In December the Des Plaines Valley Council sent a representative to our pack meeting to share information about the two most popular summer camps: Weekend in Illinois and Camp Shin Go Beek. The deadline for early bird sign-up is Saturday February 26. We are trying this year to coordinate all the Pack 24 scouts on …
Join your friends in Pack 24 at a Chicago Steel Hockey Game on Sunday February 13 at 3:00PM. The game is at The Edge ice arena in Bensenville and tickets range from $4 to $10. Package A $7 Game Ticket Hot Dog Soda Scout Patch Package B $6 Game Ticket Box of Popcorn Scout Patch …
It’s almost here. The Pack 24 Pinewood Derby starts this Saturday at 10:00AM in the Riverside Presbyterian Gym. If you have not received your car kit from your den leader, or need to know what number should be on your car, please get in contact with Chris Hajer ASAP. Check in starts at 10:00AM and …
Hello all and Happy New Year. Here are a few Cub Scout events to add to you calendar. Polar Prowl Saturday January 15 starting at 9:00AM More details are available from the Des Plaines Valley Council. If you haven’t registered but want to participate, please just print a copy of the form and bring it …
The Des Plaines Valley Cub Scout Polar Prowl will be held Saturday, January 15th at Bemis Woods in Westchester. Come out for this winter event – games of fun and skill or slush. Cost is $5 per scout, $2.50 per adult. Starts at 9:00am. Each participant brings a can of non-cream soup. Download this PDF …
We’re going to have a photo slideshow at the Blue & Gold Banquet on February 27. If you’ve taken any photos of our Cub Scouts or Cub Scout events and would like to share them with the pack, please get them to me. If you have a large number of files, please put them on …
Our sleepover for the Planetarium is scheduled for the Friday March 18, 2011. Based on the responses I received at the pack meeting, this night will work best. I know this is short notice, but we need to get registered ASAP if we are to secure this date. So far I have approximately 20 scouts …
It’s our last pack meeting of the year, and I don’t want you to miss it. Here’s what’s going on. The Des Plaines Valley Council will have a DVD presentation about summer camping opportunities for 2011. In the past, the presentation has been given to us too late to take advantage of the discounts for …
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, …
