Pack 24’s annual pinewood derby will be held on Saturday, January 29, and they are seeking help from our scouts. Any Troop 24 scout that volunteers will earn service hours.

Additional shifts have been added for Friday evening Set Up and Saturday evening Clean Up. Saturday afternoon volunteers are still needed also.

Our scouts will be managing the race by setting up the pinewood cars, and retrieving them to bring back to the starting gates.

Shifts are available in one-hour blocks starting at 10:00 am. Please sign up for multiple shifts if possible! The racing is expected to wrap up at 5:00 pm. Racing shifts are spread out this year to allow each den its own time to participate.

Thanks in advance for your help. Click here to sign up today.

It’s almost time for our annual trek back up to Tesomas Scout Camp President’s Day weekend!

Hanna Winter Resort provides everything Scouts BSA Members need to have an incredible outdoor winter experience. Enjoy the pristine winter northwoods environment around the Hanna Venture Base and the freedom to do nearly any winter activity you want.  Before and after lunch campers can use the camp snowshoes, broomball equipment, and ice fishing gear; it is a blast! Scroll down to see pictures from previous trips.

We will leave at 8am Saturday morning, drive to Rhinelander, go tubing in the afternoon at Sylvan Hill Park, have dinner and then drive to Camp Tesomas for two nights, leaving Monday shortly after breakfast. For this trip we stop on the way there and the way back to eat lunch so Scouts have to bring about $20-$25 to cover the cost of meals to/from camp.

Scout Registration

Leader & Chaperone Registration

 Please email troop24events@gmail.com with any questions. 

Riverside Presbyterian Church, our charter organization, invites you to attend RPC on Scout Sunday, February 6. RPC’s Service of Worship begins at 10:00 a.m. with Coffee Fellowship to follow in the Social Hall. Please wear your Class A uniform and encourage family members to wear their uniform as well (Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, etc.).

The Scout Sunday tradition was started to make people in houses of worship aware of Scouting, and to allow Scouts to live out their “Duty to God” pledged each week. The Scout Law says that a “Scout is Reverent” and Scouts promise to do their “Duty of God” in the Scout Oath.

Scout families who would like to provide treats for the coffee hour after the service are invited to drop them off in the Social Hall kitchen of the church any time between 9:00 and 10:45 a.m. Thanks for your contribution & hope to see you there!
Please sign up to usher, etc. at this link.

If you can’t join us at RPC, wear your uniform proudly to whatever house of worship you attend to show the community what we mean when we say “a Scout is Reverent.”

Pack 24’s annual pinewood derby will be held on Saturday, January 29, and they are seeking help from our scouts. Any Troop 24 scout that wishes to work a one hour shift will earn a service hour.

Our scouts will be managing the race by setting up the pinewood cars, and retrieving them to bring back to the starting gates.

Shifts are available in one-hour blocks starting at 10:00 am. The racing is expected to wrap up at 5:00 pm. Racing shifts are spread out this year to allow each den its own time to participate.

Thanks in advance for your help. Click here to sign up today.

Troop 24 will be entering the Klondike Derby at National Grove-South (McCormick Woods) at Des Plaines Ave & 29th Street in North Riverside on Saturday, January 22, 2022. Scouts will meet at Riverside Presbyterian Church at 7:30 a.m. and return the same day at approximately 3:00 p.m.

We will form our annual Lost Boy Patrol of 8 scouts to take the Troop 24 sled through a course of Scout Craft activities and compete in the Iditarod Sled Race in the afternoon. The Lost Boy patrol will meet during the Thursday meeting on Jan 20 to prepare for the race, review their scout skills, and get the sled ready to fly! All Klondike Derby activities will be outside, so scouts should dress appropriately for the weather.

The cost of this outing will be $10.00 and a can of non-cream soup (to be dumped into the “Klondike Kettle”). Scouts should also bring a sack lunch/snack to accompany the soup, a water bottle/canteen for the trail, and a lot of enthusiasm to bring home the Gold!

We are in need of leaders and drivers. Since this outing is close, drivers do not need to stay. Adults are welcome to stay and participate. Space is limited for this outing. The deadline to register is Wednesday, January 19, 2022.

Please note that as this is BSA Council sponsored event, the following rules are in effect: “We will require all who use any of the properties owned by the Pathway to Adventure Council as well as all official events run by the Council to provide a vaccination card OR a negative COVID-19 test within 24 hours before attending a scheduled event. Masks are required, regardless of vaccination status.”
Please sign up at the links below:
SCOUT SIGN UP
LEADER/ADULT SIGN UP

Congratulations to Thomas Snyder, Troop 24’s newest Eagle Scout.

Troop 24 will be offering a Swimming Merit Badge class at the Pav YMCA on Sunday, January 16 from 3 to 5 pm. The class will be held at the swimming pool at 2947 S. Oak Park Avenue in Berwyn. The Swimming Merit badge is required for any scout to participate in other water activities such as scout boating outings. Scouts will need to bring the $15 class fee (cash or check made out to Pav YMCA), swim trunks and a towel to this class.

Please let us know if you will attend – Sign up HERE.