Visit our Photo Gallery to see pictures from our holiday party.

Scouts who are working on the Personal Fitness Merit Badge: You must complete your fitness log and turn it in to Mrs. Lanken in order to receive this merit badge. Personal Fitness is an Eagle requirement, as well as a requirement for all scouts going to Seabase this summer.

Scouts and Parents: Please join us at the Courtyard Healthcare facility at 3601 S. Harlem in Berwyn on Sunday, December 20, to deliver cards to the patients. We will bring the cards signed at the holiday party on December 17. Meet at the Courtyard at 1:30 and help bring some holiday cheer to patients.

Thanks to our Popcorn Kernel this year, Renee Ricchio, for coordinating our popcorn event. Popcorn sales (excluding online sales) were $4,993, with a profit to the sellers of $1,497.90. Some of our scouts had additional income through online sales, most especially Christopher O, who reportedly sold over $2,000 online. We maintain a list of “popcorn credits” on the website, but you have to sign in as a member to view it. Anyone who has forgotten our top-secret password can e-mail Nancy Hopkins and request the username/password.

Save the date for Eagle Cave! We will leave RPC on Friday, January 15, at 5:00 p.m. (tentatively, may need two waves so some parents/kids can make it later). We’ll return by about 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 17. We’re looking for adults to drive and CAMP OUT IN THE CAVE! This is probably the troop’s most popular outing.

Eagle Cave is located about 1/2 hour west of Madison, Wisconsin. You can find more information here: http://www.eaglecave.net/ and directions here: http://www.eaglecave.net/directions.htm#From%20Chicago

The cave is a constant 52 degrees and lots of fun to explore! Permission slips will be posted soon.

Troop 24 is planning a day hiking trip to Waterfall Glen on Saturday, December 12. We will leave from Riverside Presbyterian Church at 9:00 a.m. and return at approximately 4:00 p.m. There is no cost. Each scout should bring a sack lunch and wear weather-appropriate clothing. The permission slip is available here and should be turned in no later than the Troop Meeting on Thursday, December 10. Contact Dawn Gmitro with questions.

Peter’s Eagle Project will take place December 11 and 12. The project involves painting two bedrooms at the Ronald McDonald House near Loyola Hospital. The walls in the rooms are chipped and in need of painting. The rooms are occupied by parents of children receiving treatment at the hospital, or adults receiving treatment themselves. The project will take place over two days on December 11 (5:00pm to 7:30pm) and 12 (9:00am to 11:30am, 11:30am to 2:00pm, 2:00pm to 4:30pm). The volunteers will prep the room, move furniture, spackle, and paint the two rooms, working for approximately two hours on Friday night, and eight hours on Saturday. Thirty-four volunteers are needed to work in teams throughout the two days. Please contact Peter at falk05@comcast.net to sign up for one of the shifts or to work out rides to and from the Ronald McDonald House at the shift changes. Please make sure you return a signed permission slip.

Photos from the November Court of Honor are now available on the Troop Website in our Photo Gallery.