Here’s the latest news on local merit badge events. Please register directly with the following programs, and scouts must arrange their own transportation.

The Naperville Park District is offering a Bird Study merit badge class on October 6 and a Weather merit badge class on November 3.

A merit badge clinic will take place at Triton College on October 27, 2018. More info and registration here.

Three Fires Council will be offering a Chemistry merit badge October 20 at the Oakton Community College in Des Plaines. Info and registration here.

2018 Bootcamp merit badge clinic in Naperville, IL will be offering three Eagle required merit badges – Personal Management, Personal Fitness, Family Life. Scouts must attend all three dates (10/20/18, 11/17/18, 01/26/19), but do not need to sign up for all three merit badges.
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Harper College in Palatine will be offering the Welding merit badge on November 3 and 10 (you must attend both days). Only two spots left, register here.

Burpee Museum in Rockford, IL is offering Indian Lore (11/17/18), Archaeology (12/01/18), Mining in Society (12/15/18) and Geology (1/5/19). Register at http://www.burpee.org/scouts/

A Merit Badge Clinic will be held Saturday November 17, 2018 – 9 am to noon at Barrington United Methodist Church. The Clinic features traditional counselor meetings for over 65 merit badges. Registration opens October 1 at this link.

If you are on Facebook, you may want to follow the “Illinois Boy Scout Merit Badge finder” page. They post about merit badge programs including classes in Milwaukee and Northern Indiana.

Let us know if you hear of other opportunities and we will share the news with the troop. Email committeechair@troop24riverside.com

Pack 24 Cub Scouts have requested that our Boy Scout Troop hold a flag retirement ceremony at their Scout Cabin Campout on Saturday, September 29th. Boy Scouts and troop leaders are needed to demonstrate and lead the ceremony to properly and respectfully retire worn American flags. Scouts may receive credit for requirement 9 of the Communications Merit Badge by participating in this campfire ceremony. Volunteers should arrive at 5 pm and plan to stay for several hours (sorry, no troop camping allowed). Sample scripts and rehearsal time will be available. Volunteers will be provided with pizza and salad dinner and s’mores dessert.

Sign up here

Ignite … Flicker … Roar … Smolder

Let’s start with “Ignite” on Thursday [at the Scout Cabin].

Download/print the Fire Safety Merit Badge workbook!

Bring your scout handbook, your favorite tinder [dryer lint, packing paper, newspaper], and a box of matches.

We’ll explore fire-building techniques, perhaps continue the Fire Safety Merit Badge, begin the Firem’n Chit, and have a fun outdoor game.

Bandit Patrol – Flag Ceremony

Hello Scout Families!

Our new Scoutmaster, Tim Lauger, has been busy preparing Troop 24 for a great 2018-2019 season! Troop 24 has a lot going on so please read on for updates on this week’s meeting, upcoming camp outs, Order of the Arrow and more.

 

***This Thursday’s (9/20) Scout Meeting will be held at SCOUT CABIN!***

Drop off and pick up at Scout cabin instead of RPC this Thursday!

The Scout Cabin is about half a mile from RPC and the address is 417 Fairbank Rd, Riverside, IL 60546.

Further meeting details to follow.

 

***Did you complete the survey?***

If you have not completed the troop survey, please do so now. The troop uses this information to plan trips and activities so it’s important to know what our Scouts and their families think. If you have any troubles with the link, please email Kimber.Day@gmail.com.

 

***Cub Scout flag retirement ceremony***

The Cub Scout’s are holding a flag retirement ceremony and could really use some Boy Scout help.

If you can help, please email Kimber.Day@gmail.com.

When:     Sept. 29th @ dusk

Where:    Scout Cabin (417 Fairbank Rd, Riverside, IL 60546)

 

***Don’t miss these upcoming Order of the Arrow events***

The next OA Event is the Fall Fellowship, October 12th-14th.

REGISTER HERE

The fall fellowship is our biggest event of the year!  While Ordeal candidates will spend the day completing the challenges of the Ordeal, all others may take part in a variety of games, seminars, activities, service projects, and all the camp has to offer.  Get to know your fellow arrowmen, and come see what our lodge has to offer!

Pachsegink Lodge’s final event of the year is the Order of the Arrow Winter Banquet.

REGISTER HERE

When:    Friday December 28th

Where:   St. Giles – 1045 Columbian Avenue, Oak Park, IL.

Join Pachsegink Lodge in commemorating it’s 24 years of service to Scouting! We will be honoring our newest Vigil Honorees and Founder’s Award Recipients, looking back at events from 2018, and looking forward to the formation of the new Takhone Lodge!

 

***Upcoming Campouts***

—Camp Inferno is THIS WEEKEND! All Camp Inferno families will receive an email with detail later this week.

—Troop 24 will be heading to Princeton, IL to campout at the Shadows of Blue & Grey Civil War Festival, October 12-14. Scouts will get to watch reenactments, This is a much loved campout where Scouts get to see Civil War battle re-enactments, storytelling, music, dance and more. Registration will open next week.

At the troop meeting tonight, September 13th at 7pm…

Come join Troop 24 as we explore the awesome power of fire.

It keeps us warm, heats our food, and yes – an evening campfire can be magical, too.

We’ll explore the Fire Safety merit badge, the Firem’n Chit, and general fire-building and fire safety principles.

Bring your books! Rank requirement work, too.

And … Parents’ Night tonight!

Join members of the Troop Committee and the Leadership team for an informational evening with Q&A.