Congratulations to Frank Gangware, our Chartered Organization Representative, on being named Riverside’s Person of the Year 2018 by the Riverside Lions Club. Frank has served our troop for many years as a dedicated volunteer and advocate for the scouting program. You can read more in this Riverside Brookfield Landmark article. Be sure to congratulate Frank for this well deserved honor when you see him next, thank Frank for his many years of devotion to scouts and Troop 24.

Boy Scouts need to complete service hours as a requirement for rank advancement. For the Life rank, at least three hours of this service must be conservation-related. The Frederick Law Olmstead Society (FLOS) and Village of Riverside offer a monthly Landscape Workday, with the next project taking place on Saturday, June 30th from 9am-12pm. Come for an hour or three, whatever your schedule allows. This is an individual opportunity (not a troop outing), and since Troop 24 leaders will not be at this workday, you need to bring the Troop 24 Service Hour Form, have it signed by your supervisor at the workday, and turn in in to Scoutmaster Flaherty at the next troop activity. The FLOS workdays have been pre-approved as conservation service projects for Troop 24 scouts, so you do not need the service hour form signed ahead of time. Middle school and high school aged scouts may attend with or without their parent, but you must bring this Volunteer Liability Release Statement signed by your parent. This month’s project will take place at Riverside’s Indian Gardens and Patriots Park. Wear long pants and long sleeves, bring your work gloves and a water bottle. All other supplies will be provided. For more information, see the FLOS website.

Future FLOS Workdays:
June 30th 9am – 12pm Big Ball Park – mulching
July 14th 9am – 12pm Patriots Park – weeding
August 1th 9am – 12pm Scottswood Commons – weeding
September 8th 9am – 12pm Riverside Road – planting
September 15th 9am – 12pm Riverside Road – Rain date planting
October 13th 9am – 12pm Riverside Road – seed collecting
November 3rd 9am – 12pm Longcommon & Downing – Mulching

All scouts attending Tesomas who have not yet paid for transportation must do so NOW! Here is the link to information and the payment form.

If you plan to get to Tesomas some way other than the bus, please email Mrs. Lach at clach@northpark.edu to let her know your plans. Thank you.

Reminder: Forms are still open for you to sign up for the following activities:

June 20 Swim Test at 7:45pm
July 6 Swimming Merit Badge Class at 6pm
July 4 Pizza Booth Fundraiser

Keep reading below for new information about the July 3 flag raising ceremony.

We have been asked to provide several scouts to raise the flag in Riverside’s Guthrie Park (by the train station) on July 3. You would need to be there, in full uniform, at 5:15 p.m. and you would be done by 6:00.
Please let us know if you are available to participate.

Flag Ceremony Sign-up

Our chartered organization, Riverside Presbyterian Church, has requested scout help at their next workday, Wednesday June 13th, from 6 to 8 pm. Work will include weeding and landscaping work in the church yard. You do not need to sign up ahead of time, just show up in work clothes in the church driveway. Service hours will be given.

Swim tests for the next two Wednesdays are moved back to 7:45 pm to avoid overlap with the Pav YMCA swim team practice. Remember to sign up and show up if you plan to swim or boat at summer camp.
June 13 swim test
June 20 swim test
July 6 swim test/swimming merit badge class

Keep reading below for an important announcement about our July 4th fundraiser!

We need help with our annual pizza booth at Riverside’s 4th of July celebration. This is our second largest fundraiser. We need scouts AND parents! Please sign up for one of the shifts below. Scouts should wear uniform shirts or Troop t-shirts. Please contact Cindy Reynolds at cindyreynolds3@gmail.com with questions.

Sign up here:
July 4th Pizza Booth

Congratulations to our newest Eagle Scout, James Jerz!

The first work date for Colin’s Eagle project is Saturday, June 9th at Komarek school located at 8940 W. 24th Street in North Riverside. Shifts will be 10-12, 12-2, 2-4. Refreshments will be provided. Younger scouts will not need any building experience. Colin’s project is building Two 4 x 4 raised bed Cedar Gardens and One 8 x 4 cinderblock garden. The project will also include cleaning up the space and putting up trellises, and loading sand dirt and pebbles into the garden beds once we are finished constructing them. Adults can help by providing a power saw and some drills, or by helping during a shift. You will receive service hours for your help!

Sign up here

Jon M. needs some volunteers for his Eagle Project this Wednesday and Thursday!! Thanks to those who have helped start the project – but more help is needed the next few days. Service hours will be given to scouts who volunteer.

Project Description: We will be improving the storage of costumes and props for the Hauser drama department, including removing all items from the storage loft, organizing and inventorying them and placing them back in the storage loft.

Special Instructions: Each volunteer will need to bring an I.D. with them, and sign in at the Hauser office, where their names will be on a list of volunteers. Please come to the auditorium stage after checking in. We will be working in the building while school is in session so we will need to act accordingly. You will go right from the office and into the auditorium that is next door. If you do not have a driver’s license or school I.D. you will not be allowed to enter the school. The Friday shift may not be needed, and there will be an email regarding its cancellation in the morning.

Click on the registration links to see dates and times of volunteer shifts:
Scouts sign up here
Adults sign up here
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