Elburn Troop 7

Troop Calendar

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Overview By Months

2024

January 2024

• Troop Meeting Activities:

  • Continue Personal Fitness Merit Badge

• Outdoors / Activities:

  • Campout – Electric Campout

February 2024

• Troop Meeting Activities:

  • BSA’s Birthday – Feb 8 (1910) – Birthday cake / ice cream

  • SPL Elections – 2/26 (6 months after August)

• Outdoors / Activities:

  • Scout Sunday – Feb 11

  • Merit Badge University – at York High School – 2/24/2024

March 2024

• Troop Meeting Activities:

  • Court of Honor – Potluck

• Outdoors / Activities:

  • March 8 – Set Up for Pancake Breakfast

  • March 9 – March Pancake Breakfast

  • Pack 107 Crossover – at Pack Meeting – Thursday 3/21

  • Medium Adventure – Shawnee Backpacking – Saturday 3/23 to Tuesday 3/26

April 2024

• Troop Meeting Activities:

  • Court of Honor – Potluck – Monday 4/1

• Outdoors / Activities:

  • Crossover Campout – April 19-21

  • Earth Day – Tree Planting – Saturday 4/20

  • Arbor Day Celebration - April 27

  • Roadside Clean-Up - April 27

May 2024

• Troop Meeting Activities:

  • Patrol Leader Elections (at least 6 months after September)

• Outdoors / Activities:

  • Merit Badge University – at Camp Big Timber – Saturday 5/4/2024

  • Memorial Day Flags at Cemetery

  • Memorial Day Pancake Breakfast

June 2024

• Troop Meeting Activities:

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• Outdoors / Activities:

  • National Youth Leadership Training

    • Interested Individuals can register

    • Sunday 6/9 to Saturday 6/15 – at Camp Big Timber

  • Court of Honor - June 17th

  • Summer Camp at Rainbow Scout Reservation – Sunday 6/23 to Saturday 6/29

July 2024

• Troop Meeting Activities:

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• Outdoors / Activities:

  • Fireworks Cleanup - July 7

  • Campout - Johnson's Mound - July 12-14

  • High Adventure – Isle Royale – July 13-18

  • Campout after Isle Royale - July 19-21 - All Scouts/families can join

August 2024

• Troop Meeting Activities:

  • SPL Elections (6 months after February)

• Outdoors / Activities:

  • Dresden Merit Badge Clinic – August 10

  • Campout – Nearby

  • Elburn Days Parade

  • Elburn Days Pancake Breakfast

  • Elburn Days Leave No Trace

September 2024

• Troop Meeting Activities:

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• Outdoors / Activities:

  • 100th Anniversary Celebration and Court of Honor - September 15, 2024

  • Campout – Nearby

October 2024

• Troop Meeting Activities:

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• Outdoors / Activities:

  • Campout – White Pines State Park

  • Roadside Clean-Up

  • Planning Meeting for 2024/2025

November 2024

• Troop Meeting Activities:

  • Patrol Leader Elections (at least 6 months after May)

• Outdoors / Activities:

  • Campout –  Chief Shabbona Forest Preserve

  • Invite Webelos

December 2024

• Troop Meeting Activities:

  • Court of Honor

• Outdoors / Activities:

  • Elburn Christmas Stroll

2025

January 2025

• Troop Meeting Activities:

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• Outdoors / Activities:

  • Campout – Electric Campout

February 2024

• Troop Meeting Activities:

  • BSA’s Birthday – Feb 8 (1910) – Birthday cake / ice cream

• Outdoors / Activities:

  • Scout Sunday

  • Merit Badge University

March 2024

• Troop Meeting Activities:

  • Court of Honor

• Outdoors / Activities:

  • March Pancake Breakfast

  • Pack 107 Crossover

  • Medium Adventure – Shawnee Backpacking

April 2024

• Troop Meeting Activities:

  • SPL Elections – (6 months after October)

• Outdoors / Activities:

  • Crossover Campout

  • Earth Day

  • Arbor Day Celebration

  • Roadside Clean-Up

May 2024

• Troop Meeting Activities:

  • Patrol Leader Elections (at least 6 months after September)

• Outdoors / Activities:

  • Merit Badge University

  • Memorial Day Flags at Cemetery

  • Memorial Day Pancake Breakfast

June 2025

• Troop Meeting Activities:

  • Court of Honor

• Outdoors / Activities:

  • Sea Base

  • National Youth Leadership Training

  • Court of Honor

  • Summer Camp

Additional Activities

Ideas for Troop Meetings:

• Elephant Toothpaste / Mentos + Coke

• Build Catapults

• Build a Bow Drill

• Use it to start fire at a campout

• Make a Solar Oven

• Use it to cook on a campout

• Build a Hovercraft

• CyberChip

Merit Badges at Troop Meetings:

Goal:  One Troop Meeting per month with Merit Badge focus

In Progress:

• Eagle Required Merit Badges:

  • Family Life

  • Personal Fitness

• Additional Merit Badges

  • Movie Making Merit Badge

Upcoming:

• Eagle Required Merit Badges:

  • In Progress:  Family Life

  • In Progress:  Personal Fitness

  • Personal Management

  • Emergency Preparedness

  • Citizenship in the (all 4 of them)

Merit Badges Outings:

• Engineering Merit Badge at Harley Davidson Museum in Milwaukee

Other Potential Outings:

• Feed My Starving Children

• Campout – Eagle Cave (sleep IN a cave)

• Campout – Warren Dunes?

• Medium Adventure – Flambeau Canoe Trip