Congratulations to Sam Cox, who became Troop 24’s most recent Eagle Scout on October 14!

Ben M’s Eagle Project will take place on Sunday, September 19, at the Scottish Home. The project consists of laying sod in two areas, and replanting two planters. Scouts can volunteer for 2-hours shifts: 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. to noon, 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Volunteers should bring work gloves. Metal rakes and hand trowels are also needed. Scouts should contact Ben to let him know what shift they can work. The permission slip, which must be signed by a parent, is available here as a pdf.

Congratulations to Christian Flasza, who became Troop 24’s most recent Eagle Scout on September 2!

All scouts are encouraged to attend the Eagle Court of Honor for Peter Falk, Elliot Louthen, and Austin McKain, to be held Thursday, July 22, at 7:00 p.m. at the Riverside Presbyterian Church.

All scouts and families are invited to an Eagle Court of Honor for our Eagle Scouts Peter Falk, Elliot Louthen, and Austin McKain, to be held on Thursday, July 22, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. at the Riverside Presbyterian Church. RSVP to Carol Falk.

Please join Troop 24 in congratulating our newest Eagle Scout, Elliot Louthen!

Christian F. needs volunteers for his Eagle Project, to take place this weekend, June 5 and June 6. The project is the construction of an herb garden at the 1850’s Franzosenbusch Prairie House Nature Center and Museum on Wolf Road and Constitution Drive, in Westchester, and will provide visitors to the Museum with a historically accurate representation of a typical family garden from the 1870’s. The 10 x 16 square-foot garden will include a walkway with 6 separate raised plots for different herbs.

Eight scouts are needed for each of the shifts on Saturday and Sunday:

9:30 a.m – 11:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Please contact Christian to volunteer. Scouts must have a signed permission slip to participate.

Eagle Scout is the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America. Since its introduction in 1911, the Eagle Scout rank has been earned by more than 2 million young men. The title of Eagle Scout is held for life, thus giving rise to the phrase “Once an Eagle, always an Eagle.”  Requirements for Eagle include earning at least 21 merit badges and demonstrating Scout Spirit through the Boy Scout Oath and Law, service, and leadership. This includes an extensive service project that the Scout plans, organizes, leads, and manages.

During this school year two of our scouts completed their Eagle Projects (Elliot L and Peter F), and two scouts attained the Eagle rank (Dennis P and Peter F).  This spring three more of our scouts have Eagle projects (Sam C, Fitz R, and Christian F). The projects require a great deal of work on the part of the Eagle candidate, but they also require assistance from adult mentors, parents, and especially the other boys in the Troop. In return, the boys who work on the Eagle projects are credited with service hours, which are needed for advancement in the various boy scout ranks. Help is needed from our scouts on the following dates:

To volunteer for these dates, contact Sam C or Fitz R.

Records of Eagle Scout awards at the Council are incomplete, but we know that at least 63 scouts from Troop 24 have earned the rank of Eagle, with the earliest known in 1927. Nationally, only 2% of scouts attain the rank of Eagle Scout. Troop 24’s percentage is much higher.

Congratulations to Troop 24’s newest Eagle Scout, Peter Falk!

We leave for Eagle Cave on Friday, January 15, at 5:30 from Riverside Presbyterian Church! Your scout should bring a sleeping bag, extra clothes, a flash light, money (there is a store there, and they may be stopping to eat on the way home), a garbage bag to put wet clothes in, and plastic to put under and over their sleeping bag (Important!). A ground cloth, a tarp, an old shower curtain–something to keep their sleeping bag dry, because it is a cave. If there is snow, they can go sledding, so they should bring snow clothes. There will likely be room for small sleds, if your scout would like to bring one. That determination will be made at the time of loading, by the drivers.