Troop 24 will be attending the Des Plaines Valley Council’s 2011 Camporall. The deadline for registering is September 18. The theme for the event is Planting the Seeds for Tomorrow to be held September 23-25 at the Scout Adventure Camp in Rochelle, Illinois. Our Hauser 6th graders will be returning from Lorado Taft on September 23; therefore, scouts will have the option to leave Riverside on Friday evening or Saturday morning. We will need drivers for both departure times.

Activities include: Railroad Merit Badge, Scout Craft, Pioneering, Cooking, Fire building contests, Orienteering, Knot Tying, Gear Vendor Displays, Inter-Troop Dodge Ball, Ultimate Frisbee, Friday Night Cracker Barrel, Tree Planting, Rock ‘n Roll Fire Bowl, OA Ceremonial Display, and an ecumenical worship service.

There will also be some adult training available, including Merit Badge Counselor Training.

The cost per scout is $35. Please register online and pay for each scout via WePay by September 18.

We cancelled our spring bike outing twice due to rain. With an excellent forecast (69-72 degrees and NO rain expected), we’re going to try it again THIS WEEKEND, September 17-18. We will leave on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. from RPC–to avoid conflicts with soccer. We expect to return on Sunday at approximately 2:00 p.m. We will ride about 3 1/2 miles on Saturday to our campsite. (Gear does not need to be taken by bike, but please pack lightly, as it will have to be hiked about 1/4 mile from the trailer to the campsite.) On Sunday scouts will have the opportunity to complete 2nd Class Requirement 1b “Using a map and compass together take a 10-mile bike hike.” The cost for this outing is $15. The adult leaders in charge will be Joe Ourth & Nancy Hopkins. We will need drivers (maybe someone with a bike rack?) Please fill out a form for each scout. Additional adults are welcome to camp. Contact Nancy Hopkins if you have questions.

Troop 24 will be attending the Des Plaines Valley Council’s 2011 Camporall. Because this is a Council-sponsored event, we can not take late registrations. The deadline for registering is September 18. The theme for the event is Planting the Seeds for Tomorrow to be held September 23-25 at the Scout Adventure Camp in Rochelle, Illinois. Our Hauser 6th graders will be returning from Lorado Taft on September 23; therefore, scouts will have the option to leave Riverside on Friday evening, Sept. 23, or Saturday morning, September 24. We will need drivers for both departure times.

Activities include: Railroad Merit Badge, Scout Craft, Pioneering, Cooking, Fire building contests, Orienteering, Knot Tying, Gear Vendor Displays, Inter-Troop Dodge Ball, Ultimate Frisbee, Friday Night Cracker Barrel, Tree Planting, Rock ‘n Roll Fire Bowl, OA Ceremonial Display, and an ecumenical worship service.

There will also be some adult training available, including Merit Badge Counselor Training.

The cost per scout is $35. Please register online and pay for each scout via WePay by September 18.

We currently have 44 scouts signed up for our Scout Cabin meeting on Friday, including 9 of our high school scouts. If your scout plans to attend, please register online by 10:00 a.m. Friday, as we need a final count for food. Scouts who can’t stay overnight are welcome to come to the meeting and campfire/weiner roast, but we need to know how many are coming. Add a “comment” in the form to let us know if your scout is coming for the evening but will not be camping. The meeting will start promptly at 7:00, and scouts should arrive at 6:30 to set up tents and have books signed off.

Our first Troop meeting of the year will be an overnight at the Scout Cabin on Friday, September 9. There is NO cost for this outing, but you need to register your scout, since it is an overnight outing, and because we need to know how much food to purchase. Please sign up by Friday morning. As of Wednesday we have 30 scouts registered.

The meeting portion of the evening will start at 7:00 p.m., with a report from Philmont Crew Leader, Karl Jantze, about the Troop’s experience at Philmont this summer. Scouts should arrive at 6:30 to set up tents, and to work with a leader on their books. Scouts of every rank lower than 1st Class MUST bring their books. Our leaders will be available to sign off on requirements completed at camp this summer, so books are essential. When every scout’s book is up-to-date and recorded in our tracking program, we will be better able to plan activities for the troop meetings this fall.

We will have a weiner roast late in the evening, so if your scout can’t wait to eat, he may want to have a snack before the meeting. Breakfast of donuts will be provided. Please pick up your scout by 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Questions? Contact Nancy Hopkins.

Troop 24 is planning an overnight camp-out at the Scout Cabin in Riverside for our first meeting of the year, on Friday, September 9, 2011, with a campfire and weiner roast late in the evening. Scouts should be dropped off at the Scout Cabin at 7:00 p.m. and picked up on Saturday morning by 9:00. Scouts should come prepared to sleep in tents for the night. There is NO COST for this outing.

Because this is an overnight outing, we need a permission form for each scout. Please be sure your scout is registered for this event. To register: http://troop24riverside.com/2011/08/scout-cabin-campout-form/

Troop 24 will be attending the Des Plaines Valley Council’s 2011 Camporall.  This year’s theme is Planting the Seeds for Tomorrow.  This Council-wide event will be Sept. 23-25 at the Scout Adventure Camp in Rochelle, Illinois.  Our Hauser 6th graders will be returning from Lorado Taft on Sept. 23; therefore, scouts will have the option to leave Riverside on Friday evening, Sept. 23, or Saturday morning, September 24. We will need drivers for both departure times.

Activities include: Railroad Merit Badge, Scout Craft, Pioneering, Cooking, Fire building contests, Orienteering, Knot Tying, Gear Vendor Displays, Inter-Troop Dodge Ball, Ultimate Frisbee, Friday Night Cracker Barrel, Tree Planting, Rock ‘n Roll Fire Bowl, OA Ceremonial Display, and an ecumenical worship service.

There will also be some adult training available, including Merit Badge Counselor Training.

The cost per scout is $35.  Please register online and pay for each scout via WePay by September 18.

All scouts who signed up for the bike outing will receive a full refund.

Philmont Scouts: In order to go to the Kettle Moraine outing this weekend, you need to have a “permission slip” form completed by a parent. Please fill out the form. (Only 3 scouts are registered at this time).

Although we hope to reschedule the bike outing to next weekend (depending on the weather…), we will need leaders to do so (parents or registered leaders), and most specifically, we need one person who has a vehicle that can pull one of the trailers.

If we have the leaders, we’ll let you know as soon as possible.

Currently 46 degrees with showers in Channahon….