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

Do you have stuffed animals that need a new home? Eagle Scout candidate Elijah Ourth is collecting stuffed animals to be donated to pediatric patients at the Cicero Health Center. New or gently used animals are needed, but they must be washable (no Beanie Babies, for instance). They can be any size. You can drop off your fuzzy friends at several locations:

Riverside Presbyterian Church – in the hallway near the office
Riverside Township Hall
North Riverside Commons
Hauser Jr. High

Thanks for your help in making medical procedures more “bearable” for the young patients at Cicero Health Center.

Join your fellow scouts for a fun weekend of camping, hiking and possible fishing at Potato Creek State Park in North Liberty, Indiana.  We will leave RPC on Friday, May 13th (time to be determined)  and will return on Sunday, May 15th at approximately noon.  The cost of this trip is $45.  More activites and rank advancement may be added depending on scout participation in this outing.   Scouts will need to provide their own fishing equipment.

In order for the scouts to be able to fish and bike we need at least two leaders commit to supervising each of these activities.   The more leaders and chaperones we have, the more activities the scouts will be able to participate in.  Please join us for this fun weekend.  Adult/Leader registration form follows the scout form.

Questions?  Contact Joan Janopoulos at joanj360@gmail.com.

Scouts sign up here

We are looking for leaders and adult chaperones to join the scouts  at Potato Creek State Park in North Liberty, Indiana for a weekend of camping, hiking and possible fishing.  In order to offer numerous fun activities for the scouts leaders and chaperones will be needed to assist with the various activites this state park has to offer.

Adults sign up here

We are looking for leaders and adult chaperones to join the scouts  at Potato Creek State Park in North Liberty, Indiana for a weekend of camping, hiking and possible fishing.  In order to offer numerous fun activities for the scouts leaders and chaperones will be needed to assist with the various activites this state park has to offer.

Leader/Adult Chaperone Sign up Form:

For those of you who have not visited the Troop Photo Gallery recently, you might want to view our recent events: Pancake Breakfast, Eagle Court of Honor, Bullfrog Lake, Adventure Day, and Camporee. Thanks to everyone who uploaded photos. You can see these events, and more, at https://troop24.smugmug.com/

Scouts working on the personal fitness MB should come prepared to complete a timed mile run and strength tests at our Troop meeting on April 28.  In the second half of the meeting, scouts will review their exercise logs with leaders and parents and go over any questions they have on the worksheet.  So bring the following:

• Running shoes & weather appropriate clothes for outside running
• Class A uniform shirt to put on after the run
• Personal fitness worksheet & exercise log.

The scouts that have scheduled a scoutmaster conference or board of review will complete their fitness tests at the meeting next week.

Due to a school conflict we are rescheduling the Parent Camp Tesomas meeting to May 26. By that time all of our new scouts will have had several chances to camp overnight and should know if they want to attend summer camp. The meeting will be at RPC at 7:00 on May 26. The meeting is mandatory if your scout has never attended summer camp before, and strongly encouraged for all parents. Questions? Contact Carrie Staubus at carriestaubus@earthlink.net.