Our annual Father’s Day outing to Lake Shabbona is June 13-15, leaving the church at 5:30 p.m. and returning on Sunday morning. The permission slip is due on Thursday, 5/29. Parent(s) are welcome to come on this outing! Bring your fishing gear!

Our April outing is to the U.S. Grant Pilgrimage in Galena, IL. We’ll be camping in Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Park. See www.usgrantpilgrimage.org for information. Cost is $30, permission slips are due by 4/10. We need parents for this outing.

Our March outing is to Camp Crown in Wilmot, IL, leaving on Saturday, 3/8 at 8:00, and returning on Sunday, 3/9, at 10:00. Cost is $20, and permission slips are due by 2/28. We need parents for this outing.

The permission slip and $6.50 for the Klondike Derby is due 1/31 (and not 1/24, as the previous post erroneously stated).

24 scouts sold popcorn this fall and can use the popcorn money earned for partial payment of Camp Mach. If you don’t remember how much of a discount you earned, please contact Deb Cox or Nancy Hopkins. Remember, permission slips are due by Friday, January 25 for the early bird rate of $200.

Camp Mach permission slips are due by January 25 if you want to pay the discounted rate of $200. After January 25, it will cost $225 per scout. Please turn in your permission slips and payment at the Troop meeting on January 24, or drop it off to Nancy Hopkins.

The date of the camp is Sunday, July 27 through Saturday, August 2.

Scouts who cross over in February have until April 30 to pay the “early bird” discounted rate of $200; after April 30 the rate will be $225.

The Voyageur Trace Klondike Derby is on Saturday, 2/9, in Bemis Woods South, Western Springs. The cost is $6.50 per person. The permission slip is due Thursday, 1/24. All scouts should bring a sack lunch and a can of non-cream soup, and wear clothing appropriate to the weather. In the morning patrols will go from station to station for games and challenges. The Klondike Derby is in the afternoon, with Troop 24 defending their title of fastest sled. We will need parents to drive there and back, and we may need parents to help at the Derby.

Troop 24’s annual week-long camp at Camp Mach-Kin-O-Siew in Elcho, Wisconsin is scheduled for Sunday, July 27 through Saturday, August 2.

The cost per scout is $200, if paid by January 25, or $225 if paid after January 25. The deadline for signing up is Thursday, May 29. (Scouts who cross over in February have until April 30 to pay the “early bird” discounted rate of $200; after April 30 the rate will be $225.) Permission slips with payment should be turned in at a Troop Meeting or to Nancy Hopkins.

See our photo gallery for photos from last year’s trip to Camp Mach.

January’s outing is to Upper Limits climbing facility in Bloomington, IL, on 1/26. It is open to scouts who are First Class or higher, and to scouts who are 13 or older, which includes the Scorpion patrol (some in the Scorpion patrol are 12 and a half, but it is open to the whole patrol). A reservation for 10 has been made, which can be increased, “until it can’t be increased,” to quote Upper Limits. Bring your permission slip, waiver, and check to this Thursday’s meeting, 12/13, which will be our last troop meeting until 1/10.

Our January outing is to Upper Limits climbing facility in Bloomington, IL. It is for scouts who are first class or higher. It’s a day trip on Saturday, January 26, leaving at 7:30. The cost is $35 for the merit badge class, $25 for rock gym 101 (for scouts who have the merit badge and need a refresher), and $12 for experienced climbers who will have to pass a test. The permission slip is due Thursday, 12/6, as the facility requires a deposit. Scouts must attend meetings on 1/10 and 1/17. Please send in the permission slip and the waiver, signed by scout and parent.