THURSDAY December 1 TROOP 24 MEETING 7:00 PM

• December: Hobbies
• BRING SCOUT BOOK TO ALL MEETINGS.
• SPARTANS in charge of meeting set-up, FLAGS, and clean-up. Report at 6:45pm in Full Uniform.
• Trail to First Class: We will be working on Fitness requirements T6 & S7 and Citizenship requirements.   Review your books and study and practice those skills you have yet completed in the next rank you are working towards.  This week will be your opportunity to meet with the ASMs or SM to be tested for your unfinished rank advancement requirements.
• Theater Merit Badge: Meeting of First Class and above scouts who wish to work on Theater Merit Badge with Mrs. Gmitro.  Print the worksheet and review the requirements.
• Colin G: Coin Collection & Steven S: Baseball Card Collection Demonstrations
• 24^TH Garrison : Infection Tag
• Cyber Chip: Scout Rank and Star Rank need to acquire the Cyber Chip for your age.  Go to http://www.netsmartz.org/scouting to review the requirements.  Once you have completed the Read, Write and Watch requirements, please see Scoutmaster Flaherty to schedule the Teach and Talk requirements.  We have the Cards.  The chip expires after one year, see Scoutmaster Flaherty to “Recharge” or renew the Chip.

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

Troop 24 will be going to the Laser Quest in Downers Grove  on December 16 to celebrate the holidays.

The Laser Quest facility is located at Finley Square Mall, 1524 Butterfield Rd, Downers Grove, IL 60515.

• Parents are asked to provide transportation for their scouts to & from the event.
• Scouts should be at the facility at 5:40 PM to check in and prep for our first game at 6 PM
• We will play 2 games of laser tag followed by pizza for dinner.
• Pick up will be at 7:45 PM.
• Cost $22/scout.
• We also need adults to attend as chaperones, if you are willing to supervise scouts between games and serve pizza please indicate on the form when you sign up your scout.

This outing is limited to 30 scouts so sign up early!

Sign up here.

Scouts & adults are needed for our annual s’mores tent at Riverside’s Holiday Stroll Friday, December 2. We provide ingredients for strollers to roast marshmallows and make s’mores. We do not charge for the s’mores, but collect a free-will offering that goes to the Riverside Food Pantry. We will be located at Riverside Garage, always a popular location due to their train set-up. One-hour shifts are available starting at 5:00 p.m., and we also need a few people for set-up (4:00) and take-down (9:00). We need two adults and three scouts per shift. Our leaders for this event are Jim Fedorski and Noretta Griffin. Questions should be directed to fedrockus@yahoo.com.

Please sign up here: Holiday Stroll Form

If you have not yet paid 2017 scout dues, this is a friendly reminder that it is time to make your payment of $45 per scout. Click on the following link to submit your online payment:

Scout Dues Form

Reminder for leaders and parents: Troop 24 needs more Merit Badge Counselors! Boy Scouts can earn merit badges in over 100 subjects, and we know many of you have special skills and knowledge in those subjects from your work, education, hobbies or other life experience. We are seeking adults to work exclusively with Troop 24, helping scouts complete partials from camp, running merit badge classes during troop meetings, or consulting with scouts who want to work on merit badges outside of meetings. To make it easy for Troop 24 adults to be certified as merit badge counselors, we have scheduled an accredited BSA instructor to lead a training during the troop meeting time (7pm) on November 17, 2016 in the church Social Hall. Youth Protection Training (YPT) will also be provided (starting approximately 7:45pm), for those becoming merit badge counselors or other adults who need to renew this training. Refreshments will be served! Please let us know if you plan to attend.

For more information on the Boy Scout Merit Badge program, and to see a list of all current merit badges, click here. http://www.scouting.org/meritbadges.aspx

To sign up for the Merit Badge Counselor Training/YPT, click here.

Riverside’s Hauser Jr. High School is presenting John Hithcock’s The 39 Steps play on Tuesday and Wednesday this week at the Hauser Jr. High Auditorium. Both performances begin at 7:00 p.m. and are free. Several Boy Scouts from Troop 24 are in the production. Come and cheer them on!

What a great Court of Honor!!  Thank you to all our Leaders for making this a great Boy Scout Troop.

If you are inspired after seeing your fellow scouts achieve rank advancements, Thursday is your opportunity to work on your own advancement requirements.

• November: Forestry, Nature, Hiking
• BRING SCOUT BOOK TO ALL MEETINGS.
• White Pines Campers:  Return all equipment!!
• ICEBERG in charge of meeting set-up, FLAGS, and clean-up. Report at 6:45pm in Full Uniform.
• Trail to First Class: Review your books and study and practice those skills you have yet completed in the next rank you are working towards.  This week will be your opportunity to meet with the ASMs or SM to be tested on your unfinished rank advancement requirements.
• Star Scouts: Life Requirement 6 – Teach using the EDGE method.
• Quartermasters: Check in and clean camping equipment and patrol boxes.
• Spartans: Human Knot Game
• Cyber Chip: Scout Rank and Star Rank need to acquire the Cyber Chip for your age.  Go to http://www.netsmartz.org/scouting to review the requirements.  Once you have completed the Read, Write and Watch requirements, please see Scoutmaster Flaherty to schedule the Teach and Talk requirements.  We have the Cards.  The chip expires after one year, see Scoutmaster Flaherty to “Recharge” or renew the Chip.

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

If you are missing any Merit Badge or Rank cards from the Court of Honor, please see Mrs. Sanduski at the next meeting.

Popcorn will be available for pick up starting Sunday at noon. Scouts who sold popcorn should contact Vince Pecis at vrpecis@gmail.com to schedule a time to pick up their orders.