Scouts & adults are needed for our annual s’mores tent at Riverside’s Holiday Stroll on Friday, December 4. We provide ingredients for strollers to roast marshmallows and make s’mores. We do not charge for the s’mores, but collect a free-will offering that goes to the Riverside Food Pantry. We will be located at Riverside Garage, always a popular location due to their train set-up.

The 5:00-6:00 shift is full, but we still need scouts and adults for 6-7, 7-8, and 8-9.
We also need a few people for set-up (4:00) and take-down (9:00). We need two adults and three scouts per shift. Our leaders for this event are Jim Fedorski and Noretta Griffin.  Questions should be directed to fedrockus@yahoo.com.

Please sign up here.

Sign-up for Hines VA Veteran’s Day Program for scouts and drivers: For all scouts not already committed to Waterfall Glen, the Troop has been requested to provide a Color Guard at the Hines VA Veteran’s Day Program. Scouts will meet at St. Mary’s at 8:45 a.m. in Class A uniforms with neckerchief, then drive to the VA, help set up for the 10:00 program, provide a color guard and return to St. Mary’s around 11:30, enjoy a Pizza lunch provided by St. Mary’s. This program means a great deal to the Veterans and we are fortunate to have been invited to participate. Drivers are needed.

Sign up here.

We invite all scout families to bring food items to our November 5 Court of Honor, to be donated to the Riverside Township Food Pantry. They need all types of non-perishable food items–soups, vegetables, etc. as well as paper products. We will have a basket available at the door for you to drop off your donations. Thanks for your help!

All scouts and adults are invited to help with Will F’s Eagle Project this Saturday, October 31 (9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)at the Riverside Scout Cabin.

This is a BIG project, and any time you are willing to help will be greatly appreciated–just come to the Scout Cabin and stay as long as you are able. Service hours for given for scouts needing hours for advancement.

Questions? Contact Will at 68south@gmail.com.

Troop 24 has been given the distinguished honor of providing a Color Guard and Master of Ceremonies for the Hines VA Hospital Veteran’s Day program on Saturday, November 7, in conjunction with the Community Action Day committee of St. Mary’s Parish. “Star & Above” and Eagle Scouts will provide the Color Guard and Master of Ceremonies. All “Star & Above” scouts and Eagle Scouts are requested to be at Thursday’s meeting to meet with a representative from the Community Action Day Committee, plan and rehearse the program. This is a great honor and a valuable opportunity to honor to our nation’s veterans. We count on a strong turn out and participation from our most advanced and distinguished scouts to make this a memorable program.

Adult leaders are also needed. More details will be available at the October 29 Troop meeting.

Troop 24 and Families,

We will be volunteering to package food with the Riverside/North Riverside Covenant of Churches, partnered with Outreach, for Feed Our Community Day.

As a Troop we will be helping at the 11:00 a.m. shift. Volunteers will be organized into small group assembly lines, preparing delicious, nutritious meals of pasta and cheese – all fortified with soy protein, nutrients, and vitamins – and bagged, labeled, weighed, and boxed. Meals will be distributed to local food pantries.

If a Scout and/or anyone in his family (must be >7 years of age) are interested in participating with Troop 24, please sign up below.

Scouts who check in/out with Mrs. Lynch during the shift will get service hours for their time.
Scouts and family members who are volunteering should report to North Riverside Village Commons on Saturday, October 17, at 10:45 a.m.. The shift will be approximately 1.5 hours.

Sign up by Thursday, October 15: http://troop24riverside.com/2015/10/feed-our-community-day-2015-form/

If you are interested in more information on Outreach or if you are interested in volunteering for a different shift or if you would simply like to donate to this program you can follow this link:
http://www.feed6.org/feed-our-community-day-registration-2015.html

Susan Lynch and Stephanie Lanken will be the leaders at this event.

All scouts and adults are invited to help with Will F’s Eagle Project this Saturday, October 2 (9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.), and Sunday, October 3 (9:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m.), at the Riverside Scout Cabin. The work will consist of staining and/or prepping the cabin for staining.

This is a BIG project, and any time you are willing to help will be greatly appreciated–just come to the Scout Cabin and stay as long as you are able. Service hours for given for scouts needing hours for advancement.

Questions? Contact Will at 68south@gmail.com.

All scouts and adults are invited to help with Will F’s Eagle Project this Saturday, September 26 (noon to 5:00), and Sunday, September 27 (9:00 to 4:00), at the Riverside Scout Cabin. The work will consist of prepping the cabin for staining.

This is a BIG project, and any time you are willing to help will be greatly appreciated–just come to the Scout Cabin and stay as long as you are able. Service hours for given for scouts needing hours for advancement.

Questions? Contact Will at 68south@gmail.com.

All scouts and adults are invited to help with Will F’s Eagle Project this Sunday, September 20 at the Riverside Scout Cabin. The work will consist of scraping and sanding. The workday will start at noon and conclude about 4:00 p.m. Any time you are willing to help will be greatly appreciated–just come to the Scout Cabin and stay as long as you are able. Questions? Contact Will at 68south@gmail.com.

Not going to Camp Inferno and looking for something to do?  Earn service hours and have fun at the 2nd Annual Forest Park FireFighters 5k on Saturday, October 10, 2015.  We will leave RPC at 3:00 and return approximately 8:30 p.m.  Scouts will receive a t-shirt and free food. Last year scouts cheered in the runners and passed out water.   Scouts interested in going should contact Joan Janopoulos at joanj360@gmail.com by Tuesday, September 22, 2015.  We need to know your shirt size (Adult M, L, XL)