Troop 24 will be attending Tesomas Summer Camp July 12-18, 2020. The cost of camp will be $310 per scout, plus an additional bus fee for transportation. Sign-up on our troop website will begin in spring. For those with financial hardship, camperships are available to pay a portion of this cost. Tesomas campership applications are due April 1. Here is a link to the form that parents should submit to be considered: Samoset Campership Application. Troop 24 also has campership money available for scouts with financial hardship who participated in our troop fundraising. Contact Scoutmaster Tim Lauger for more information.

Tesomas program registration opens on March 1, and the following programs have limited enrollment. Microtrek 101 is for scouts who are 13 and 14 years of age and First Class rank (morning only, $50 additional cost). Microtrek 200 is for Scouts 15 years of age or older and First Class rank (morning or afternoon session, $65 additional cost). Microtrek 300 is for scouts who have already completed Microtrek 200 (all day program, $110 additional cost). More information will be available at troop meetings or on the Camp Tesomas website. Email our Troop Camp Coordinator Carolyn Lach ASAP at clach@northpark.edu if you want to sign up for a Microtrek program.

Four merit badge classes have limited enrollment: Climbing, Archery, Rifle Shooting and Shotgun Shooting ($25 additional fee). If you wish to participate in one of these programs, email our Troop Camp Coordinator Carolyn Lach ASAP at clach@northpark.edu. New scouts will be participating in merit badge classes and programs which do not have limited enrollment, so those families can just save the dates of July 12-18 and wait for the information meeting our troop will have later this year.

The Troop 24 annual Pancake breakfast is our Troop’s biggest and most important fundraiser of the year! This is why participation is mandatory and not optional. We really need every Scout to sell their tickets and sign up for a shift to be successful. Please see below for more details and contact pancakes@troop24Riverside.com with any questions.

1. All Scouts must sign up for a shift during the pancake breakfast.
   1. Scout Registration is HERE
      1. Enter your BSA #, click LOGIN, and choose a job and shift.
         1. BSA #’s were sent home with the tickets.
         2. If you no longer have your BSA#, please email pancakes@troop24Riverside.com
      2. If you are an older Scout and would like to work the grill, please email pancakes@troop24Riverside.com for approval.
   2. Any Scout that absolutely can not work any of the Saturday shifts must register to work set-up on Thursday March 5th. 
      1. Send an email to pancakes@troop24Riverside.com for access to Thursday night registration.
2. All Scouts are responsible for selling all 15 tickets @ $5 each.
   1. Unlike Cub Scouts this is not optional.
   2. All Scout families should turn in the $75.00 in ticket sales no later than March 7th.
3. You can submit your $75.00 in one of the following ways
   1. Bring $75.00 to the next Troop meeting
   2. Mail to or drop money off at 216 Olmsted
   3. Bring money to the Pancake Breakfast
4. Parent Volunteers
   1. We are always in need of parent volunteers. Please consider helping our Troop during the Pancake Breakfast
      1. You too can register for a job/shift by Selecting Login under Troop Members at http://everyyear.org,
      2. Click the Adult Login button
      3. Click the Register as a new user link.
      4. Once you’re registered, you’ll see a link on your homepage to the Adult Work schedule.
   2. If you cannot work an entire shift, please send an email to pancakes@troop24Riverside.com and we will see about splitting shifts to accommodate your schedule.
5. Promotion – We need everyone’s help to spread the word. Please consider helping in one of the following ways! Just send an email to pancakes@troop24Riverside.com and we’ll get you yard signs, fliers, or posters.
   1. If you live in a high traffic area please consider putting a Yard Sign on your property.
   2. Please consider handing out fliers to friends and neighbors.
   3. Please consider asking a local business that you frequent to hang a poster.
   4. Please consider posting about the Pancake Breakfast on your social media feeds.

We appreciate all of your support as we approach the Troops annual fundraiser. We can’t do it without you!

GATHER IN THE SANCTUARY – DO NOT GO TO THE GYM!  An event will be finishing up in the gym so go directly to the sanctuary.

ELECTION:   Thursday night we will elect a new Senior Patrol Leader (SPL) after hearing all SPL “stump speeches” from your fellow Scouts.

ADJOURN TO THE SOCIAL HALL:   After the election ballots are collected, we’ll adjourn to the Social Hall. Once in the social hall we will

• Announce the new Troop Senior Patrol Leader (SPL) who will appoint a new Assistant Senior Patrol Leader (ASPL).
• Elect new Patrol Leaders, who will appoint new Assistant Patrol Leaders
• Assign Troop Jobs – Including Quartermasters, Instructors, Den Chiefs, Outdoor Ethics Guide, Librarian, Historian, Chartered Organization Aide, Scribe, and a Bugler.
• Eat Pizza!

ENJOY SOME PIZZA!  Once Troop24 business has been completed everyone can enjoy some pizza and camaraderie with your fellow Scouts and Patrol members.

ITEMS OF NOTE

-PANCAKE BREAKFAST –

• ALL Scouts are required to sell tickets and sign up for a job at the Pancake Breakfast on Saturday March 7th, 2020.
• If you have not signed up for a job or turned in your money, please do so IMMEDIATELY.
• Bring your $75.00 in ticket sales to the Troop Meeting this week.
• NO REGULAR MEETING ON MARCH 5TH.  Scouts who can’t work a Saturday shift MUST attend this set-up meeting.
• This is our biggest fundraiser of the year and we can not do it without our Scout families.

–MANDATORY MARCH 12TH MEETING: Order of the Arrow [OA] elections.

–CAMP SULLIVAN CROSSOVER CAMP-OUT coming up [MAR 13-14-15].  Registration available soon.  All newly-appointed Instructors stay through Sunday to work with the Crossovers.

–SCOUTS NEEDED!  The annual Hauser Food Drive is in its 50th year! The “Feed Our Community Day” (meal packing event) takes places on Saturday, April 4th from 9:00am-5:00pm in the Hauser cafeteria.  Details forthcoming.

–SUMMER CAMP AT TESOMAS [July 12-18] is around the corner!  Information forthcoming.

Troop 24 Scouts –

This Thursday’s meeting is MANDATORY for anyone not involved in the “Big Fish” RBHS play rehearsals.

It’s Troop Election & Pizza Party Thursday!

You may be able to leave early if necessary, but we need maximum turn-out for the elections and Troop job appointments.

More details to follow in tomorrow’s post.

Remember when you earned your Arrow of Light?

It is important to have a good contingent of Scouts to welcome our Webelos II into the Troop!

If you’re available on Sunday, please join us for the annual Crossover Ceremony at Pack 24’s Blue and Gold Banquet on Sunday, February 23, at 5:00 p.m. at the Riverside Golf Club, 2520 Des Plaines, in North Riverside. 

Pizza dinner will be provided after the crossover, and you should be home by 7:00 p.m. Scouts are needed to participate and welcome the new Scouts into the Pack. Please register here to participate:

This week, we’ll enjoy a Camping merit badge overview from Mr. Hartwig, and continue our exploration of camp-craft as it relates to rank advancement requirements.

The Tenderfoot, Second Class and First Class ranks all have “Camping and Outdoor Ethics”, “Cooking”, and “Tools” sections, which range from knot- and rope-work to “Leave no Trace” principles.

We’ll also set a plan for those requirements that need an outdoor setting, more advanced preparation, or completion at home.

So, BRING YOUR HANDBOOKS!

SCOUTMASTER CONFERENCES and BOARDS of REVIEW will be available.

ITEMS OF NOTE

-Sign up for a pancake breakfast shift here!

-Scouts who have a standing conflict on March 7th can work on set-up on Thursday, March 5th.

-SEEKING A PACK 24 CROSSOVER TEAM [SUN FEB 23rd]!   Click here for details.

If you’re interested in acting as Emcee [you’ll have a friendly audience!], let Mr. Lauger or Mrs. Staubus know right away.  This can satisfy Req. 8 of the Eagle-required Communications merit badge.

-FEB 27TH – MANDATORY TROOP MEETING – Troop Election Night

-THE ANNUAL HAUSER FOOD DRIVE is in its 50th year!  SCOUTS NEEDED to assist with the “Feed Our Community Day” (meal packing event) on Saturday, April 4th from 9:00am-5:00pm in the Hauser cafeteria.  Details forthcoming.

-SUMMER CAMP at Tesomas [July 12-18] is around the corner!  Information forthcoming.