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

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.

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

ALL popcorn orders are due to our Popcorn Kernel TONIGHT. Scouts can bring orders to the meeting, or order forms and payment can be dropped off at Anne Kodama’s home. Please contact Anne at amkodama@sbcglobal.net to get directions to her house and schedule a drop-off time.

Orders must be accompanied by full payment (in other words, if your scout took any orders without getting payment, you will need to pay for the popcorn and get paid when it’s delivered. Scouts should not have sold with an I.O.U.).

Parents: please tally counts by popcorn variety and check the totals to be sure the money turned in equals the amount ordered. Our Popcorn Kernel prefers checks only. If your scout collected cash, please keep the cash and write a check to Troop 24 for that amount. Your scout’s names should be on all order forms, and forms and checks should be placed in an envelope.

Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 7, for Popcorn Pick-up. Please contact Anne with any questions.

We are entering the final days for our Scouts to sell Popcorn. All order forms are due at the Troop meeting, this Thursday, October 15. Take advantage of the good weather and earn more money for camp! Last chance to ask family, neighbors, co-workers and friends if they’d like to support Scouting through the purchase of Popcorn. All orders are due to Popcorn Kernel Anne Kodama by Thursday.

SELL MORE, EARN MORE
IN LIEU OF PRIZES, our Troop elected to receive an additional 5% credit to the Scouts’ popcorn sale totals. That’s a total of 35% of their individual sales total, including take and online orders, to be credited to next year’s summer camp fees. This goes a long way to assist families in bringing down the cost of Camp Tesomas. The more you sell, the closer you are to attending camp free of charge!

NEW THIS YEAR
As presented at Kick-Off, ALL Scouts selling at least $1,200 of popcorn remain eligible to participate in the “Choose Your Own Adventure” recognition program. Adventures include:
• iFly Indoor Skydiving
• Chicago Wolves Hockey Tickets
• Dave & Busters Power Card
• K1 Speed Indoor Go-Karting
The more you sell, the more Adventures your Scout earns! See 2015 Popcorn Incentives for more information.

ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES
Sell 1 item – Receive Popcorn Sale Patch
Collect 1 or more military donations – Receive Military Club Patch
Sell $700 – Choose 1 of the following: Blast Off Firetek Rocket, Multi-tool or $20 Walmart Gift Card
Sell $3,500 – Your name will be put on the Council’s Popcorn Cup Trophy
GRAND PRIZE – Sell $4,000 – Receive two tickets to a 2016 Chicago Blackhawks Game!!!
When turning in orders, please include both order forms and full payment in an envelope.

PARENTS – please review orders to confirm all totals are correct and full payment has been collected. Remember, all popcorn must be paid for in advance. You must make arrangements to drop off Popcorn Order Forms with the Popcorn Kernel if you are not attending Thursday’s meeting.

Popcorn pick-up will be Saturday, November 7.

Any Questions? Please contact our Popcorn Kernel at amkodama@sbcglobal.net.

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.

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.

The Pack 24 Cub Scouts are looking for a few troop members to conduct a campfire ceremony at their camp-out at the Riverside Scout Cabin on Saturday, October 17. The cub scout camp fire will begin in the early evening. We are looking for a maximum group size of six scouts. Interested scouts should sign up here and be prepared to spend time working on their program, which should include skits, songs and a flag retirement ceremony.

Any Troop 24 scout participating in this program is invited to come to the camp out and enjoy pizza dinner as a guest of the pack.

If you have any questions, please email Jim Jerz (jiminov@hotmail.com).