The Troop will conduct 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:
Webelos Crossover Sign Up

Scout Families,

We’ve received multiple reports of issues with the original Pancake Breakfast sign-up. We appreciate the feedback and are happy to report that we believe the issues have been resolved.

If you have already signed up for a shift, please log in and make sure that your job assignment and time are still the same.

If you were not able to sign-up due to issues, please try again.  

Please also check your homepage to see if we have received your ticket money. It may take a day or two for this to be updated as we receive the money, but if you’re sure you’ve turned in your money and it shows that you haven’t, please let us know.

The original Pancake Breakfast Sign-Up my be found HERE.

Congratulations to Troop 24’s newest Eagle Scout, Michael Ryan.

ALL SCOUTS must fill a shift at the Pancake Breakfast, March 7th. There are shifts starting as early as 6:30am and going through cleanup at 2:30, so even if you have a conflict on that day, please try to get a shift in.

Scouts should sign in at the Pancake Breakfast Website: http://everyyear.org
Select Login under Troop Members
then click the Scout Login button
Enter your BSA# (on the address label of your ticket packet as well as the instructions inside) and click Login.
You’ll see your Home Page. Click on the link for Scout Job Schedules.

If you absolutely, positively cannot work the day of the pancake breakfast, have your parents send an email to pancakes@troop24Riverside.com and you’ll be able to access the Setup jobs for Thursday Night, March 5th.
If you can work both days, please feel free to sign up for a Setup job AFTER you have selected a Day Of job.
If we do not get enough people for certain shifts, you may have your job reassigned.
If you are an older scout, please sign up for the Grill and Kitchen jobs, we need all of you!
If you think you can handle a kitchen job, but don’t meet the age requirement, have a scoutmaster email us at pancakes@troop24Riverside.com and we’ll open those jobs up to you.

PARENTS we need volunteers throughout the day.
If you do not already have an account on http://everyyear.org, you can register by Selecting Login under Troop Members
then click the Adult Login button
Then click the Register as a new user link.
Once you’re registered, you’ll see a link on your homepage to the Adult Work schedule.
If you cannot work the entire shift, let me know and I’ll see if we can split some of the shifts further. Email me at pancakes@troop24Riverside.com if you have questions, or if you can volunteer to do some shopping or if you have any leads for sponsors for our Placemat Ads.

This week, we’ll 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.

I am looking for 3-4 adults to sit on an Eagle Boards of Review on Monday,  February 17th at 7:00 PM.  Current Eagle Scouts who are 18 are encouraged to volunteer.  Sitting on an Eagle Board it is a very rewarding opportunity to be a part of a Scout’s final step to achieving the rank of Eagle. No experience is necessary.  If you have not sat on an Eagle Board previously I can provide you with resources to familiarize yourself with topics that are discussed at the Board.  Additionally, the Board is run by our Council Representative. We will meet at the Riverside Presbyterian Church. The time committment is approximately 1-1 1/2 hrs.

If you are interested please email me at dmgmitro@aol.com.

Thank you,

Dawn Gmitro
Troop 24 Eagle Committee

Don’t forget – Troop 24 will be holding a Family Night at Michael Anthony’s restaurant this Sunday, February 9th from 5 to 8 pm. Come and enjoy dinner and an evening out with your family and Troop 24 friends. We will have board games, card games, big screen TVs, and pizza or other great food from their menu. The restaurant will donate 15% back to Troop 24. At 6 pm, Assistant Scoutmaster John Flaherty will give a brief presentation about the Friends of Scouting program. The restaurant is located at 6434 Ogden Avenue in Berwyn, we will be in their Party Room.

This week, we’ll continue our exploration of camp-craft in anticipation of our Spring camping season.

So, BRING A SLEEPING BAG!

We’ll discuss camp bedding, tent etiquette, enjoy a camping skills contest and a sleeping bag relay.

We’ll also continue to review our “next-rank” requirements.

So, BRING YOUR HANDBOOKS!

ITEMS OF NOTE

MANDATORY TROOP MEETING on Feb. 27th: Troop Election Day!