All scouts and families are invited to an Eagle Court of Honor for our Eagle Scouts Peter Falk, Elliot Louthen, and Austin McKain, to be held on Thursday, July 22, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. at the Riverside Presbyterian Church. RSVP to Carol Falk.
Several scouts and parents have inquired about getting another copy of the packing list for Owasippe. It can be downloaded here: Owasippie Personal Gear Checklist 2010.
Our Seabase Crews arrived safely and spent 6 hours at Cape Canaveral on Saturday. Some of them are pictured below outside the Kennedy Space Center.
We have one scout who needs to come back from Owasippe on Friday, July 9. If anyone else is planning to leave on Friday and could provide transportation, please contact denny.georgopulos.bzml@statefarm.com.
Although the Troop does not have to register our scouts for merit badge classes before we arrive at camp, it would be best for your scouts to choose classes and read the appropriate merit badge books in advance. Merit badge books can be purchased at the Des Plaines Valley Council Scout Store. Some merit badges are more appropriate than others for first-year scouts, and some have prerequisites. Please review the Owasippe 2010 Merit Badge Schedule with your scout.
All first-year campers will take the Pathfinder class. All first-year campers should also sign up for the swimming merit badge (those who already know how to swim and who pass the swimmer test) or for swimming instruction. Other merit badge classes that are appropriate and recommended for new scouts are Leatherwork, Mammal Study, Reptiles & Amphibians, and Fishing. (Although some material suggests Camping for 1st year scouts, we do NOT recommend Camping for new scouts as none of them will be able to actually earn the badge while at camp due to the prerequisites.) New scouts should choose 2 classes in addition to Pathfinder and Swimming, with perhaps an alternate.
If you have questions about merit badge classes, Mr. Payne is most qualified to answer those since he is familiar with Owasippe. After your scout has chosen classes, please e-mail his selections to Nancy Hopkins.
Some other useful information about merit badges:
Introduction to Merit Badges
How to fill out a merit badge card (blue card)
Please join Troop 24 in congratulating our newest Eagle Scout, Elliot Louthen!
Christian F. needs volunteers for his Eagle Project, to take place this weekend, June 5 and June 6. The project is the construction of an herb garden at the 1850’s Franzosenbusch Prairie House Nature Center and Museum on Wolf Road and Constitution Drive, in Westchester, and will provide visitors to the Museum with a historically accurate representation of a typical family garden from the 1870’s. The 10 x 16 square-foot garden will include a walkway with 6 separate raised plots for different herbs.
Eight scouts are needed for each of the shifts on Saturday and Sunday:
9:30 a.m – 11:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Please contact Christian to volunteer. Scouts must have a signed permission slip to participate.
Scouts who are able to attend Riverside’s Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, May 31, should please contact Mrs. Lanken to let her know that you will attend. As many scouts as possible are needed, both to help set up chairs at 7:00 a.m., and to attend the ceremony at 9:00. Also needed is an Eagle Scout, or Eagle Scout candidate, who would lay the memorial wreath. Please let Mrs. Lanken know. Any scouts who are in town on Monday are encouraged to attend.
We will have a bus going to Camp Owasippe this summer. The cost of the bus will be the same as last year ($100). Payments can be turned in at the Troop meeting tonight, with checks made out to Troop 24, or dropped off to Nancy Hopkins. (e-mail Nancy if you don’t know the address.)
Central School scouts are asked to wear their scout uniforms to school on Friday, May 28, for Central’s Memorial Day ceremony.
