The Troop 24 Committee has many great activities planned for the upcoming 2016-2017 scouting year.  More details will follow on these activities they come closer – so for now, please update your own calendar to save the dates. 

SEPTEMBER

• September 9 to 11: CAMP OUT: Warren Dunes Camping (near Sawyer Michigan).
• September 22 (Thursday):  Deadline to register and First Installment Payment for 2017 Florida Seabase High Adventure.
• September 30 (FRIDAY): Disability Awareness Merit Badge – Wheel Chair Basketball: Oak Lawn Park District

OCTOBER

• October 7-9:  CAMP OUT: Princeton, Illinois: Civil War Reenactment & Camping
• October 15:  Feed our Community Day – Service Opportunity in North Riverside
• October 16: PTAC: Okpik Winter Camping Class #1 of 4 : First Methodist Church, 1903 E Euclid Ave, Arlington Heights, IL (12:30-5:00 pm)
• October 21 & 22: PTAC OA Lakota Lodge: Haunted Hike at Des Plaines Methodist Camp Ground, 1890 East Algonquin Road, Des Plaines, Illinois
• October 30: : PTAC: Okpik Winter Camping Class #2 of 4 : First Methodist Church, 1903 E Euclid Ave, Arlington Heights, IL (12:30-5:00 pm)

NOVEMBER·

• November 5: Hike, Orienteering, Cooking MB Completion at Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve
• November 10:  Fall Court of Honor
• November 11-13:  CAMP OUT: Mississippi Palisades
• November 13: : PTAC: Okpik Winter Camping Class #3 of 4 : First Methodist Church, 1903 E Euclid Ave, Arlington Heights, IL (12:30-5:00 pm)
• November 19:  1,000 Trees – Service Opportunity in Riverside: 10:00 am Riverside Methodist Church

DECEMBER

• December 2:  Riverside Holiday Stroll Service Opportunity
• December 4: : PTAC: Okpik Winter Camping Class #4 of 4 : First Methodist Church, 1903 E Euclid Ave, Arlington Heights, IL (12:30-5:00 pm)
• December TBD:     Troop 24 Holiday Party
• December 15: Last Board of Review for Rank Advancement under the 12^th Edition Handbook.

JANUARY 2017

• All Scouts required to work with the 13^th Edition Handbook.
• January 7-8: Okpik Winter Camping Camp Out: Camp Lakota: Rt 1/ 2050 Deepcut Road, Woodstock, IL
• January 20-22:  CAMP OUT: Eagle Cave Camping in Wisconsin
• January 21:  Voyager Trace District-Wide Klondike Derby at Bemis Woods, Western Springs, Illinois

FEBRUARY

• February 17-20: CAMP OUT: Friday/Saturday: Granite Peak Ski Area, Wausau WI; Sunday/Monday: Tesomas Scout Camp, Rhinelander, WI
• February 26: Pack 120 Blue and Gold Dinner and Crossover

MARCH·

• March TBD:  CAMP OUT: Bullfrog Lake near Palos Hills, Illinois
• March 4:  Pancake Breakfast at RPC

APRIL

• April TBD: CAMP OUT

MAY

• May TBD : CAMP OUT
• May 20: Troop 24 100 year anniversary event at RPC

JUNE

• June 25-July 2:  Seabase High Adventure for older scouts

JULY·

• July 16-22:  Tesomas Summer Camp
• July 23-29:  Wisconsin River Canoe Trip High Adventure         

Board of Reviews will be scheduled for the troop meeting on the last Thursday of each month.

Troop 24 is planning to participate in two large-scale events in April, so be sure to mark your calendars.  More details will follow soon.

Adventure Day III – Secrets of the Sagawau – A multi troop event sponsored by the Voyageur Trace District.  This is an excellent opportunity for new scouts to work on advancement requirements.

When? Saturday, April 16, 2016, beginning at 8:30am

Where?  The event will be located in the Cook County Forest Preserves in the Maple Lake

What?  A five-mile hike, canyon and fossil quarry tours, moraines, prairies, savannas, woods, bogs, streams.  An opportunity to work on the geology merit badge and other advancement requirements.  Lunch will be served.

“Old School Camp-or-ee” A multi troop event hosted by the Blackhawk District featuring unit competitions and skill building.  Events include:

• Firebuilding
• Logchopping & Sawing
• Ropes, Knots & Simulated Rescue
• First Aid
• Pioneering, Lashings & Shelter Building
• Compass Course

When?  Friday, April 22 early evening to Sunday, April 24 when camp breaks at 10am

Where?  Camp Lakota, 2050 Deep Cut Road, Woodstock, IL, US

What?  In addition to the group skills & challenges, troops will be responsible for their own meals.  There is a campfire and order of the arrow ceremony.

Reminder:

Troop 24 invites you to a Eagle Court of Honor the afternoon of

Sunday, March 16, 2014, 3 PM

Riverside Presbyterian Church

Honorees: Michael Gmitro, Abraham Ourth & Nicholas Schliep

For questions contact  Dawn Gmitro

Troop 24 invites you to a Eagle Court of Honor
the afternoon of Sunday, March 16, 2014
Riverside Presbyterian Church

Honorees:
Michael Gmitro
Abraham Ourth
Nicholas Schliep

The Troop will have 3 meetings this spring at the Scout Cabin: February 3, March 2, and May 4.

Events planned for the scouts are available on our Troop Calendar at http://troop24riverside.com/view-calendar/. In addition to the Troop events, you can see the vacation days and major events for Hauser, RB, and Komarek, if you want to check for possible conflicts. We use a Google calendar, which you can import to your own Google calendar or several other calendar formats (Outlook, iCalendar, etc.) Please let us know if you notice any omissions or errors on the calendar.

Upcoming events include:
Sept. 9 Overnight at Scout Cabin SIGN-UP
Sept. 23-25 DPVC Camporall at Rochelle SIGN-UP
Sept. 28 Service project – Greater Chicago Food Depository
Oct. 1 Day trip to Cantigny for Civil War reenactment
Oct. 21-23 Troop camp-out at White Pines

Parents & Scouts: If you haven’t visited the Troop website recently, you may not be aware of a couple of features that can save you time. Upcoming Events lists Troop 24 meetings and outings for the next 4-6 weeks, with links to more information on the outings. A complete Calendar of events for the remainder of the school year is also available. For anyone who uses a Google calendar, you can import the events from the Troop calendar into your own calendar. You can also sync events from a Google calendar to calendars in Outlook, Apple iCal, Mozilla Sunbird, etc. For more information about how to sync calendars, visit Google.

We’ve added a new feature to the website. Found near the top of the right sidebar, Upcoming Events lists the outings that have been scheduled for the next couple of months, with links to more information, if available. Upcoming Events does not include every meeting and event for our Troop, just the outings and larger events like Pancake Breakfast. For complete information, go to our Calendar. (You might try the “agenda” view if the “calendar” view is not to your liking.)

Some of you may rely on Feedblitz messages for Troop news. There is more on our website than just these message posts. Please visit the website.

Please check our newly updated Calendar on the Troop website.  If you use a Google calendar, you can even upload the events to your own calendar.  Click on any event to see full details.  Not only can you see the outings, but also view the topics that will be covered at each Troop meeting.  If you have any additions or corrections to the calendar, please send them to nmhopkins1@comcast.net.