Jamboree on the Air is an opportunity for Girl and Boy Scouts and Guide to speak to each other through Amateur radio. The ARRL has information about it at http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/jota.html/.
Occasionally a request may come from a council down or a troop asking for a HAM or Club to help. This is rare. A HAM however can avail themselves to a Council or down to a troop to "create" a place for Scouts to take part in JOTA. This can be a club station, a ham's home, backyard, a church or meeting place, or going to a camporee that weekend--anywhere scouts can come and operate.
This is a good time to recruit young people by speaking with their parents about what a positive activity amateur radio is. It gives the young person an opportunity to be involved in an activity while learning about electronics, math, science, geography, public service and making lifelong friends. Many engineers, scientists, journalists, communicators, and public servants (quite possibly you yourself) got their start in this area because they became interested through what they learned in amateur radio.
To contact your local troop, you may contact the council near you, or contact a school, community center, or place of worship where you are personally involved.
There are seven Girl Scout councils in North Carolina. Their contact information is available at Girl Scout Council Finder.
There are eleven Boy Scouts of America local councils in North Carolina.
110 Longstreet Dr.
Willmington, NC
or
Cape Fear Council
Boy Scouts of America
P.O. Box 7156
Wilmington, NC 28406
(910) 395-1100
Districts:
PO Box 250
Albemarle, NC 28002
http://www.centralnccouncilbsa.com
Districts:
313 Boy Scout Blvd
PO Box 1698
Kinston, NC 28503
Serving Bertie, Martin, Tyrrell, Hyde, Washington, & Beaufort Lenoir & Greene Carteret,
Craven &
eastern Hyde, Pamlico, Craven, & Jones , Pitt, Nash, Edgecombe, Hertford, Northampton & Halifax,
Onslow, Wilson
Districts:
333 West Haywood Street
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-254-6189
Web site: http://www.danielboonecouncil.org
Districts:
1410 East 7th Street
Charlotte, NC 28204
704-333-5471
Web Site
Districts:
3231 Atlantic Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27604
(919) 872-4884
Serves the following North Carolina counties: Chatham, Cumberland, Durham,
Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Lee, Moore, Orange, Vance, Wake, and Warren.
Web Site
6600 Silas Creek Parkway
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
Telephone: (336) 760-2900
Fax: (336) 760-4222
Web Site
Map
Districts:
PO Box 29046
Greensboro, NC 27429
Web site
John Meeks, Scout Executive
Ted Williams, Assistant Scout Exec.
Districts:
BSA, PO Box 1059
Gastonia, NC 28053
Web site
Counties:
Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Linclon, McDowell, Polk,
Rutherford
Districts:
P.O. Box 1436
Goldsboro, NC 27533-1436
Web Site
Tuscarora Council is comprised of 3 districts:
http://www.bsanc.org/districts.html