1,000 Trees Service Project
Troop 24 will participate in Riverside’s annual 1,000 Trees Planting Project – Saturday, November 19 from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Volunteers should meet at the Riverside United Methodist Church, 82 Woodside Road for a brief lecture on how to plant tree seeds. Following the lecture, volunteers are divided into teams to plant previously collected tree seeds in the village’s natural areas along the Des Plaines River. When the teams are done, they return to United Methodist Church for a hot chili dinner. This reforestation effort will be fun, rewarding and easy, and this project will earn scouts conservation service hours needed for rank advancement. Participants should wear warm clothes, gloves, boots and a hat, or whatever outerwear is appropriate for the day’s weather. Scouts do not need to commit to the entire time period to participate.
Scouts sign up here
Leaders/Adults sign up here
