This week’s Troop meeting:

We will be holding Boards of Review at the Thursday meeting. If you need a Board of Review, please sign up here: http://troop24riverside.com/2014/10/request-board-of-review/. You must have first had a Scoutmaster Conference prior to a Board of Review. If you need a SMC, sign up here: http://troop24riverside.com/request-scoutmaster-conference/

Cooking Merit Badge: For scouts who have already started the Cooking Merit Badge, we will be completing Requirements #7c, 7d, 7e of the cooking merit badge at Waterfall Glen on November 7. We will complete Requirements 7a and 7b at the meeting on Thursday. Please review ahead of time and be prepared to discuss. Please bring your Cooking MB worksheets and books, tablet of paper and pen to the meeting.

The Star & Above Patrol will meet on Thursday.

Scouts & Parents:

1. Class A uniforms with neckerchiefs for Thursday’s meeting with State Rep. Zalewski in the Social Hall and bring books.
2. October 22 is the last day to turn in any completed merit badge blue cards for recognition at Court of Honor.
3. Thursday, October 29, will be the last day for Boards of Review prior to our Court of Honor.
4. Court of Honor is on Thursday, November 5. Scouts and parents should attend.
5. Den Chief training will be held on Saturday, October 24, at the Pleasantview Fire Protection District Fire House, 1970 Plainfield Rd, LaGrange Highlands, IL from 9-1. See the flier: https://pathwaytoadventure.doubleknot.com/event/1665847

Scouts: please turn in your books to be checked tonight.

Please mark your calendars: We have rescheduled our fall Court of Honor to Thursday, November 5, due to a conflict on the previous date with RB Parent/Teacher Conferences. We will have another opportunity before the end of October for scouts to have Boards of Review.

Scouts will continue to work on First Aid Requirements for First and Second Class with Dr. Lanken; Star Scouts who need to complete Life Scout Requirement #6 will be teaching the First Class First Aid Requirement using the EDGE method. Those scouts attending Camp Inferno will work on First Class Cooking Requirements and preparing the trailer and supplies. Mr. Jerz will meet with scouts who have been working on the Family Life Merit Badge; please bring your MB Worksheets and have parents sign the sections that show you did your 90 days of chores or project work.

If you have a Totin’ Chip, please bring it to the meeting.

All Scouts should bring their books and Totin Chips to the Thursday Meeting.

Scouts on the Trail to First Class will be working on First Class Requirements 8b, c, & d at Thursday’s Meeting. Please review pages 154-175. Star Scouts who still need Life requirement #6 please be at Thursday’s meeting and prepare to teach First Class Requirement #8 according to the EDGE method found at page 53.

The Troop will be making new Troop position (jobs) assignments at the October 8 meeting. Any Scout holding the rank of First Class or above who wants a Troop job is required to sign up on the Troop 24 Web site by Oct 2. A list of jobs and job descriptions is on the web site.

The Star And Above Scouts will hold an activity planning meeting with Mr. Johnson at Thursday’s meeting. Please attend Thursday’s meeting to offer suggestions and opinions on High Adventure Trips for next Summer.

Our scouts accomplished a lot at summer camp. We need to make sure we have captured this information for our “Troopmaster” tracking program. In order to do so, we need to review scouts’ books. PLEASE BRING YOUR BOOKS to the Troop meeting on Thursday and turn them in to be recorded.

Our first Troop meeting of the year will be Thursday, September 10: 7:00 p.m. in the RPC gym.

Tonight is our last regular troop meeting of the year. Next Thursday, May 28, will be our spring Court of Honor, which all scouts (and parents) should plan to attend.

We will also be holding Boards of Review tonight, so please sign up online if you need either a Scoutmaster Conference and/or a Board of Review
Scoutmaster Conference
Board of Review
Be sure to bring your scout books to have requirements signed off.

We are still in need of scouts for these events. Please sign up for:
Memorial Day ceremony
Court of Honor candle ceremony

It’s not too late to sign up for:
Kankakee River
Camp Tesomas

Finally, tonight is our parent meeting for scouts going to Tesomas. We will meet in the Social Hall at RPC at about 7:10-7:15. If your scout is not signed up, but is still considering whether to go to Tesomas, please join us for the meeting. If you have not yet paid for camp, please bring your payment tonight.

There will be NO TROOP MEETING this week, May 14, due to Hauser’s Open House and the Apollo Awards at RB. Next week, May 21, will be the last opportunity for scouts to have a Board of Review prior to our May 28 Court of Honor. Also on May 21 is our Parent/New Scout meeting to get ready for Tesomas. A parent must attend for any scout who has not previously gone to summer camp.

If your scout needs a Scoutmaster Conference and/or Board of Review, please signup online:

Scoutmaster Conference
Board of Review