1,000 Trees Service Project – Saturday, November 17
Troop 24 will participate in Riverside’s annual 1,000 Trees Planting Project – Saturday, November 17 from 10:00 a.m. – about 4:00 p.m. Volunteers should meet at the Riverside Scout Cabin for an information session on how to plant tree seeds. Following the training, 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 can report to the Scout Cabin to return their tools and enjoy soup, chili and hot cocoa by the warm indoor fireplace. 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.
Read more about the 1,000 Trees service opportunity in this Illinois Farm Bureau article.
Scouts sign up here
Leaders/Adults sign up here
