Since 1974 the Fall Fun Rally has been held at Beaumont Scout Reservation, one of the largest gatherings of Explorers, Sea Scouts and Venturers. If you ask some of the Advisors of the Fall Fun Rally in their youth you’ll hear stories of thousands of Explorers gathered here, with one of the highlight events being helicopter rides. And though we can no longer give helicopter rides, the Fall Fun Rally has been growing over the last few years, drawing 700 - 800 participants each of the last couple years. In 2008 the Fall Fun Rally was the first designated Central Region Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Venturing.
Last year, as the Centennial Year of Boy Scouts of America approached, the Greater St. Louis Area Council officers noticed there was something missing at the National level. The National Jamboree was to be other celebration for Boy Scouts, but there was none for Venturing, or for that matter, Sea Scouting or Exploring. And so in the Fall of 2009, the VOA officers began the process of asking for the designation of the 2010 Fall Fun Rally as a national event. We were all pleasantly surprised, and then immediately overwhelmed, when the 2010 Fall fun Rally was officially designated the BSA Centennial Year Venturing Event!
In 2010 we had participants from 10 states and 44 Councils across the country. We had attendees from Southern Florida, to the UP of Michigan, From New Jersey to Utah, At the final count we had a total of 1348 Venturers, Explorers, Sea Scouts and adult leaders in attendance.
Crew 2675 attended this event for the first time in 2011, and it was an event that left us all looking forward to making the trip back in 2012. The Event is located on the Beaumont Scout Reservation, which offers primitive camping (that's right, no perma-tents), in two beautiful campsites. In 2011, Crew members got to enjoy activities such as Fencing, Climbing, Archery, the NRA Handgun Simulator, as well as Ninja, Tricycle Jousting, and other fun games that were a part of the program. This event comes highly recommended for Crews.
For more information check out the Fall Fun Rally website, or the Fall Fun Rally FaceBook page.
This event is normally scheduled for late September.
