sent to the leaders of all the Scout units in the Los Padres Council. It
will explain "more than you wanted to know" about this great event.
True, it is almost 3 months from now but,
believe me, to pull off an event of this size takes much advanced planning. Each
and every one of you could have an effect on the young people in the
Scout units and the impact all of us will have on the Scouts and
Webelos Scouts at this event will be monumental. The boys will look back many
years from now and remember what they experienced here and, perhaps, will be
able to attribute their hobbies and even their livelihoods to what we all did
for them. How would you like to be a part of this? That day can come where a
young man will come up to you, shake your hand and tell you, "Thank you for what
you did for me!"
Please contact me as soon as possible and
let me know if you can help us in this
great event. As you will read in the attachment, a huge amount of preparation is
taking place, right now, to prepare for the JOTA. The sooner I hear from you
that you wish to help the Scouts, the sooner we will know if this event can be
sucessfully put on for the boys. Thank
you!
Yours in Scouting,
Darryl Widman, KF6DI
JOTA Event Chairman
Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club
805-969-2326