Reminder: Forms are still open for you to sign up for the following activities:
June 20 Swim Test at 7:45pm
July 6 Swimming Merit Badge Class at 6pm
July 4 Pizza Booth Fundraiser
Keep reading below for new information about the July 3 flag raising ceremony.
We have been asked to provide several scouts to raise the flag in Riverside’s Guthrie Park (by the train station) on July 3. You would need to be there, in full uniform, at 5:15 p.m. and you would be done by 6:00.
Please let us know if you are available to participate.
Our chartered organization, Riverside Presbyterian Church, has requested scout help at their next workday, Wednesday June 13th, from 6 to 8 pm. Work will include weeding and landscaping work in the church yard. You do not need to sign up ahead of time, just show up in work clothes in the church driveway. Service hours will be given.
Swim tests for the next two Wednesdays are moved back to 7:45 pm to avoid overlap with the Pav YMCA swim team practice. Remember to sign up and show up if you plan to swim or boat at summer camp.
June 13 swim test
June 20 swim test
July 6 swim test/swimming merit badge class
Keep reading below for an important announcement about our July 4th fundraiser!
We need help with our annual pizza booth at Riverside’s 4th of July celebration. This is our second largest fundraiser. We need scouts AND parents! Please sign up for one of the shifts below. Scouts should wear uniform shirts or Troop t-shirts. Please contact Cindy Reynolds at cindyreynolds3@gmail.com with questions.
Sign up here:
July 4th Pizza Booth
Congratulations to our newest Eagle Scout, James Jerz!
The first work date for Colin’s Eagle project is Saturday, June 9th at Komarek school located at 8940 W. 24th Street in North Riverside. Shifts will be 10-12, 12-2, 2-4. Refreshments will be provided. Younger scouts will not need any building experience. Colin’s project is building Two 4 x 4 raised bed Cedar Gardens and One 8 x 4 cinderblock garden. The project will also include cleaning up the space and putting up trellises, and loading sand dirt and pebbles into the garden beds once we are finished constructing them. Adults can help by providing a power saw and some drills, or by helping during a shift. You will receive service hours for your help!
Sign up here
Jon M. needs some volunteers for his Eagle Project this Wednesday and Thursday!! Thanks to those who have helped start the project – but more help is needed the next few days. Service hours will be given to scouts who volunteer.
Project Description: We will be improving the storage of costumes and props for the Hauser drama department, including removing all items from the storage loft, organizing and inventorying them and placing them back in the storage loft.
Special Instructions: Each volunteer will need to bring an I.D. with them, and sign in at the Hauser office, where their names will be on a list of volunteers. Please come to the auditorium stage after checking in. We will be working in the building while school is in session so we will need to act accordingly. You will go right from the office and into the auditorium that is next door. If you do not have a driver’s license or school I.D. you will not be allowed to enter the school. The Friday shift may not be needed, and there will be an email regarding its cancellation in the morning.
Click on the registration links to see dates and times of volunteer shifts:
Scouts sign up here
Adults sign up here
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Equipment Check Meeting 6:00 pm Thursday!!!
Let’s get Fired Up for Summer Camp!!!!!!! The first order of business is a complete equipment and tent review to ensure that everything is clean and in working order. Summer Camp is our biggest Camp Out of the year and we need everything ready to go.
ALL EQUIPMENT AND TENTS MUST BE RETURNED ON THURSDAY!!!!!
We need all hands to make this meeting a smooth, productive, and timely event. We will need teams to set up tents, break down patrol boxes, clean equipment and and clean and pack the trailer. Everyone is needed to help out, take pride in your Troop and demonstrate your Scout Spirit! We will see everyone on Thursday at 6:00pm.
All scouts attending summer camp at Tesomas and adults attending Tesomas who intend to boat or swim should plan to take the Boy Scout swim test. The swim test is required every year, not just for new scouts. Everyone who intends to swim or boat must take the test.
The swim test will be offered for Troop 24 members at the Pav YMCA on the following dates:
Wednesday June 6 at 7:30 pm
Wednesday June 13 at 7:30 pm
Wednesday June 20 at 7:30 ppm
The Pav YMCA is located at 2947 Oak Park Ave. in Berwyn. When you arrive, let the front desk staff know that you are there for the Boy Scout swim test (you do not need to purchase a guest pass). Then proceed to the pool where you will check in with troop leaders and Jared Miller, the YMCA aquatics director.
If you do not attend one of these test dates, you will be asked to take the test upon arrival at Camp Tesomas or you will be designated a non-swimmer.
Please fill out one of the following forms so we know who to expect each day:
June 6
June 13
June 20
