Local Scouts to design I.E. patch

Local Boy Scouts and Scout leaders have a chance to exercise their creative muscles and create a special patch that will represent the Inland Empire at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree in Virginia.

The California Inland Empire Council of the Boy Scouts of America is looking for local members with creative design ideas for the shoulder patch.

The winning design will be worn by approximately 144 Scouts and 16 Scout leaders who will represent the Inland Empire at the 2010 jamboree.

All design entries must include the Boy Scouts of America "fleur de lis" emblem or the lettering "BSA," they must be the size of a typical uniform shoulder patch and they must include the name "California Inland Empire Council."

All entries must be submitted to the Inland Empire Jamboree Committee, CIEC, P.O. BOX 8910, Redlands, CA 92375, by Sept. 30.

"The entries are usually pretty colorful and the competition can get pretty stiff," said Robert Camerota, the Inland Empire Boy Scouts' promotion and publicity chair. "But, we've (Inland Empire Boy Scouts) been pretty successful in other (patch) competitions."

For more information on the patch competition call the California Inland Empire Council of the Boy Scouts of America at (909) 793-2463.