Boy Scouts of America

Café USA - More than just
Burgers and Fries

Seth Griffith’s reflection on his time as the Young Adult Food House (“Café USA”) Coordinator at the 2019 World Scout Jamboree

Way more than your typical small-town Café, USA! If you were walking down action point road during the 2019 World Scout Jamboree, you would have heard all the action, fun, and excitement happening in the USA Food House. Café USA had a multitude of options for any Scout and Scouter to choose! Besides the delicious Burgers and French Fries, you could partake in karaoke with a new friend from Belgium, start a “Just Dance” with a neighboring Scout from New Zealand, or even have a refreshing cup of Shaved Ice with an old friend of yours from the UK!

The logistics in planning Café USA was through the USA Contingent Management Team (CMT). These volunteers dedicated an extenuating amount of hours prior to, and during the Jamboree. Each adult volunteer of the USA CMT had a “young adult” counterpart in the organization processes. In this way, keeps a youthful and exciting skillset in the planning, and will continue to ensure the success of future worldwide scouting programs and events.

Having the opportunity in serving as the Café USA Food House Coordinator was a very rewarding experience prior to and during the 2019 WSJ. Each day there were an abundance of new Scouts wanting to experience what the Food House had planned up our sleeves. There were even a hefty number of individuals that would return each day to participate in a new Just Dance or show off their Scouting skills in a game of Kahoot!

Scouts singing in their native language, dancing to their traditional cultural songs, all united under a single tent that represented the 3.8 million square miles of the United States. As one of the many wonderful program events during the 2019 WSJ, Café USA welcomed all and brought life-long memories that Scouts from all across the world will never forget.

 

Check out these other awesome moments captured on camera at Café USA!

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Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.