THURSDAY January 19 TROOP 24 MEETING 7:00 PM

• January:  SPORTS
• BOWLING TOURNAMENT – FOREST LANES BOWL, 7700 47^TH STREET, LYONS, 6:45 pm.
• Troop 24’s First Ever Bowling Tournament will be held Thursday. Each Patrol will be competing for the Troop 24 bragging rights and awards.  The Patrol with the highest gross score wins so get everyone in your patrol to show up and bowl their best.
• Sign-up on the Troop 24 Website under the Latest News tab, Bowling Outing – January 19, 2017 item.

We look forward to seeing you at Forest Lanes Bowl on Thursday.

Troop 24 will be meeting at the AMF Forest Lanes, located at 7700 47th St in Lyons instead of RPC for our January 19 meeting. The troop has made a group reservation so all of our scouts will be bowling together. The cost is $13 per person which includes two games and shoe rental.

Scouts should come directly to the bowling alley for this meeting. Plan on a 6:45 check in so you have time to pick out a bowling ball (unless you have one) and rent shoes. As this is a normally-scheduled troop meeting, scouts should come in their class A uniform.

Plan on picking up your scout by 8:30pm. Parents are welcome to participate in this event. Parents and adults must register online and pay if you intend to bowl.

Scouts & Adults: Sign up here

The Troop 24 Pancake Breakfast will be Saturday, March 4, 2017. Scouts who attended the troop meeting last night were given their pancake breakfast tickets to sell. Tickets will also be available at next week’s troop meeting/bowling outing. After that, tickets which have not been picked up will be mailed to scouts.
Each Scout is required to sell 15 tickets.
Money must be returned no later than Thursday, February 16.
Please be sure to write down and save your BSA number which is on your ticket envelope. You will need this number later to access the Pancake Breakfast website and see your work assignment and instructions.
If you have conflicts or questions, please contact pancakes@troop24riverside.com.

We need a few more scouts and adults to attend the Eagle Cave Campout and Klondike Derby. Both take place next weekend. Here are links to information and sign up forms:

Eagle Cave Info
Eagle Cave Scout Sign Up
Eagle Cave Adult Sign Up

Klondike Derby Info
Klondike Derby Scout Sign Up
Klondike Derby Adult Sign Up

JANUARY 2017: Sports

• All Scouts required to work with the 13^th Edition Handbook.
• January 20-22:  CAMP OUT:  Eagle Cave Camping in Wisconsin
• January 21:  Voyager Trace District-Wide Klondike Derby at Bemis Woods, Western Springs, Illinois
• January 26: Guest Speaker, Riverside Police Officer Dan Marrello
• January 26: Board of Review

FEBRUARY:  Winter Activities

• February 5: Scout Sunday 10:00 am Service RPC
• February 7: Troop Committee Meeting
• February 17-20: CAMP OUT:  Friday/Saturday: Granite Peak Ski Area, Wausau WI; Sunday/Monday: Tesomas Scout Camp, Rhinelander, WI.
• February 23: Troop Elections; Order of Arrow Elections; Board of Review
• February 26: Pack 120 and Pack 24 Blue and Gold Dinners.
• February 28: Patrol Leaders Council Meeting with new Troop Leadership

MARCH:  Wildlife & Wilderness Survival

• March 4:  Pancake Breakfast at RPC
• March 7:  Troop Committee Meeting
• March 10-12: Lord Baden Powell Univ. of Scouting ADULT training; Wonderland Camp, Camp Lake, WI
• March TBD:  CAMP OUT: Bullfrog Lake, 9600 Wolf Road, Willow Springs, Illinois
• March 30: Board of Review

APRIL: TBD

• April 4:  Troop Committee Meeting
• April 20: Board of Review
• April 21-23: CAMP OUT: TBD
• April 27: Spring Court of Honor

MAY:  TBD

• May TBD : CAMP OUT
• May 20: Troop 24 100 year anniversary event at RPC/Scout Cabin CAMP OUT
• May 25: LAST MEETING/ Board of Review

JUNE: TBD

• June 18-23: National Youth Leadership Training; Camp Betz, Berrien Springs, MI.
• June 25-30: National Youth Leadership Training; Camp Big Timber, Elgin, IL
• June 25-July 2:  Seabase High Adventure

JULY:  Summer Camp

• July 9-14: National Youth Leadership Training; Camp Sol R Crown, Wilmot, WI
• July 16-22:  Tesomas Summer Camp
• July 23-29:  Wisconsin River Canoe Trip High Adventure

THURSDAY January 12 TROOP 24 MEETING 7:00 PM

• January:  SPORTS
• BRING SCOUT BOOK TO ALL MEETINGS.
• ZULU in charge of meeting set-up, FLAGS, and clean-up. Report at 6:45pm in Full Uniform.
• Trail to First Class: Second Class Citizenship and Personal Safety Awareness requirements
• Trail to First Class: Second Class Citizenship 8c & 8d form can be found at Forms & Document tab of the Troop website.
• Trail to First Class: All scouts should be tracking their physical activity for Tenderfoot 6b, Second 7a, First 8a.  These need to be completed consecutively.  We sent home Activity Log sheets but you may also print them from the Personal Fitness Merit Badge workbook pp 11 at MeritBadge.org.
• Merit Badge: Citizenship in the World- Be prepared to discuss requirement #3 & 4.
• DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT
• 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.

THURSDAY January 5 TROOP 24 MEETING 7:00 PM

• January:  SPORTS
• Sign Up for Eagle Cave or Klondike Derby.
• BRING SCOUT BOOK TO ALL MEETINGS.
• NUCLEAR OCTOPI in charge of meeting set-up, FLAGS, and clean-up. Report at 6:45pm in Full Uniform.
• Trail to First Class: Second Class 6a:  Demonstrate First Aid for the enumerated injuries.
• Trail to First Class: Second Class Citizenship 8c & 8d forms are due.
• Trail to First Class: All scouts should be tracking their physical activity for Tenderfoot 6b, Second 7a, First 8a.  These need to be completed consecutively.  We sent home Activity Log sheets but you may also print them from the Personal Fitness Merit Badge workbook pp 11 at MeritBadge.org.
• Merit Badge: Citizenship in the World- Print and review workbook and be prepared to discuss requirement #1.  Identify the two other countries for Req. 2 and the world event and foreign country for Req. 3 for approval of the MB Counselor.
• DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT
• 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.