{"id":1334,"date":"2025-01-24T00:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T00:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/mobile\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2025-01-24T00:52:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T00:52:49","slug":"recap-scouts-of-america-five-rivers-fall-camporee-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/mobile\/recap-scouts-of-america-five-rivers-fall-camporee-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: SCOUTS OF AMERICA FIVE RIVERS FALL CAMPOREE 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Date of Event:<\/strong> 09\/28\/2024<\/p> Location:\u00a0<\/strong>CAMP MAUBILA, GROVE HILL, AL<\/p> Number of Attendees:<\/strong> APPROXIMATELY 350<\/p> Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>Scouts of America Five Rivers Fall<\/span>
Camporee 2024<\/span>
\u201cGalactic Heist\u201d<\/span>
The AWS Mobile Section had the honor of assisting in this year\u2019s south region Scouts of<\/span>
America Five Rivers Fall Camporee 2024. The event was held at Camp Maubila in Grove Hill, AL<\/span>
on September 27<\/span>th<\/span> \u2013 29<\/span>th<\/span>. This year\u2019s camporee included welding. The welding portion of the<\/span>
event was on Saturday, the 28<\/span>th.<\/span> Tim DeVargas, a welding instructor at Faulkner CTC, in Mobile,<\/span>
AL attended on behalf of the Mobile Section and assisted with the welding portion of the event.<\/span>
This year\u2019s theme was \u201cGalactic Heist.\u201d Special permission was given by Disney to use the \u201cStar<\/span>
Wars\u201d theme.<\/span>
There were approximately 350 people at the event, but welding was limited to those<\/span>
randomly selected. Scouts were divided up into various groups, where there was fire-fighting, a<\/span>
drone obstacle course, water safety, soldering, welding, and other groups. Within the groups,<\/span>
five scouts from each were chosen into 3 smaller groups\/tables to weld, with assistance from<\/span>
Tim DeVargas, Scout Master Will Gates of Troop 292, and Scout Master Jason Wolfenden Troop<\/span>
90. Scouts donned their PPE and with a quick lesson in welding the scouts welded their \u201cTie<\/span>
Fighters\u201d together. At the end of the day, all the completed \u201cTie Fighters\u201d were welded<\/span>
together for a monument. It was a busy day and a great success!<\/span>
Local companies, schools, and individuals loaned the scouts the use of welding<\/span>
equipment and donated electrodes, steel, PPE, and other materials for the project. The AWS<\/span>
Mobile Section purchased and donated welding gloves, jackets, safety glasses, and a couple of<\/span>
welding helmets.<\/span>
There was a lot of planning that went into this event to make it happen. The AWS<\/span>
Mobile Section was honored to help. We hope to help with many more special events such as<\/span>
this in the future. A special \u201cthank you\u201d goes out from the Scouts of America south region to all<\/span>
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