Troop 24 had another great camp out this weekend when they traveled back in time to 1862 and observed the battle of Munfordville, Kentucky.  The scouts met President Lincoln, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. George Henry Thomas.  They walked the Union and Confederate encampments meeting the troops, the camp doctor and black smiths.  The scouts danced at the barn dance and watched the night time cannon bombardment before having a personal meeting with General Thomas at the Troop campsite.  Beautiful weather, great food, and good friends made for a perfect Troop 24 camp out.

THURSDAY October 13 TROOP 24 MEETING 7:00 PM

• October: Citizenship & Communication
• BRING SCOUT BOOK TO ALL MEETINGS.
• Popcorn Forms and Money: DUE THURSDAY
• Nuclear Octopi in charge of meeting set-up, FLAGS, and clean-up. Report at 6:45pm in Full Uniform.
• Thursday: Complete Tenderfoot 6b & 6c, Physical Fitness requirements.  Bring your 30 day activity log.
• Fire Safety Merit Badge Requirements 6 & 11, Fire Station Visit.
• Princeton Campout Scouts must return equipment.
• “First Aid Baseball” Tournament Semi-Finals during Interpatrol Activity/game time. BANDITS vs ZULU and NUCLEAR OCTOPI vs ROYAL FLUSH.

We look forward to seeing you at 7:00 pm on Thursday.

Troop 24 and Families,

We will be volunteering to package food with the Riverside/North Riverside Covenant of Churches, partnered with Outreach, for Feed Our Community Day.

As a Troop we will be helping at the 9:00 a.m. shift. Volunteers will be organized into small group assembly lines, preparing delicious, nutritious meals of pasta and cheese – all fortified with soy protein, nutrients, and vitamins – and bagged, labeled, weighed, and boxed. Meals will be distributed to local food pantries.

If a Scout and/or anyone in his family (must be >7 years of age) are interested in participating with Troop 24, please sign up below.

Scouts who check in/out with Mrs. Lynch during the shift will get service hours for their time.
Scouts and family members who are volunteering should report to North Riverside Village Commons on Saturday, October 15, at 8:45 a.m.. The shift will be approximately 1.5 hours.

Sign up by Wednesday, October 12.  (one participant per form)

• Scouts and Siblings here
• Leaders and Adults here

If you are interested in more information on Outreach or if you are interested in volunteering for a different shift or if you would simply like to donate to this program you can follow this link: http://www.feed6.org/focd-registration-2016.html  (Please do not “register” for 9am shift on this page, we are registering as a troop)

Susan Lynch and Stephanie Lanken will be the leaders at this event.

Congratulations to our newest Eagle Scout, Erik Hartwig!

THURSDAY October 6 TROOP 24 MEETING 7:00 PM

• BRING SCOUT BOOK TO ALL MEETINGS.
• Thursday: Tenderfoot 6b & 6c, Physical Fitness requirements.  Wear your running shoes and bring your 30 day activity log.
• Fire Safety Merit Badge Requirements 9, 10 & 12.
• BANDITS in charge of meeting set-up, FLAGS, and clean-up. Report at 6:45pm in Full Uniform.
• “First Aid Baseball” Tournament Semi-Finals during Interpatrol Activity/game time. BANDITS vs ZULU and NUCLEAR OCTOPI vs ROYAL FLUSH.
• Camp out patrols will plan menus and grocery lists.

We look forward to seeing you at 7:00 pm on Thursday.

We are looking to assemble a group of up to four boy scouts to conduct skits, songs and a flag retirement during the evening of Saturday, October 15, 2016.  Our boys scouts will be putting on a camp fire program for the cub scouts of Pack 24 during their camp out at the Riverside Scout Cabin on that date.  This event will help scouts complete requirement #8 for the Communications Merit Badge, which is required for the Eagle rank.

The specific requirements are:

• Plan a troop or crew court of honor, campfire program, or an interfaith worship service. Have the patrol leaders’ council approve it, then write the script and prepare the program. Serve as master of ceremonies.

Any scouts that are interested should email Jim Jerz (jiminov@hotmail.com) who will assist the scouts with their preparations for the program and coordinate with  all logistics with Pack 24.  If we have interest from more than four scouts we will prioritize older scouts.  Plan on working on this program during the next two troop meetings on October 6 and October 13.

Scouts that participate in this event can continue to work on the Communications MB to complete it with a troop 24 counselor.