At the troop meeting last Thursday, pancake breakfast tickets were given to the scouts present. Please check with your scout to be sure they are not misplaced. Each packet contains 15 tickets. Each registered scout is required to sell all 15 tickets and to return the $75 to Sue Jones, the Troop 24 Pancake Breakfast Chairman, by Thursday, Februaty 26. The payment may be made in cash, checks, or a combination. All checks need to be made out to “Boy Scout Troop 24”.

Each scout will also be required to work a shift at the breakfast which is on Saturday, March 7, or at the set-up night Thursday, March 5, if there is an important conflict for Saturday. If your scout has a conflict for a particular time on Saturday or if he can only work Thursday, please email Sue Jones sue_jones@designpac.com with the details and we will do our best to schedule around it. Thank you all for your support of our main troop fundraiser. The pancake breakfast funds are used for all troop equipment purchases and other general troop expenses throughout the year.

Due to the weather, we are cancelling the troop meeting tonight. If you were planning to bring art supplies for Cody L’s Eagle project, they can be dropped off at RPC during the day on Friday (9:00 – 3:00), or dropped off at 5:00 on Friday at 2253 S. 14th Avenue in North Riverside.

Pack 24 is requesting assistance from Troop 24 boy scouts to help run the annual Pinewood Derby on Saturday, January 24, in the RPC gym. (This is the same weekend as Eagle Cave: You cannot do both!) There will be four 45-minute shifts beginning at noon, with 3 scouts needed for each shift. The last shift may go for an hour, depending on the timing of the race. You can sign up for more than one shift, but you must sign up for each shift separately:

12:00 – 12:45
12:45 – 1:30
1:30 – 2:15
2:15 – 3:00
3:00 – 3:45

All boy scouts who help will receive a free lunch or snacks, which will be served by the girl scouts of Troop 657 in the Social Hall. You will also receive service hours.

Please report for your shift 5 minutes BEFORE your scheduled start time. See Mr. Jerz for instructions when you arrive.

If you were not able to attend the Skating Merit Badge class over break, you’ll have another opportunity on February 5 at the Ridgeland Commons in Oak Park. More information is available here: https://registration.pdop.org/wbwsc/webtrac.wsc/wbsearch.html?xxmod=ar. Scroll down until you see “119259 – Calling All Scouts.”

As his Eagle Project, Cody L is collecting art supplies for the Constance Morris House, a local domestic abuse center for women and children. All scouts are asked to bring art supplies to the Troop meeting this Thursday, January 8. Some of the items needed are crayons, markers, construction paper, craft paints (including fabric paint), etc. Thanks for your help!