Scouting and Guiding in Jamaica - Timeline

Timeline

1902: Ernest Thompson Seton formed the Woodcraft Indians in Connecticut, USA

1906: Seton met Lord Robert Baden-Powell and introduced him to Woodcraft Scouting

1907, August 1–9: Baden-Powell had his first experimental Scout Camp

1907: Pathfinders started in the USA

1908: January - February, “Scouting for Boys” first published

1908: Scout Association (Boy Scouts) started in Britain

1909: May 24, British Boy Scouts (BBS) and British Girl Scouts (BGS) started

1910: Girl Guides Association (GGA) started in Britain

1910: Boy Scouts started in Jamaica (SAJ)

1911: November 11, Order of World Scouts (OWS) formed

1915: March 11, Girl Guides started in Jamaica (GGA)

1920: World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) formed

1928: World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) formed

1963: The Scout Association of Jamaica (SAJ) admitted to the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM)

1966: The Girl Guides Association of Jamaica (GGA) admitted to the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)

2007: Centenary Celebration of Boy Scouting (SA)

2008: August 5, Girl Scouts started in Jamaica (GSJ)

2008: Girl Scouts of Jamaica (GSJ) admitted to the Order of World Scouts (OWS)

2009: Centenary Celebration of British Boy Scouting and British Girl Scouting (BBS & BGS)

2010: Centenary Celebration of Girl Guiding (GGA, now GGUK)

2011: Centenary Celebration of the Order of World Scouts (OWS)

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