Its almost time for the spring campout to Cantigny Park in Wheaton, IL. Please carefully review this post as the campsite location and check-in process is completely different from last year’s outing. Arrival: You can arrive at Cantigny as early as 4pm on Friday, May 6. Entrance: Overnight campers do NOT go to the Cantigny’s [...]
Tanks, water rockets, s’mores, tents and more tanks…what does it mean?!? That’s right, its finally time to sign up for the Spring Campout at Cantigny in Wheaton, IL which will begin the afternoon of Friday, May 6. Our space is limited to a total of 75 people, which includes both scouts and parents, so [...]
We are returning to Cantigny in Wheaton, IL for our Spring Campout this year. We will be able to check-in and begin setting up tents by 4pm on Friday, May 6th. Note that there is no school for District 96 on this day, so hopefully everyone will be able to prepare and head out in [...]
The Blue & Gold Banquet is this Sunday, February 27 at 4pm. All scouts and their families are asked to arrive at 3:45pm in order to check in and find their assigned seating. Scouts should be dressed in their class “A” uniforms with neckerchief and slides; brag vests are fine if you have one. We [...]
Troop 24 has organized an outing to Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois (about 1 hour travel from Riverside, just south of Joliet) so that we can participate in this year’s “Wreaths Across America” program. The wreath-laying tradition was started in 1992 with 4,000 wreaths and two people at Arlington National Cemetery. In 2006, [...]
From Nancy Hopkins, Boy Scout Troop 24: 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. Nancy Hopkins From the Troop [...]