Our Popcorn Kernel, Mrs. Kodama, reports that 23 scouts sold a total of $7,325 worth of popcorn, which included $350 of donated Popcorn for our Military. Sales for this year yielded a credit toward Scouting activities of $2,198!

Our top sellers are (in order of sales): Ryan C ($700), Ewan P. ($675), Erik R. ($615) and Jimmy S. ($600). These top sellers earned the ZX Cross Bow and are eligible to attend the Des Plaines Valley Council’s FREE Pizza Party night at Enchanted Castle for their whole family.

Apologies to Popcorn Kernel Kodama because the reminder that popcorn was to be picked up TODAY (Saturday, November 16) did not go out in a timely manner. If you did not pick up your popcorn, please contact Kernel Anne at amkodama@sbcglobal.net

Thank you to all the Scouts who participated this year. You did a great job!

Scouts who took tents home to dry after the Mississippi Palisades outing should bring them to the Troop meeting on Thursday.

Mark your calendars. Scouts who sold popcorn must pick up their orders this Saturday, November 16, at 288 Gage Road, Riverside, between 10:30 and noon. Please forward any questions to our Popcorn Kernel at amkodama@sbcglobal.net.

Attention Life Scouts and Parents of Life Scouts (or those Scouts close to attaining Life Rank)

As announced at the October Court of Honor, there is a Life to Eagle presentation on Tuesday, November 26. Even better, it is to be held in Riverside at the Township Hall! (Right next to the Village Hall)

This presentation will go over in depth the procedures for starting, working on, and completing your Eagle Scout Service Project. Even if you are just starting to think about what you might want to do for a project, this presentation may offer insight on what is/is not acceptable so you can minimize your effort and maximize your success.

Although you can just come that night and register, it is recommended you register in advance so they know how many they should expect to attend. (Like the troop, if there is not enough interest, the Council may cancel this event. This is so close we don’t want it to be cancelled as the next one may require travel of up to an hour to attend.)

http://www.bsa-dpvc.org/Training/Training_Fliers/131126_LifeToEagle.pdf

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Rogers at rogersr2@ameritech.net.

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Scouts will have the chance to start two merit badges at the meeting this week: Communication & Personal Fitness. Both of these are Eagle-required badges. The following week, Mr. Flaherty & Mr. Andersen will be back to meet with boys who are working on the Family Life (older scouts) and/or Citizenship in the World merit badges.

Please print out the merit badge worksheet and bring it to the meeting:

Communication
Personal Fitness

We are sorry to say that we have to cancel the EAA outing planned for this weekend due to low interest. We have participated in this program twice in the past (the last time 2 years ago), and have always had more scouts interested than we had room to accommodate. Consequently, we reserved 20 spots this year, which was the number that EAA told us was necessary for this overnight event.

Unfortunately, we had only 12 scouts sign up. We had 4 leaders lined up–thank you to those adults who volunteered! Scouts who paid will be receiving a refund via WePay. This is the second outing that we’ve had to cancel this year due to low turnout (the other being the Camporall in September). It’s disheartening for those who spend time making the arrangements necessary to offer these opportunities to our scouts, and it’s frustrating for the scouts who had planned to go.

We would appreciate any feedback from parents or scouts about why scouts are not signing up–too costly; conflicts with sports, homework, other activities; just not interested? Also unfortunate is the fact that the Troop will lose the deposit we put down to reserve this weekend.

Don’t forget that Joe Rogers’ Eagle Court of Honor is this Sunday, November 3, at RPC at 3:00 p.m. Scouts should wear their uniforms (shirt, neckerchief & nice pants–no jeans or shorts). If they have a sash, they should wear that as well. Parents are encouraged to attend–to prepare for your own son’s Eagle ceremony some day!

Also on Sunday, RPC will honor Joe’s achievement. All Troop 24 families are invited to attend worship at 10:00 a.m. and the Coffee Fellowship at 11:00 a.m. following the service.

The EAA Museum has told us that they will not be able to host our scouts this weekend unless we have 15 participants. At this point 10 scouts have signed up. If you are interested, please sign up ASAP. Our limit is 20 scouts. Although the museum would prefer to have scouts who have not earned the Aviation Merit Badge, we are opening this up to all scouts. More information can be found here: http://troop24riverside.com/2013/10/eaa/

Our outing to the Experimental Aviation Association Musuem in Osh Kosh, Wisconsin is this weekend. The scouts will be leaving at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday and returning about noon on Sunday. In the past this outing has been very popular. This year we have 20 spots available, but only 8 scouts have signed up. Since we are paying for 20 slots, whether we use them or not, we are now opening up the outing to scouts who have attended this event in the past. More information is available here: http://troop24riverside.com/2013/10/eaa/

Reminder: The troop meeting this week is at the Scout Cabin on Friday. There is no meeting on Thursday. At the scout cabin, we will be working on skills required for the annual orienteering outing to Waterfall Glen on November 9.