Also, if you haven’t signed up for the pizza booth yet, please sign up for a shift if you are able. Scouts should wear uniform shirts or Troop t-shirts.

Please contact Cindy Reynolds at cindyreynolds3@gmail.com with questions, thank you!

Pizza Booth Sign up

We need help with our annual pizza booth at Riverside’s 4th of July celebration. This is our second largest fundraiser. We need scouts and parents! Please sign up for one of the shifts below. Scouts should wear uniform shirts or Troop t-shirts.

Please contact Cindy Reynolds at cindyreynolds3@gmail.com with questions, thank you!

Pizza Booth Sign up

To Troop 24’s newest Eagle Scout, James Long.

I am in need of 3-4 adults to sit on an Eagle Board of Review on Thursday, June 16 at 7:00 PM at the Riverside Presbyterian Church. Current Eagle Scouts who are 18 are encouraged to volunteer.  Sitting on an Eagle Board 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. The time commitment is approximately 1-1 1/2 hrs.  Wearing a mask is recommended.

If you are available to help please RSVP by email me at dmgmitro@aol.com.

Thank you,

Dawn Gmitro
Troop 24 Eagle Committee

*We have several posts today so please be sure to read to the end.*

All scouts attending summer camp at Tesomas and adults attending Tesomas who intend to boat or swim should plan to take the Boy Scout swim test. The swim test is required every year, not just for new scouts. You should take the test UNLESS you completed the Swimming Merit Badge in 2022. Scouts and adults attending the Lake Michigan sailing trip or boating in Kankakee should also take the swim test prior to the trip.

The swim test will be offered for Troop 24 members at the Pav YMCA (in Berwyn) on the following dates:

Wednesday, June 8th at 7:30 pm – sign up HERE
Wednesday, June 22nd at 7:30 pm – sign up HEREe
Friday, June 24th at 7:30 pm – sign up HERE

Scouts will need to bring swim trunks, swim goggles (recommended) and a towel. There is no fee for the Swim Test and you will not need to purchase a YMCA guest pass.

If you do not attend one of these test dates, you will be asked to take the test upon arrival at Camp Tesomas or you will be designated a non-swimmer.

We need help with our annual pizza booth at Riverside’s 4th of July celebration. This is our second largest fundraiser. We need scouts and parents! Please sign up for one of the shifts below. Scouts should wear uniform shirts or Troop t-shirts.

Please contact Cindy Reynolds at cindyreynolds3@gmail.com with questions, thank you!

Pizza Booth Sign up

Hello,

As you may have heard, Troop 24 will be upgrading our website and moving to a new platform that is specifically designed for scout troops. We are very excited about this update and expect the new platform to be more user-friendly, easier to organize campouts and events, share pictures, etc. and hopefully it will be easier to find content.

Before we make the transition, all of the current data needs to be reviewed, edited and updated. This signup lists all of the pages on our current website as a separate line item so each can be signed up individually for review. Some of the pages are very short and some are longer and will require a complete overhaul. Please sign up to edit a few pages if you can.

In order to make this transition before the new year starts this fall, content needs to be edited and turned in by the end of this month. We are asking volunteers to copy and paste the wording from our existing website to a Microsoft Word, Google Doc or Apple Pages document, edit, add, delete, etc. and email the attachment to troop24events@gmail.com by June 30.

PLEASE ALSO feel free to send suggestions about how to reorder, combine or group pages or topics for consideration.

FYI, we will not take down the current website for at least a year after the transition has taken place. Thank you for your help!

Sign up here, thank you!

So far we have 12 Scouts and 5 leaders signed up for this weekend’s campout. It should be nice weather, and since it is so close, if anyone wants to stay one night or make it a day trip, that’s fine; just email troop24events@gmail.com to make that arrangement.

Signup closes tonight, thank  you! 

• Scout Registration form
• Leaders & Chaperone Registration form

Please join Troop 24 on our last campout of the season at Kankakee River State Park, leaving Friday, June 10, and returning Sunday, June 12! 

Scouts should come prepared to camp in tents for two nights.   We have two activities planned (we will need several parent volunteers to sign up as leaders/chaperones in order to hold this outing):

1. Canoeing/Kayaking:  The canoeing/kayaking will be a 12-mile, 3-5 hour trip on Saturday, outfitted by Reed’s.

• Scouts MUST be 13, have achieved First Class rank & have Swimming Merit Badge in order to canoe or kayak.
• Kayaking is recommended for scouts with kayaking experience. Scouts will be in single kayaks and will need to be fit/strong enough to paddle for the full 12 miles.

or

1. Bicycling: The biking will be done on a 10.5 mile paved bike path through the park.

• Biking is available for all Scouts.
• Scouts must wear a helmet to bike.
• Scout parents must make sure that the scout’s bicycle is in good working order prior to the outing.

 Volunteers

 In order to offer two activities we need parent volunteers to participate.  If you are able to attend this outing and help out by either chaperoning the biking or the canoe/kayaking we would really appreciate the help.  Or if you can drive scouts either to or from this outing; please consider helping our leaders in this way.    If you would like to attend, please fill out the Leader/Chaperone Registration form; if you are willing to help drive, please indicate on your Scout’s Registration form your willingness to drive.  The nice thing about Kankakee is that it is only about 1-hour drive, so you can join whenever it works in your schedule.

 Important Information

• Please drop your Scout, their bike, bike helmet, and gear off at RPC at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. We will return about 10am on Sunday.
• Scouts who are canoeing or kayaking must have a signed Reeds waiver in order to participate.
• Scouts must have a bike helmet if they are biking.
• Deadline for signing up for the outing is Tuesday, June 7.
• The Scout cost for this outing is $85 per scout for canoeing (2 per canoe) or $95 per scout for a single kayak.
• We will provide transportation for all bikes in one of the two Troop trailers.
• All participating Scouts must return equipment and participate in clean up at 7:00 pm on Thursday, June 16 at RPC.

• FYI, Scouting Activity Forms A, B1 & B2 are required for troop campouts. Form C on the last page is not required for this activity, but is the Pre-Participation Physical Form required for Camp Tesomas.

• Please fill out a form for each scout and each leader/chaperone. Scouts and Leaders must register and pay by Sunday, June 2.

To register: 

• Scout Registration form
• Leaders & Chaperone Registration form

• Register each participant separately if you have multiple family members interested in attending.