Kit K’s Eagle Project needs help peeling and sorting the crayons he has collected. The process will occur at 288 Gage Road in Riverside at the following times (food and refreshments provided) :

Thursday, June 9th from 1-4pm

Friday, June 10th from 9:30am-12

Monday, June 13th from 1-4pm

Show up whenever you are available. Any questions can be sent to Kit’s email address at kit6789@att.net.

Troop 24 is planning an overnight camp-out at Kankakee River State Park, leaving Friday, June 10, and returning Sunday, June 12.

Scouts should come prepared to camp in tents for two nights.   We have two activities planned (we will need several adults to sign up as leaders/chaperones in order to have enough volunteers for this outing):

Canoeing/Kayaking:  The canoeing/kayaking will be a 12-mile, 3-5 hour trip on Saturday, outfitted by Reed’s.

• Scouts MUST be First Class or above  in order to canoe or kayak.
  
• Scouts MUST have earned the Swimming Merit Badge in order to canoe or kayak.
• Kayaking is recommended for scouts with kayaking experience. Scouts will be in single kayaks and will need to be fit/strong enough to paddle for the full 12 miles.
• Scouts must print and have a parent sign the  Reeds waiver in order to participate.

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Bicycling: The biking will be done on a 10.5 mile paved bike path through the park.

• Biking is available for scouts who are Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, or older scouts who have not earned the Swimming Merit Badge, or those who do not want to canoe/kayak.
• Scouts must wear a helmet to bike.
• Scout parents must make sure that the scout’s bicycle is in good working order prior to the outing.

We Need Parent Help:

In order to offer two activities we need many adults to participate.  If you are able to attend this outing and help out by either chaperoning the biking or the canoe/kayaking we would really appreciate the help.  Or if you can drive scouts either to or from this outing; please consider helping our leaders in this way.    If you would like to attend, please fill out the Leader/Chaperone Registration form; if you are willing to help drive, please indicate on your Scout’s Registration form your willingness to drive.  The nice thing about Kankakee is that it is only about 1-hour drive, so you can join whenever it works in your schedule.

Logistics:

• Please drop your Scout off at RPC at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. We will return about noon on Sunday.
• Scouts who are canoeing or kayaking must print and have a parent sign the  Reeds waiver in order to participate.
• Scouts must have a bike helmet if they are biking.
• Deadline for signing up for the outing is Sunday, June 5.
• The Scout cost for this outing is $40 for food/camp fee, and $34  for canoeing (2 per canoe) or $46 for a single kayak.
• We will provide transportation for the all bikes in one of the two Troop trailers.

Please fill out a form for each scout and each leader/chaperone. Scouts and Leaders must register and pay by Sunday June 5.

• Scout Form
• Leader/Chaperone Form

Contact Susan Lynch with questions.

Just a reminder that it’s not too late to sign up for next weekend’s Potato Creek Camping trip. You have until Wednesday, May 11th to sign up.  Please note that any   adult that plans on fishing needs to purchase an Indiana fishing license for $9.00.

Scouts sign up here

Adults sign up here

Thanks to our intrepid volunteers who assisted in Will F’s Eagle project in the rain on Saturday.

Scouts who took tents or other equipment home to clean and/or dry should return that equipment to RPC (parking lot in back) on Thursday, August 6, from 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. If you are not able to return it on Thursday, please drop it off prior to Thursday at 420 Herrick Road in Riverside. If no one is home, it should be left on the front porch.

According to our leaders we had 36 scouts at chapel today. Maybe you can recognize the back of your son’s head?

Anyone who has any troop equipment, please return it to Tom Hartwig during the time for bike drop-off, which is this Thursday, July 23, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. at 2413 S. 4th Avenue in North Riverside.

We especially will need every tent since we have 49 scouts attending summer camp.

All scout who took home tents to dry must return them on Wednesday between 7:00 and 7:30 p.m. to the Johnson home. They should have been set up to dry and repacked. If you can not drop a tent off at that time, please contact Mr. Johnson at kentjohnson@ameritech.net.