Hello Scout Families!

Our new Scoutmaster, Tim Lauger, has been busy preparing Troop 24 for a great 2018-2019 season! Troop 24 has a lot going on so please read on for updates on this week’s meeting, upcoming camp outs, Order of the Arrow and more.

 

***This Thursday’s (9/20) Scout Meeting will be held at SCOUT CABIN!***

Drop off and pick up at Scout cabin instead of RPC this Thursday!

The Scout Cabin is about half a mile from RPC and the address is 417 Fairbank Rd, Riverside, IL 60546.

Further meeting details to follow.

 

***Did you complete the survey?***

If you have not completed the troop survey, please do so now. The troop uses this information to plan trips and activities so it’s important to know what our Scouts and their families think. If you have any troubles with the link, please email Kimber.Day@gmail.com.

 

***Cub Scout flag retirement ceremony***

The Cub Scout’s are holding a flag retirement ceremony and could really use some Boy Scout help.

If you can help, please email Kimber.Day@gmail.com.

When:     Sept. 29th @ dusk

Where:    Scout Cabin (417 Fairbank Rd, Riverside, IL 60546)

 

***Don’t miss these upcoming Order of the Arrow events***

The next OA Event is the Fall Fellowship, October 12th-14th.

REGISTER HERE

The fall fellowship is our biggest event of the year!  While Ordeal candidates will spend the day completing the challenges of the Ordeal, all others may take part in a variety of games, seminars, activities, service projects, and all the camp has to offer.  Get to know your fellow arrowmen, and come see what our lodge has to offer!

Pachsegink Lodge’s final event of the year is the Order of the Arrow Winter Banquet.

REGISTER HERE

When:    Friday December 28th

Where:   St. Giles – 1045 Columbian Avenue, Oak Park, IL.

Join Pachsegink Lodge in commemorating it’s 24 years of service to Scouting! We will be honoring our newest Vigil Honorees and Founder’s Award Recipients, looking back at events from 2018, and looking forward to the formation of the new Takhone Lodge!

 

***Upcoming Campouts***

—Camp Inferno is THIS WEEKEND! All Camp Inferno families will receive an email with detail later this week.

—Troop 24 will be heading to Princeton, IL to campout at the Shadows of Blue & Grey Civil War Festival, October 12-14. Scouts will get to watch reenactments, This is a much loved campout where Scouts get to see Civil War battle re-enactments, storytelling, music, dance and more. Registration will open next week.