Please turn in your pancake ticket money before the event, if possible. Scouts can bring the money to the Troop meeting tonight. All scouts are required to sell 15 tickets, or to purchase the tickets and give them to friends, family, neighbors or teachers. Thanks for your support of Troop 24.

We are seeking large sheets of cardboard for the Pancake Breakfast. We cover the floor of the RPC kitchen with cardboard so the floor will not be slick if pancake batter is spilled, and to make clean-up easier. Appliance boxes, or any other large boxes, are ideal. We need them by Thursday, March 3, when we do the set-up for the breakfast. It would help if you could let our Pancake chairs know in advance if you have some. Contact Rich Hosek at pancakes@troop24riverside.com.

Dear Scouts & Parents,

The Pancake Breakfast, our largest Troop fundraiser, is on Saturday, March 5. This event, which has been held at RPC for over 60 years, provides most of the funds needed for troop equipment and other expenses. All scouts are required to work a shift–either at the breakfast or during set-up or clean-up. Download the work schedule: 2016 Pancake Scout Work Schedule.

If you have an unavoidable conflict, please contact Tom Hartwig at thartwig@olparks.com BEFORE Friday, February 26, and he will assist in arranging a trade to a different timeslot. After Friday, if you cannot work the time you are assigned, it is your responsibility to find another scout to trade. Please help us make this the best pancake breakfast ever! You can turn in Pancake ticket money at the Troop meeting on Thursday.

The Troop will conduct the annual Crossover Ceremony at Pack 24’s Blue and Gold Banquet on February 28, at 3:30 p.m. at the Riverside Golf Club, 2520 Des Plaines, in North Riverside. Pizza dinner will be provided after the crossover, and you should be home by 7:00 p.m. Scouts are needed to participate and welcome the new Scouts into the Pack. Please register here to participate: http://troop24riverside.com/2016/02/crossover-form-2016/

Scouts who would like to participate in Camp Tesomas’ SCUBA Program: Do not delay! Only six spots remain for the week Troop 24 will attend (July 17-23). You must pay online to reserve your spot. Scouts who take the scuba class can earn the Scuba Merit Badge, and will be PADI-certified by the end of the week. Scuba is an all-day program, and participants will not have time to take other merit badge classes. Registration will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants must be 14 years of age OR 13 years of age and completed the 8th grade by date of participation. The additional cost for Scuba is $170 per person, which includes all equipment. Use the link below to register and pay.

Pay for Scuba

Several scouts are needed to assist with the crossover ceremony for Pack 24 and Pack 120. Pack 120’s crossover is this Sunday, February 21, at 4:00 p.m. at Mater Christi. Pack 24’s crossover is Sunday, February 28, at 4:00 p.m. at the Riverside Golf Club. Please contact Scoutmaster Flaherty at jef2004@msn.com to volunteer.

Time is running out: please sign up for one of our two ski trips. If we do not have enough people signed up we will not get a group discount. The deadline for sign-up has been extended to Sunday, February 14. Please sign up! We need 3 more skiers to get the group discount at Sunburst.

February 20-21, scouts (and parents) with some ski experience, and who are First Class & above, will be going to Cascade Mountain. More information is available here:
http://troop24riverside.com/2016/01/cascade-mt-ski-trip-feb-20-21-2016/

February 27-28, we are offering a ski trip to scouts and families to Sunburst Resort. This is a perfect outing for those who have not skied before and families with younger children. More information can be found here:
http://troop24riverside.com/2016/01/ski-sunburst-february-20-21-2016/