Troop 24’s charter organization, Riverside Presbyterian Church, is holding a spaghetti dinner fundraiser on Sunday, October 3, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. The dinner will be cooked and served by the church’s youth group (some of whom are fellow scouts) and includes spaghetti, sauce, meatballs, salad, garlic bread and a beverage. At the dinner will be a Silent Service Auction, where people can bid on services offered by RPC members and friends. The bids will be anonymously placed in a jar and at the end of the evening the service item will go to the highest bidder. You will not have to be present to win. Tickets are $10 Adults, $5 Children (3-12), and children 2 years and under are free. Tickets can be purchased online, or in the church office.

Scouts who are able to attend Riverside’s Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, May 31, should please contact Mrs. Lanken to let her know that you will attend. As many scouts as possible are needed, both to help set up chairs at 7:00 a.m., and to attend the ceremony at 9:00. Also needed is an Eagle Scout, or Eagle Scout candidate, who would lay the memorial wreath. Please let Mrs. Lanken know. Any scouts who are in town on Monday are encouraged to attend.

Central School scouts are asked to wear their scout uniforms to school on Friday, May 28, for Central’s Memorial Day ceremony.

The Village of Riverside’s “Spring Ahead” project to beautify downtown Riverside is moving into the final phase, and Boy Scouts are invited to help. (Service hours available, but don’t forget to have your service hour form approved by a leader and signed by one of the adults in charge. The service hour form is available here.)

May 28 — On this day the Riverside-Brookfield SEE Team (45 kids strong) are coming to help us mulch the Longcommon and Triangle, weed the Burlington planters, and actually plant the beds on Quincy and Riverside Road. We need ten adult volunteers to help from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. We will meet at the Public Works Building at 8:30 a.m. If you have a truck or van we especially need those to help transport plants.

May 29 — The Big Day! We need all available hands to plant and mulch the Burlington Street planters. We will meet at 9:00 a.m. at the parking lot beside Riverside Bank and start the transformation of our downtown. We will break for a nice lunch and then keep at it until we are finished and our downtown blossoms!

Bring your family and friends on the 29th to help us realize this great project. Also please bring hand trowels, shovels, and gloves (and knee pads) if you have them.

So we can plan for lunch, please RSVP if you can help on either day and how many folks you think will be coming with you.

Thank you for your support of the project and our Village. With your help Riverside really is poised to Spring Ahead! If you have any questions, e-mail Ben at bsells@riverside.il.us

Terri Lynne-Culloden, Commissioner, Landscape Advisory Commission
Ben Sells, Trustee, Village of Riverside

The Village of Riverside’s annual Memorial Day program will be held on Monday, May 31, at 9:00 a.m. The village has asked for the scouts to participate with the ceremony at 9:00, as well as arrive at the village hall to help set up chairs at 7:00 am. Scouts should be in full uniform. It’s always a very moving ceremony, so any scouts who are in town this weekend are urged to attend. Contact Stephanie with questions.