Boards of Review will be held this Thursday, October 27. This will the scouts’ last opportunity to have a Board before the fall Court of Honor on November 10. Please ask your scout if he needs a Board of Review, and let Nancy know so we can schedule them for Thursday.

Don’t forget that the Troop is collecting canned foods for the Riverside Food Pantry during the month of October. Please bring any contributions to the Troop meeting tonight or next Thursday.

The Boy Scout Coin Collecting Merit Badge Program will be held at the West Suburban Coin & Collectibles Expo in Countryside, on Sunday, November 13 beginning at 10:00 a.m. The show is located at Park Place Banquet Hall, 6200 Joliet Rd, Countryside. To reserve space, please RSVP to Kevin Wasmer at 630-399-9060 or kwasmer@comcast.net. (This is a very well-done program, and the scouts come home with a lot of neat stuff.)

Scouts who are done selling popcorn can turn in their orders at the Troop meeting on Thursday, October 20. ALL orders are due by Thursday, October 27. Parents: please check the totals and be sure the money turned in equals the amount ordered. Our Popcorn Kernel would appreciate receiving checks rather than cash, so if your scout collected cash, can you please keep the cash and write a check to the Troop for that amount? All popcorn orders have to be paid in advance (so the scouts should not have sold with an I.O.U.). If you have any questions, please contact Anne Kodama.

Scouts who would like to complete First Class Requirement 6 Identify Native Plants are invited to meet Mr. Robertson at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 15, outside RPC. This will likely be the last chance to complete this requirement before next spring. There are 32 scouts (of 59) who need this requirement.

Registration is now closed for the White Pines camp-out, but we have two more outings before the end of the year. On November 12, we’ll have a day outing to Waterfall Glen for orienteering, and on Thanksgiving weekend, a 2-night cabin camp-out at Herrick Lake.

Troop 24 is planning an orienteering outing to Waterfall Glen on Saturday, November 12.  In preparation for this outing Scouts should attend the two Troop meetings prior to the outing.  Scouts should be dropped off at RPC at  8:30 a.m.  Return time is estimated to be between 1:00 and 2:00 p.m.  Return time will be dependent on when each group completes the course.  There is no cost for this outing.  The deadline for signing up for the outing is Monday, November 7.  Scouts should bring a sack lunch and a water bottle.  Please fill out a form for each scout.  Contact Dawn Gmitro with questions.

The Troop will hold our fall Court of Honor, honoring our scouts’ advancements, on November 10. We need at least one parent to offer to coordinate the “reception” for the event (sign up bakers, set up the serving table, and monitor clean-up). Please contact Nancy Hopkins if you are willing to help.