Troop 24 will hold Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops (ILST) on Friday October 21 (starting at 6pm) and Saturday October 22 (morning only). This training will take place at the Riverside Scout Cabin and include an optional night of tent camping. ILST is strongly recommended for scouts who are patrol leaders and is open to all interested Troop 24 scouts. Dinner and Breakfast are included!!
Completion of ILST training will qualify scouts for National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) which is held by Council at a week-long camp in Michigan. Scouts who complete NYLT qualify to attend National Advanced Youth Leadership Training (NAYLE) which is held at BSA National Camps.
Cost of the ILST at the Scout Cabin is $20 for Scouts.
Please let us know if you will attend. We need additional adult volunteers if you are available!
SCOUT SIGN UP
LEADER/ADULT SIGN UP

The Hofmann Dam River Rats Annual Fall River Clean-Up
Saturday, October 15, 2022
9 am to noon

Join the dedicated Hofmann Dam River Rats in their semi-annual litter cleanup along the banks of the Des Plaines River. Enjoy the outdoors and learn about the river while helping your local natural areas.

*Disposable gloves, bags, refreshments and training will be provided
*Dress for the weather and to work along the river. Wear sturdy shoes/boots, long sleeves and long pants that can get dirty, and work gloves. Dressing in layers and wearing a hat is recommended.
*Overflow parking is available at Stella’s (3903 Joliet Ave, Lyons)

Meet at the forest preserve area east of the Lyons side of the Barrypoint Bridge and the Hofmann Tower.

Work will include removing trash from the DesPlaines River and the river bank.
The Hofmann River Rats is a registered not-for-profit organization, service hours will be given.

Let us know if you can be there!
Scout Sign-Up
Adult Sign-Up

Hello,

Our next campout is coming up fast (a little less than two weeks away), but it is a good one! We will be camping with actors who perform in the Shadows of the Blue and Gray Civil War Re-enactment ceremony in Princeton, IL.

This is a very interesting opportunity to learn history through an exciting interactive experience that scouts will not forget. This is also a relaxing campout for adults because programming is all taken care of.

Not only will you be able to watch presentations from President Lincoln, General Grant, and a Victorian Tea demonstration in the Main building, but you can also watch while Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery perform their duties in a narrated mock battle. After the battle, you are invited to watch a surgery in the medical tent, hear the beautiful music from Tank and the Beez outside the Main building, and experience a promotion of a young soldier on Saturday.

There will also be Sutler tents set up for  Scouts to shop in and participate in a scavenger hunt and turn it in at the merchandise table for a prize. Signup forms are below and if you have any issues with the form please email troop24events@gmail.com, thank you!!
Scout Signup HERE
Leader and Adult Chaperone Signup HERE

More information on Shadows of the Blue and Gray Living History Reenactment

Hello Troop 24 Scouts and Parents,

I have the privilege of being the Troop 24 Popcorn Kernel, and I welcome you to another year of our Boy Scout fundraising campaign. Troop 24 has offered this opportunity for our scouts to earn money for this year’s scouting events. All sales (order form or online) will give the scouts 1/3 of the money back for use in Troop 24 or PTAC events. Some scouts even paid for their own Tesomas trip last year with popcorn proceeds. We have been distributing the standard order forms at the meetings. I also have some inside a blue folder inside my mailbox at my house for pick-up if needed at 147 S Delaplaine Rd.

This year there is the same popcorn company, Pecatonica River Popcorn, www.prpopcorn.com, and they will be sending all the parents an email and web link for setting up online sales for each individual scout. There are numerous items online and shipping is free! Please set-up and share the link via email or social media to friends and family anywhere in the country. Online sales are an easy way to reach out. If they don’t want popcorn there are military donations as well. If you do not get the email from pops@prpopcorn.com, check your spam/junk folder first, then email me at axponn@gmail.com to correct.

Finally, all order forms and online sales should be completed and turned in to me by Saturday night October 29, 2022 to count toward this year’s totals. I encourage everyone to avoid submitting cash. Please have checks made out to yourself and then consolidate the cash/checks total to one personal check made out to Riverside Troop 24. Product pickup and delivery will be November 12, 2022 weekend. Good luck, get selling, and be safe.

Regards,
Anand Ponnappan
Kernel, Troop 24 Riverside

Save the date! The popular Civil War Reenactment Campout is coming up in a few weeks. Signup will be posted tomorrow so stay tuned!

https://www.shadowsbluegray.com/

On Sunday, October 2nd from 1pm to 3pm, Troop 24 Merit Badge Counselors will meet with our high school aged scouts to help them earn the Citizenship in Society Merit Badge. This meeting will occur in the Riverside Presbyterian Church Social Hall. Scouts who wish to participate should read the Citizenship in Society Merit Badge Requirements and begin work immediately on requirements that can be done independently. If possible, scouts should attend next week’s troop meeting (9/29/2022) for a brief discussion regarding prerequisites. This program will be offered again at later dates for our younger scouts.
Sign up HERE.

Pathway to Adventure Council is holding their annual OKPIK training this fall and winter. OKPIK trains scouts and leaders on how to conduct fun and safe cold weather activities and camping. The program is open to registered BSA members who are 14 years old or older and First Class rank or higher. For more information click this OKPIK INFO LINK and OKPIK REGISTRATION LINK.
Participants must set up their own ride or set up a carpool themselves.

The deadline for registration for this weekend’s campout is 7pm tonight (Tuesday 9/20/2022).
More information and registration HERE.